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I’ve always thought my autism was more to blame than my stuttering....

I think it has to do with not being authentic. When we try to hide our stutter, we become more close off and boring....

I have started to talk much more slowly and it is really helping. However I feel that I have lost a certain amount of my charm/charisma merely by the act of slowing down my speech...

Your state of mind compared to the severity of your stutter?

Your state of mind compared to the severity of your stutter? If we are being honest with our selves in calculating the impact of our stutter has on our everyday lives from an emotional and mental stan...

Understanding the language of your mind, the images we present to ourselves, the meaning we place on these images and certain events etc are all important aspects of understanding the problem. Just tr...

I don't stutter, but my daughter does. Of course I'm fond of her, I love everything about her including her stutter. I'm very hopeful that one day she meets someone to spend her life with that loves h...

I was in same situation as you are now. I have stutter my whole life. I have a problem that i want to treat it, i had some moments when i self motivated my self but now while i want to practice, somet...

Not sure this is a dating subreddit. People are more than their stuttering. Having the connection that both of you stutter is not going to make a successful relationship. I recommend advertising yo...

I already do accept "weird" people. Hence why I used quotation marks. If someone treats me with respect, I will reciprocate it My problem is that society groups us in the same group as someone who do...

I think that would help a lot of people to. So here's what has helped my speach. Speech therapy, reading out loud, practicing words to myself. Also improving my mental and emotional health has been th...

The blog post is nice and I completely agree with normalizing stutter, but IMO the writer glorifies this thing too much. > Stuttering is a difference, not an impediment. Yes, it’s hard to stutter...

I do love myself. I know what my strengths are and I appreciate myself for my individual qualities. The problem is that it doesn't change how difficult it is for me to connect with people socially, a...

Could be the case, but I've yet to meet a PwS who could be considered as charismatic or a "social butterfly". Then again, I haven't met that many PwS in the first place....

Oh yeah I remember watching that movie when I was 12 with my friend. I thought it was so awesome. I wasn't really into the horror aspect of the movie but I really liked how it was basically about kids...

Your stutter may be a nightmare to you, but to the vast majority of other people you meet in the world, it's just a trait. A girl I had a crush on in college had a mild lazy eye. I would never, ever h...

It feels kind of infantilizing. It’s probably a well intended compliment but that doesn’t mean you have to like it...

I have a stutter and feel dumb. Can I join?...

I’m about the biggest negative nancy you’ll find in this group, but that is one thing I never minded. Like you said, stuttering has held you back from basically everything in your life. Trust me, I f...

Many years ago, I accepted the fact I would most likely stutter until the day I die. I no longer care if people laugh at me, because I think I maxed out of the hurt that could cause me in junior high....

People don't normally tell me to spit it out. They sometimes interrupt me and act like I wasn't talking. And I do talk slang sometimes to help my stutter. Remember, stuttering is ok....