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Agreed. Thankfully I was grew tall and quite strong early in life. My dad made me do martials arts as well to help, it also helped having an identical twin, although he does not stutter. I have had to...

So listen. Sometimes you need to stand up for yourself, especially during physical altercations. If people are mocking you, leave it alone. They’re trying to get a reaction out of you. Be the bigger m...

You are going to find that in life you will be called worse names by much better people. It happens. It sucks. But it happens. It is not just stuttering that creates this phenomenon. Take however lo...

If the lunch box was metal, it truly was a long time ago. You may be viewing yesterday's actions through the lens of today. In today's world, there are mitigating forces that can be utilized in defens...

Honestly I don’t speak a lot but if I have to stick up for myself I will try to talk with confidence, just normal stutter but I try to talk seriously without showing weakness...

How do you guys stick up for yourself?

How do you guys stick up for yourself? Wassup everyone. Just want to know how do you guys stick up for yourself. I'm 16 and have reached that point where I hate staying quiet when people pick on me. ...

I raised 3 kids and I'd never let my kids think dad didn't have the courage to speak for his family or do what needed done no matter how much it sucked for dad my kids wouldn't know it....

I always say, ‘I stammer and I experience word blocks so it takes me a while to say my name’ whenever I’m asked. They usually go ‘that’s fine’, then I proceed to spell it out and they pronounce it and...

It is debilitating when that happens. As hard as it is, and the desire to power through a word...you have to stop. Just flat out stop. Don't talk. Don't say a word. Instead, take a deep breath. Then...

I’m sorry you had a shitty experience. High school is rough enough, even without stuttering. Peer pressure, high expectations and the fact that brains are not fully developed yet all point to high sch...

Of course I am aware that the option to text him about that is available however, there will be still the time you’ll see each other in person after that and I would like to avoid the uncomfortable fe...

While there’s no law against it, this is a crutch that is likely to worsen your stutter blocks as time goes on. Better habits would be to make eye contact and begin saying your name on an *exhale*....

If the professor is not on board, go higher up the chain to a department head. Ask for it to be done one on one with the professor and not in a room full of students. You can possibly do it under the ...

You will find that breaks in a person's employment don't mean as much as they used to. Having one or two jobs that make a 40 year career is a thing of the past. I am sure you know people who who roam ...

The biggest thing I have learned over the years (all 50 of them) is to just stop. No matter how hard I would persevere and repeat myself or breathe my way through a block, the only way I learned to ...

For the future, you should also contact you contact your campus disability office for an assessment. I don't know where you are from but most places these days have quite robust accommodation options....

There is a reason the word Cure is not allowed. Separating the word to get past the filters is unacceptable. Find another way....

Meh. I stutter pretty bad and I just flat out tell people. Especially when I’m having bad blocks. All my friends know. And people that I see/date often I tell them. Trying to hide it makes me seem ...

Hmm, this answer needs more context about me. I've been emotionally abused and lived in dissociation/survival mode most of my life (I'm now in my 20's). I went to speech therapy but I think I wasn't r...

I've almost overcome my stutter now, at least I'm at a point where I don't really struggle that much and others don't notice it at all anymore (people look at me like a deer in the headlights when I t...