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commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
3 points

I'm 41 and in the US. I've only met 2 other people who stutter. I've never met another female who stutters though. I have a customer service job and I have to CONSTANTLY explain my stutter. It can be ...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & CareerQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
2 points

I have only met one stutterer. He also had the same first name as me, lived next to me, our parents were friends, was the same age as me and went to the same school as me...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
2 points

I’d like to start by saying I’m not a doctor nor am I a therapist so everything I’m about to say should be taken with a grain of salt. The fact that you have good days where you hardly stutter makes i...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
3 points

I have met only one person who stutters like me. And he is a junkie and Im sure his brain is just melted from meth :DD So basically Im all alone where are they ffs...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
2 points

Yes, I think that I’m definitely better at reading people than others. And I think the reason is because I spent a lot more time with my mouth shut, observing and listening, than other people. Most pe...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Identity & Self-PerceptionValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
1 points

I stuttered, and I grew up in the US with what at the time was a unique name that EVERYONE butchered. So I ended up giving myself a nickname that was easy for everyone to pronounce. Since then I’ve ev...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
3 points

I’ve been friends with 5 people who stutter throughout my school career. 2 of them just so happen to be called Nick lol I’m sure my experience is an anomaly. But you also have to take into account t...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
4 points

This year is the first time I've met another severe stutterer, he's also in my class so we do (try to) talk about it sometimes...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Personal StoriesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2021
2 points

Focusing on your stutter makes it SO much worse. What tends to happen is when you're focused on your stutter you get more anxiety, when you get more anxiety the stutter gets worse, and so on and so fo...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionMindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2021
3 points

Don’t do anything, parents putting me in speech classes when I was in grade school taught me something was wrong with me, and it took a long long time for me to get out of that mindset and I still str...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterNov 27, 2021
70 points

1% of the world population stutter, but where are they?

1% of the world population stutter, but where are they? Hello everybody! I have read that more than 70 million people in the entire world stutters (and that’s about 1% of the global population). I’m f...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Personal StoriesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2021
2 points

There is a ton of those kind of videos and they are all pretty generic and its its hard to find someone that speaks to you I think. But I actually read the Jordan Peterson 12 rules for life and there...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-PerceptionMindset shift
postr/StutterNov 26, 2021
53 points

Has Stuttering given you a 6th sense about people?

Has Stuttering given you a 6th sense about people? Stuttering is something that I do not wish on anyone. Even if you have other family members who stutter mom/father/grandparent. Even when they shoul...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2021
2 points

Please don’t you are so much more than who you believe yourself to be and that’s a fact. Go ask your family....

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2021
9 points

You've a family which tells me you've people that love you. I've stuttered for 40 yrs now and the best thing that has happened to me is finding my partner and having a family. You've a group of people...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2021
9 points

It’s time to start embracing who you are as an individual and find strength in that. You have the right to be happy as someone that stutters, and it is very possible. I think you are putting others on...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2021
10 points

I think it depends how you see your stutter, what it is to you...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2021
6 points

That is a great idea. I also saw on this sub someone get a tattoo of a broken record to indicate that they stutter, I think they are pretty good...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2021
1 points

You really get an whole new perspective of the world that other people don't get. I was going to say the same....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2021
2 points

Stop stuttering from this point foward, because stuttering has taught me a lot about about a few things, like, y'know, stuttering itself, shy people and how to present yourself...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionMindset shift