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commentr/StutterAug 12, 2017
2 points

I have been trying the same with Tinder but haven’t attracted any likes so far. That hurts more than I thought it would. Give me some tips on making a good profile 😛...

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commentr/StutterAug 11, 2017
1 points

I can respect that and understand that point of view. Your mental health is the most important thing at the end of the day. But in my experience as far as myself personally, people lose interest in wh...

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commentr/StutterAug 11, 2017
9 points

When I moved into my dorm freshman year, this process of searching for alternate words caused the first words ice said to my new roommate to be "You call me Jeb." 😅 Not, "Hi I'm Jeb." or even "you ca...

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commentr/StutterAug 11, 2017
9 points

Please just respond with what you believe I was trying to say. Save me the embarrassment. Especially if I'm not stuttering but having a block then I'm literally just staring at you insanely ...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2017
4 points

To be fair, it _can_ be hard to endure a stutterer. I prefer not to, because it unsettles me. Of course, there's no need to couple that to anything else. It's just what it is - stutter....

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commentr/StutterAug 7, 2017
1 points

Not much thankfully. I've already seen it and they basically pasted a couple seconds of a lot of interviews together. But the fact it happened is more awkward than anything lol....

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commentr/StutterAug 7, 2017
1 points

It is quite the uncomfortable situation, but things happen in life that we cannot dwell on. I always ask myself if it's the situation that is making me uncomfortable or whether it's my response to the...

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Mindset shiftShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2017
1 points

Because I stutter and that fact alone makes me uncomfortable. Then you add a suprise interview to that that was to be televised nationally and you have no idea what you want to say, and that just make...

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commentr/StutterAug 7, 2017
3 points

Most of my friends are like "hey, I saw you on tv!" so they just were excited. And it isn't even that awful because they aired small pieces of a bunch of interviews back to back so it's no more than 5...

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commentr/StutterAug 6, 2017
3 points

I don't mean to start an argument but I've got to disagree with one point. "People don't care if you stutter". If it takes you 20 seconds just to say your name along with facial contortions. Most peop...

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commentr/StutterAug 4, 2017
2 points

So true! Or when you have trouble saying "thank you!" I feel like a jerk then. Not to mention how much of an idiot you feel like when you can't say your own flipping name ......

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2017
1 points

That is the worst and saddest part about my stutter is that I can't say my own name most of the time. It literally makes me cry and feel worthless sometimes....

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postr/StutterJul 28, 2017
3 points

I just realized something.

I just realized something. This may seem like one of the biggest realizations ever, for me personally. When I went to daycare (In sweden it's age 2/3-5/6) my best friend was deaf. I "talked" fluent ...

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postr/StutterJul 23, 2017
10 points

Stammering in retail

Stammering in retail So I've worked in a pizza restaurant for around 3 months now. I don't know how I've only just noticed this but here we go. At this restaurant in particular, I have to ask: Which...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2017
7 points

It's an avoidance behavior and new avoidances may give you short term results but they're detrimental for getting past the shame and fear of stuttering Sorry your getting down voted instead of peopl...

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commentr/StutterJul 18, 2017
1 points

Thats good you don't stutter much (every paragraph or so you said) but theres some people (like me ofcourse lmao) who stutter like every 3 words and my god if it isnt the most demoralizing thing in th...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2017
2 points

Definitely. I think it wasn't really my stutter but my reaction toward it. My sisters always made fun of it and so I became really shy and withdrawn. People liked me, but I was so embarrassed about th...

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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2017
12 points

I know, right?! This is one of my most feared scenarios. When people want me to explain something to them or narrate an incident, 99% of the times I avoid it. I have noticed that friends 90% of the ti...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2017
14 points

Or when you work up the energy to say something on your mind, and you try your best to speak clear, and it takes a lot out of you. Then their response is along the lines of "...Hm.. Neat.." Not caring...

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commentr/StutterJul 12, 2017
1 points

^^^^ this!! please do this first!! I had the speech easy, it did absolutely nothing for me since day one. I felt really bad for my mom, because she bought it for me. The person who did the fitting so...

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