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Boys may be given the message to “use more effort to get through the bumpy speech”, which basically just leads to blocks, fear and avoidances. I think it’s important to let young children know it’s no...
I don’t think I can even join the Medical department and I’m in the same case, family says stuttering doesn’t define you but if I can’t even say my name or even say happy birthday how can I even expla...
Unfortunately this is correct. I'm 31 and had a extremely hard life on top of severe stuttering and I'm surprised I haven't tried to commit suicide yet. Having a severe stutter as a young man no matte...
Honestly …you let it define you. And if you want to live your life that way it’s your choice. We all only only have one life, just 1. You do what you want with it....
Stuttering is certainly ONE of the traits that DOES define us because it's something a part of us!!! But we are also defined by are personality...our kindness.....!!! Indeed stuttering CAN prevent yo...
I think the major point here is that we all struggle. Some more than others. We should be trying to lift each other up though and meeting people where they are. I absolutely agree that some people are...
Okay. I’m a nurse. Lifelong female stutterer. Neurodivergent. My stuttering starts at the base of head at like my hairline - back of my neck. Start there?...
Before you choose becoming a neurologist, read this [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/yeki1g/stutterers_vs_nonstutterers_why_are_there/) about the brains. Basically, as I understand fro...
Not exactly, but sometimes I wonder if I had the power to restart my life without stuttering, but keeping my personality, "myself", that I developed through the years. Still, I don't think it's suicid...
NO NO NO NO NO… I have stuttered for 62 years and never have considered it....
When I was younger, my stutter was almost all blocks. Not very many repetitions or prolongations. And I was concerned because most people associate stuttering only with repetitions and prolongations. ...
Maybe I’m weird but I find it incredibly difficult to interact with other stutterers. It’s a constant reminder of what you are; normally I can at least pretend in my own head that I’m like everybody e...
Don’t say anything because you don’t stutter. You shouldn’t even be telling yourself you stutter. “Fake it till you make it”...
Would you not prefer to view yourself as over confident? Our perceptions as stammerers are usually bang wrong - you may have an issue with people appearing BIG so you hope yourself back. People ju...
I think on paper, yes. But do i like to perceive it as a disability? no. For me i just felt acknowledging it as such would've been a hindrance to my progress if i just got constant accommodations to n...
Back in highschool, I used to run away from my stuttering. I'm always disgusted when people see me struggle when speaking, and to be honest sometimes I still feel this. But then I slowly learn to acce...
I wrote a [PDF document](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HDSS41H5PbcdvXBXPWK8-fY3FwIOuT4F/view?usp=sharing) with self-confidence and self-esteem phrases that I use. Knowing yourself is the beginning ...
Need help in building self confidence
Need help in building self confidence Like the title says, I need some serious advice on building self confidence . I used to be a confident person till high school but now all of a sudden I don't ha...
It's part of the quote " he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts" from the book/movie It. It's said by Bill, a main character who stutters, as a speech exercise. He...
It's a partial quote from the book/movie It. One of the protagonists, Bill who stutters uses the phrase "he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts" as a speech exerci...