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I really hate how people think things can be solved by “having confidence”

I really hate how people think things can be solved by “having confidence” I have been thinking about this for a while and I see it everywhere from dating to job interviews to making friends. But befo...

I’ve been stuttering since I could talk, and now I’m 21 so I’m a life long stutterer. I also study speech therapy and in my final year. Some days I wish it could go away but other days I like being p...

I love that you quoted Rupaul lol. Such a simple phrase but it’s so true. Being gay and having a stutter I had to go through a lot to just accept myself fully but I’m in a way better mental state now ...

From what I’ve seen online: some little kids stutter and it goes away within a few years. However, if that doesn’t happen, you are stuck with it. Studies have found differences in the areas of the bra...

Man, it took me a long time to realize a lot of the “rules” of the world were invented by me in my own head to mitigate my anxiety. Once I realized how silly some of those mental walls we put up are, ...

I mentioned it in the initial reply (maybe not clearly enough) but I want to try and expand upon it more since you say something like this and it makes me sad. It's quite common to be insecure and h...

Kinda hard to do that when you have low self-esteem(partially because of the stutter)and don’t even know what your good personality traits are, lol....

Am I an Introvert or Extrovert?

Am I an Introvert or Extrovert? Okay so, i’m a really talkative person, outgoing, gets energy from social situation, etc, basically an extrovert. But, I stutter mildly as of now, i used to stutter rea...

Do you begin by explaining “sometimes I stutter, pause, repeat. That’s just how I talk! It’s no big deal :)” If you don’t say something like that, how can any of us expect the listener to have a cl...

I feel bad quoting Kanye these past couple years but yeah, "Everything im not made me everything I am" is just too perfect of an explanation regarding stuttering/anxiety...

This isn’t your fault my guy, it’s a challenge that every stutterer has to go through. Here’s some advice from a guy who had to answer calls for a congressional internship. I started every phone cal...

In order to get rid of stuttering you must learn to hate the stutter not yourself. That is the key thing. You have to be able to look in the mirror and tell yourself that you love yourself, which is n...

I think it’s the irony of language disorders. People with lisps struggle to say lisp, people with rhotacism can’t produce r sounds… it’s a big joke that I can’t quite see yet haha...

I hate the phrase "did they stutter?"

I hate the phrase "did they stutter?" I hate seeing and hearing "did they stutter?" after a speech or a snappy comeback. I approached someone who said this phrase, saying that if a person were to stu...

yeah that video that someone posted of Dr.Cooper or something was awesome. It's going to take awhile of trying to change my self image though after years of torment...

Why would you ever tell anyone you have a stutter. You should integrate a mindset to eliminate it, not to spread awareness that you have it. Give your self some credit man....

That's great bro 💯and yea that last paragraph does help way more I sometimes speak softly but I do still get that feeling when I'm being listen to I tend to get self conscious...

Hmm what do you mean whether it defines me? I stutter a lot and am still pretty self concious about it...

Honestly it’s been helpful. I also worked in customer service for 10 years prior. My dad was a “face your fears” kind of parenter. Seemed harsh at the time but I appreciate it now. In comparing the jo...

Yes, I experience the same! I learned the ability to adapt fast, to seek new words, to play with languages... It can be tiresome but it helps me as well haha. How is teaching with a stutter?...