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I think we just have to «own it». Own your stutter. Meaning you should show no sight that it’s bothering you. It will also reduce your stutter. I find it difficult because it feels like a curse. Anyon...

Plenty of other places to work at. You dodged a bullet if that was how they took your request. I stuttered and worked at almost all the big giants in my field for 12 years now. My secret: acceptance a...

Same here, Im 18 and I've stuttered through my teen years and I've seen worse worse days where my own siblings would mock me. I still stutter but its much much better than how I used to stutter 1 or 2...

I too was just like you fearing every moment I had to talk in class, in social settings, etc.. what I’ve found out now is no one really reacts to the stuttering itself, they’re reacting to your reacti...

Tell that to my fluency :) There has never been a shortage of cement solved without cement - you cannot solve a stutter without admitting that the fluency is possible, that it is there!...

Your assumptions seem valid however each stutterer is unique. Their stuttering was caused by different reasons and they might stutter in a slightly different manner Your example of a stutterer who ha...

For some people it does get better, your experience doesn’t equal everyone else’s. And having a disability doesn’t give you an excuse to be a dick....

Oh, gee! I'm sorry I missed your message yesterday. You asked about my strategy. I don't have one. I sought psychotherapy for an unrelated issue, anxiety, and depression. In the course of therapy, my ...

It’s hard. It’s like, really, really hard. I promise you it gets better though. My teens were some of the worst years of my life. For me it got easier after some speech therapy where we also worke...

I just started to disclose my stuttering. I'm currently in AIT, and I have to do a lot of reading out loud and presenting. I thought I was messing up a lot, so after one presentation I disclosed that ...

I don't care, I find it a little nice but if they keep getting it wrong it does annoy me...

I also get what you’re saying but I’m not speaking for everyone, just myself and how I feel. But part of my trauma of stuttering are people constantly yelling at me for stuttering, forcing me to talk ...

While I can understand what you're saying, in that you're glad that you found acceptance, I fail to understand how trauma is ever "cute". I don't know, it rubs me the wrong way. The times when we get ...

Idk, my ex said it was cute and made me feel accepted because she wasn’t one of those people who hated my stutter....

Thanks. It’s wonderful Just to be able to say what I’m thinking and not dread peoples’ reactions when I stutter. Since I can’t reverse the clock and live my life over as a non stutterer, I’ll be grate...

I’m not suggesting people should stop looking for techniques to reduce stuttering. I didn’t mean for my comment to come off as “it’s so easy to accept yourself”. You can comment your suggestions and I...

I know some people on this subreddit don’t like this answer. It sounds like you need to work on acceptance. Your stutter may improve or it may not but either way life needs to go on. Therapy might be ...

Communication is one of the fundamental parts of human society, and we have a hard time communicating. I know I feel like I’m trapped in my own head because I know what I wanna say. I know the answer ...

Man I'd definitely hate anyone who'd treat me like that but anyways...I don't think we can change the inevitable,well most of us can't so why can't they just go f themselves,live your life and don't ...

We should embrace our diversity. There's even a school of thought that autism and other neurodivergent traits are evolutionary advances. How anyone looks or talks makes them who they are and they shou...