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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
3 points

I have the same with family members. Maybe your self-image as a stutterer is stronger when you're around them, because since your childhood, you've spent the most time with them....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 29, 2022
15 points

I try hard to make a conscious decision that “stutterer” isn’t my identity. As a result, I honestly haven’t thought of this issue....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJan 28, 2022
14 points

Blackness, Stuttering, and Music with JJJJJerome Ellis

Blackness, Stuttering, and Music with JJJJJerome Ellis Today Proud Stutter podcast [released](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/proud-stutter/id1588336626?i=1000549286232) a special episode. The s...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainIdentity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterJan 24, 2022
17 points

28 years of stuttering - My lessons and Motivation

28 years of stuttering - My lessons and Motivation Hello nice people, I came here looking to share my outlook on life consisting of almost conatant stuttering. Some good years, some worse. But overall...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideQuality of Life
postr/StutterJan 23, 2022
10 points

I want to be more articulate any advice?

I want to be more articulate any advice? I’m tired of letting my stutter make me dumb down my words and vocabulary when I talk to people. I know I’m a smart person and every time I think of something ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
3 points

Taught me to think before I speak. I don’t think i’d have this many friends if it weren’t for my stutter. If I didn’t have it i’m sure i’d be cringey as fuck...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
4 points

Kept me away from shallow women and “friends”. Gave me a lot of empathy with people with other handicaps. People always remember me, which in the political space I work in is very helpful....

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
2 points

You are a person who stutters. Striving for fluency is denying and fighting against yourself. It's the messaging that you're not ok, that you need to be fixed. You can't fix who you are but more impor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
36 points

My stutter shows me who people truly are and who is worthy of my time....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2022
18 points

It forced me to become more assertive and to recognize the ways that I hold back my own potential in life. As a means of recovery, it forced me to give up my people-pleasing tendencies. I think stut...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJan 22, 2022
6 points

Stutter with Confidence - Becoming Open, Active, and Positive about our Speech and Life (Podcast Episode)

Stutter with Confidence - Becoming Open, Active, and Positive about our Speech and Life (Podcast Episode) Stutter with Confidence #60 with Andrey Denisenko Learning to become Open, Active, and Positi...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJan 20, 2022
18 points

How to test if you are making progress in your speech (not about fluency)

How to test if you are making progress in your speech (not about fluency) Isn't the answer “you are making speech progress when you are stuttering less”? That would be an easy answer, but contradict...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2022
1 points

Your feelings are totally justified. And no you don't have to "Like" it. Being more concerned that you are wasting others time with your speech disorder. A disorder that affects you on a constant bas...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
3 points

Follow up question- when did you start seeing your stutter as a stutter? Might seem weird but from my gen z POV many "differences" per say decades ago were just seen as problems. I can totally imagi...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
2 points

It actually went super well!! Thank you for the advice, when I stuttered I just accepted it and didn’t freak out over it! My interviewer even said stuttering runs in his family a little bit so he unde...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureDisclosure & Telling OthersIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJan 19, 2022
31 points

I would love to hear stories from stutterers who are now 55 years and above

I would love to hear stories from stutterers who are now 55 years and above Stutterers who have aged now. What changed in the way you think about your stutter? Or have you even completely stopped thin...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
8 points

My physics professor in high school stuttered a good amount, and we all loved him! He was an awesome teacher! He was very passionate about physics and us students took interest in what he would say be...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Identity & Self-PerceptionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
6 points

I also have a serious stutter and am pursuing Mechanical Engineering. In light of this, I started a public speaking club to try and help others who have social anxiety and/or speaking impediments. I a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2022
1 points

IDK anything about PTSD, so I can't categorize my experience one way or another as it relates to PTSD. What I will say is that the negative experiences I had as a stutterer growing up have had a dist...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJan 18, 2022
10 points

Rant/ nerves for college interview tm

Rant/ nerves for college interview tm I joined this subreddit a couple mins ago hello all anyways I have a college interview tm, and the plan is to just go ahead and tell my alumni interviewer I have ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more