Search

commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
2 points

When I'm at work and on the phone, if a person insults my stutter I will clearly state that I dont appreciate that kind of comment and tell them that if it continues I will end the call. I had a sec...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
3 points

the older you get the less this happens but there was a time when someone mocked me and I decided to mock him mocking me back (imagine that scenario 😂) in the end the guy was so confused to what was ...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingHumor & Community Tone
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
2 points

"Way to make fun of someone with a speech impediment. I bet you call mentally handicapped folks retards to their faces too."...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stigma & BullyingSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
3 points

1. Raise an eyebrow, as if questioning what the fuck they're doing, works pretty well. Can also add this to question with your hands, usually works. ​ 1. Depending on the type of confront...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHumor & Community Tone
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
0 points

Give them a cold stare. (optional but you can add something like “really?” Or “seriously?” To give it more effect....

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stigma & BullyingSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
2 points

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me ​ let it slide the first time, make sure they know about the stutter. happens again say it like it is, but don't get mad - say it ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
2 points

laugh, and then kill their family. (obligatory joking alert) but if its at work or something tell someone in charge later, if its a staff member or customer somewhere else, email the company...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stigma & BullyingSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
2 points

The few times it’s happened, I make an amused face the same way as if a drunk is ranting some crazy stuff to me in a bar....

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingHumor & Community Tone
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
2 points

It honestly depends on the situation and if the offending party is being a complete asshat or not towards me. Sometimes they or I say something humorous about it and are able to laugh it off and conti...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
2 points

Don’t involve yourself with anybody that mocks your stutter, I mean they should obv know it makes you feel like shit it’s pointing out an impurity and I’m sure everybody has their own. Don’t just si...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
5 points

Depends on the setting. If it’s at work or school, ignore them and if it gets out of hand report them. If it’s outside work or school, get in their face, ask them to repeat that and never back down, t...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2019
5 points

If they’re close friends and messing around I’d make fun of their flaws too. If it’s a stranger, I just give them a Why? look....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 20, 2019
14 points

I usually just bear it, but if it’s like overt to a point where there just making fun of me I’ll say something to them. I work in retail and my job is talking to people about sales and whatever, I’ve ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Hiding & ConcealmentStigma & BullyingAdvice Offered
commentr/StutterApr 20, 2019
10 points

I laugh with them, but to be fair I’m bigger than everyone I talk to so I don’t get mocked often....

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingHumor & Community Tone
postr/StutterApr 20, 2019
26 points

How would you respond to someone mocking your stutter?

How would you respond to someone mocking your stutter? Would you: a) stay quiet and bear it b) laugh with them c) tell them they are ignorant and a bitch to their face (lots of social consequence...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 20, 2019
1 points

I don't have multiple accounts... That's just stupid. Why would I??? Mate, you don't like my posts, just use your thumb to keep swiping.....

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 20, 2019
5 points

Viva is an oral examination, so its important to speak clearly during a viva. Stuttering makes you looks like you don't know shit, which automatically leads to low marks. This is why I wanted to tell ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & BullyingSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterApr 19, 2019
3 points

I think you need to deal with the anxiety - That is feeding everything here it seems. I've been a lifelong stutterer, maybe that's why I don't let the anxiety get to me. I think you need to do some...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 19, 2019
1 points

I used to be a pizza delivery boy, I once I got a complaint against me that I was mocking a customer who stuttered. The guy apparently didn't believe that I had a stutter as well so I went to go see h...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingHumor & Community Tone
commentr/StutterApr 18, 2019
2 points

Stress. And being with my dad. I got my stutter from him and when I was a kid he paid so much attention to my stutter, always telling me to say it calmly whenever I stuttered, it was annoying. Since t...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightExperiential AssociationStigma & Bullying