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commentr/StutterAug 7, 2022
11 points

His stutter has nothing to do with his good or bad sides, it is not a moral or character trait. It's extremely worrying that you are just now considering this well in to your relationship and reconsi...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2022
12 points

The fact that it even came to your mind is such a red flag. It will definitely come to your mind again. I really hope bruv dumps your ass and finds somebody who will NEVER have the same insecure and f...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2022
4 points

My integrity is important to me - someone who knows me well taking it into question would not go over well. OP’s mother had them in speech therapy for years. There is no grounds for it to be asked. G...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2022
1 points

See I’m not sure if that would work for me. Maybe I’m being stubborn about it but I think dealing with it head on with having such low self esteem will just result in a lower self esteem...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2022
2 points

Exactly. I think the same thing all the time. I’d be a different person if I didn’t have my stutter. I try not thinking about that though because that’s not the reality...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2022
1 points

This exactly, funny enough I've never actually met anyone else who stammers, and I'm 59!, but on the rare occasion someone on tv has a stammer, I just want the ground to open up, I just go out t...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 7, 2022
25 points

Should we be treating anxiety or our stutter?

Should we be treating anxiety or our stutter? I was thinking about this yesterday. Should we really be treating our stutter if we can speak perfectly fine when we’re alone. Surely we should be treati...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 6, 2022
13 points

My mom: "Are you faking your stutter?" (she knows damn well I'm not😑) Me: (*Slightly annoyed at dumbass question*😡)"...No, are you faking your________?"⬅(*Disability or something else she's insecur...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 6, 2022
6 points

Did you have Covid, by chance? Strangely enough I’ve heard of it causing adult onset stuttering. Regardless, welcome to this community. Most of us have been stuttering our whole lives at some level ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterAug 6, 2022
4 points

It’s interesting, the stutterers I know have often been very outgoing, including me. I know I feel like I crank up the “extra funny/extra friendly” energy to put people at ease. Like a guy I met years...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 6, 2022
5 points

I have a mild/moderate stutter, but im also very extroverted. Its linda tough sometimes but usually i try to crack jokes and make people laugh which helps me make friends easily....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 6, 2022
4 points

How much of your lifetime earnings would you pay to get rid of you stutter completely

How much of your lifetime earnings would you pay to get rid of you stutter completely Edit: By this I mean the % of your earnings that you will ever make **and** have already made. [View Poll](https:...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 6, 2022
2 points

Yup, I have so much internalized hate as a stutterer I tend to project it onto others, even if their speech impediment isn't a stutter or a stammer but a lisp or inability to pronounce certain words. ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 5, 2022
6 points

As a 38 year of PWS I might say it is the ultimate disability. I used to be a taxi driver. And I would encounter people with all manner of life's horrors. And when they realized the trouble I was in, ...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & CareerQuality of Life
commentr/StutterAug 5, 2022
41 points

i cringe so badly. i just realize this is how i sound like too and i don't want to accept that....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 5, 2022
5 points

Just to add to the conversation, it's not in my native Australia (as far as I know) or Japan, where I live....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 5, 2022
1 points

I agree with you, sometimes I think I'm an introvert, but then I remember the times when I was a kid, times when I didn't even know about my problem, I was just happy and extroverted with everyone!...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 4, 2022
4 points

Hello from the US. I’ve stuttered all my life, and have graduated from college a few months ago. Unfortunately it’s difficult to answer your question regarding what professors may or may not do, since...

School & WorkIdentity & Disability
School & Academic LifeIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 4, 2022
2 points

Sometimes my stutter is a godsend. The number of stupid things I've been blocked from saying is countless....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 4, 2022
1 points

Well I wouldn’t masquerade as a deaf person but I’m sure the deaf community would appreciate anybody who takes the time and effort to learn the language!...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception