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commentr/StutterSep 25, 2018
4 points

You have a great attitude about it! Best wishes! You sound like you're gonna be a great parent and role model!...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Hope & MotivationValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 25, 2018
5 points

Given that your fiance knows what it is like to be a stutterer she would probably be able to provide incredible support. It's tough though, I know I have many vivid memories of being terrified as a c...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2018
1 points

I’m jealous! I’m a highschool student and right now ADORE my teachers and all they do for me. Would love to see a teacher with a stutter! ...

Community & Support
Validation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2018
1 points

Oh you’re a teacher? With a stutter? That’s so cool! It was great to share. ...

Community & Support
Validation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2018
6 points

The one thing that *really* gets me going, is seeing/hearing/witnessing someone else stutter and talk about their "journey". Man does that make me weak and weep....

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2018
1 points

College students are alot more mature than high school students. In America college is viewed as an experience of the real world, among other things. Ever one was always patient and considerate of me ...

School & WorkCommunity & Support
School & Academic LifeValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2018
1 points

There's nothing to be ashamed of. Stutter's just a thing that happens to some. You're not letting your parents down. They know you stutter. They'll wait. You can talk. It's just that you stutter als...

Community & SupportIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyAcceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2018
5 points

Don't take it too hard. Each of us here face this problem. Your parents are the first of any to have accepted you. They understand you. Do not get tensed. Breathe in, calm down. And then try to commun...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2018
2 points

The fact that you're worried about your friend and that you want to be there for her says so much good about you. I hope you do manage to call her. I know it's tough, but if you can, try not to focus ...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2018
3 points

Many times random people laughing or saying things like, “Did you forget your name”, are ignorant of your disorder. They may feel awkward and never been in that situation. You have to take it with a...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Validation & EmpathySelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2018
3 points

I completely agree. Unless they're being wildly obnoxious and continue to belittle you after you explain it, just let it go. Stuttering isn't a super well-known condition, some people are bound to mis...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Validation & EmpathySelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2018
12 points

Like, someone you just met and doesn't know you? They're probably just being playful and didn't mean to pinch a nerve. Or someone who knows you're a stutterer and is bullying you? That's a shitty lo...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Validation & EmpathySelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2018
1 points

Just go and talk. In today’s world people really wont care you stutter or no. Just go and be nice to people. I have tons of friends all my life and never had a problem. ...

Coping & AdvocacyCommunity & Support
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2018
-2 points

I tried this too and for me I didn't get any result but we are all different. Also I do believe that having a good mood it has an positive impact on your body but in my case it didn't work....

Community & SupportCauses & Variability
Validation & EmpathyEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2018
2 points

On the contrary. It is exactly because I fully understand and personally feel the pain other fellow stutterers experience, to the degree I can’t be around another stutter without feeling overwhelmingl...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Shame & EmbarrassmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2018
1 points

Thank you for sharing your own experience. You are a lucky guy. I’m also lucky enough to have met my wife, a fluent speaker, who fully accepts and loves me as a stutter. For that I’m forever grateful...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Acceptance & PrideValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2018
2 points

I feel like I'm more empathetic than most. I listen really well and am generally very accepting of others' viewpoints and feelings, almost (sometimes?) to a fault. I also feel like I've grown to be ...

Community & SupportCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Validation & EmpathySeverity & FluctuationMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2018
2 points

I know a few people who have speech impediments including stuttering. Usually the younger you are the more embarrassed you are for them, then it turns to a more sympathetic/empathetic stance as you ge...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Anxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2018
6 points

This is still a forum for discussion. We can disagree, have a discussion and be excellent to each other at the same time. ...

Community & Support
Validation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2018
16 points

I would never want a stutterer friend in real life. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I just can’t bear seeing another human being stutter. I don’t personally know any other stutterer, but I remember...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy