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I quit my job at the hospital as a nurse assistant because of my stutter. I want to study biomedicine thinking that would suit me much better than direct patient contact. But im terrified of going to ...

Interesting. why do you think everyone should? Does it help in any way ?...

Understandable. I think it’s easier online or in a community where others understand what it’s like...

I think that’s a good decision. It’s important to do what you feel is best for you. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. By the way, I am just curious, though, why you are so insistent on speaking. If p...

No. I don’t and never have....

I stutter even when Im alone and relaxed. But I know my stutter is physical. I have a brain tumor interrupting my speech. But I agree with Mobile_Nerve that exposure is best, that way you start to rel...

I do talk about it, and I think everyone should do it....

Neither. I’d rather speak whether Im struggling or not. No person or situation will take my determination to speak away from me....

I completely get you, I’m a senior in high school and I plan to be a lawyer. Even at my fast food job right now my coworkers think I’m stupid and don’t know things, they repeat things thinking I don’t...

i agree soooo much no one understands...

No. I hate talking about it. I even hate the word, so if I have to refer to it, I call it "I rap". Pretend as if I don't mind talking about it. Meanwhile I wanna rip my tongue out....

It’s very exhausting

It’s very exhausting I’m sure a lot of you feel the same way. But stuttering is extremely exhausting, almost to the point where it hurts. It hurts because I’m straining on every other word, on top of ...

Is your stuttering severe?...

Do you discuss your stutter with Friends or family?

Do you discuss your stutter with Friends or family? Hello. I’m curious if it’s more common that people discuss the stutter with others or is it usually the awkward thing that is never discussed ? ...

I use to rap too!! I performed as opener of sone major artists in front of thousands of people and never stuttered not once!!...

Yes!! This is me. Im glad someone understands. I have to wing it and ramble through conversations to get through them without stuttering like crazy. But its hard to sound intelligent when I do it. My ...

It happens even when Im comfortable or alone. Not experience anxiety. For example, Ive tried to record myself making videos and couldn't think about what I wanted to say and say it.  I also cant read ...

Yeah I think you are on to something. The more I think about the words I want to say the more I stutter them. Its as if the signals that occur for analyzing speech and the signals for speech clash....

Yeah I resonate with the pick your poison thing. I did not browse this or other stuttering forums in years, I did today, really reminded me how stuttering is a shitty cruel joke. It’s also scary thou...

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