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commentr/StutterOct 30, 2018
2 points

You should overcome your fears and come there. It will challenge you, but I wish you smoother experience than mine. People are very friendly there, especially on the west coast. Often they offer paper...

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commentr/StutterOct 29, 2018
2 points

Yeah, thank you for the input. : D I feel as long as you are not bother by it, people won’t say anything about it. I’m a talkative mofo among my friends haha, they don’t really care about my speech. A...

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commentr/StutterOct 28, 2018
5 points

>I don't want people to take the extra step to be nice and patient to me. We take "extra steps" with each other all the time anyway. That's just part of human interaction. ;) - >a good chunk ...

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commentr/StutterOct 28, 2018
1 points

>You know, I do, and I don't find what you're finding. I just find that people are nice and patient. They just want to hear what I have to say. Being nice is ok I suppose. But I don't want peopl...

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commentr/StutterOct 28, 2018
5 points

>Look at [...] You know, I do, and I don't find what you're finding. I just find that people are nice and patient. They just want to hear what I have to say. Consider that even people who _don't_...

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commentr/StutterOct 28, 2018
4 points

Last Monday I spoke at an event for International Stammering Awareness Day, along with several other speakers. It was my first time at such an event, and I thought the whole night was very insightful....

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commentr/StutterOct 27, 2018
1 points

Howdy, everyone. I just want to thank you for all the advice and venting you've all done. I'm happy to say my first week at work went really, really well, and when I did stutter, I swept it under the ...

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commentr/StutterOct 26, 2018
2 points

It really helps to know that there are other people out there that I can relate to. I've been finding out that a lot of stutterers go through this same experience. It is really odd and almost peculiar...

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commentr/StutterOct 26, 2018
1 points

Our stutters are nearly the exact same, reading this was crazy for me! For me, I've noticed that it comes back in times of stress, most of the time but not always. You're not alone!...

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commentr/StutterOct 26, 2018
2 points

This sounds like something I would have found really challenging a few years ago. What really helped for me is just admitting it, right off the bat, that I have a bit of a stammer. Boom, sets expect...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2018
2 points

I'm sorry to hear you're going through a hard time. I am too and my speech has gotten so bad I broke down in front of my boyfriend (my speech is a disaster around him). One time I was having a ROUGH ...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2018
2 points

I feel ya buddy. I’ve had those days specially when I was in high school. Just keep your heads up. I honestly don’t know what to say to make ur day better but I really wish for u to have a better day ...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2018
2 points

I'm sorry you are having a tough time. Pretty rude of your friend not to be engaged in the conversation though. And good luck with the girl you're texting!!...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2018
1 points

dont beat yourself too much just know you got a community of freaks(people) like you .....way i see it is that stutterers like us have higher IQs and therefore the cruel universe had to short change u...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2018
2 points

Hey OP, Thanks for posting this and to echo others comments, you aren't alone, we've had these moments and we will have these moments in the future too - and it's OK to get down about them. As you've...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2018
5 points

I'm sorry you're feeling this way. Some situations definitely drive home how debilitating a stutter can be. Keep your head up. You're more than your stutter. Keep telling yourself that. No matter what...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2018
10 points

Sorry to hear about your situation. I'm not really good at these things but I will try to help you here. First of all, it is really important that you don't let the stutter take control of you. That's...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2018
16 points

Hey man, just want to say that you are not alone. I (and many others in this world) know how you feel and how damn shitty it is to be unable to communicate a simple thought or sentence. ​ ...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2018
6 points

I’m sorry you fee this way. Sometimes I can’t string along 2 words and other days I feel like I’m finally getting rid of it. I can completely empathize with this, I went a whole month without being to...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2018
4 points

I went along for an ‘open day’ they hold, it was interesting. But I got a pyramid scheme vibe from it, which I didn’t expect. Discovered that witnessing other people stammer is not something I can emo...

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