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commentr/StutterSep 14, 2025
1 points

Speech therapist here. I have worked with many clients with stuttering. Some of them with mild to moderate levels of stuttering did improve a lot and started managing their speech rate very well in th...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2025
2 points

Mine certainly got worse from 14 onwards, there was no 1 thing that I attributed it to but I gathered it was just the process of becoming more aware of it growing up and then eventually going into you...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesSeverity & FluctuationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2025
1 points

Been a stutterer for 50 years. Only met three people with an actual stutter. One was family. One was a distant colleague. One was an academic. And in all those years, like you, I have met dozens of pe...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2025
3 points

44m here, life is much easier when you realize you may never lose the stutter. Telling yourself something is going to change that statistically will not is a recipe for resentment if someone is only ...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
4 points

If they had my stutter for 10 min they would never bully anyone ever again....

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
0 points

I'm 27 and started stuttering when I was 3. I've found a lot of success with Lee Lovett's book "How To Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking". Now I can truly say, I never have to stutter in any situation -...

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Severity & FluctuationFluency TechniquesPositive Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
0 points

I was a stutterer for over 60 years. Thought I had to live with it, found Lee’s program in March and I am now fluent! Stuttering is a habit and Lee’s 123 punch works! Reading aloud, mind, training, a...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationFluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
1 points

Yeah it's impressive. There are also before and after clips of me somewhere. The first 6 month were great. But for me and many others from my intensive course it didn't last. I did refresher once the ...

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Severity & FluctuationPositive Therapy TechniquesUnhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
2 points

Actually, yes. It improved my confidence and made me more extroverted and outgoing. It lifted my mood to the point where I felt happy all the time, though a bit weird. At that time, I was also drinki...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
2 points

I think Mike Tyson’s lisp wasn’t physically visible and during his time, there wasn’t any internet, so anyone who mocks or bullies are irl and might get punched in the face. His career does not involv...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
2 points

I think there is. There’s some neuroscience method program by the world stop stuttering association and I joined it this past summer and while I’m not where I want to be 100%, I can’t kid myself, ther...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
3 points

I mean Iron Mike has a lisp and he gets by pretty fine. Atleast he can express himself without having to contort his face, blink rapidly or block for seconds unend. I'm not sure he deals with the fear...

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Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
3 points

I just thought that people with lisp has a physical defect with the speech disorder of difficulty of certain sounds. They can still convey their thoughts through speech depending on how severe their l...

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Severity & FluctuationValidation & EmpathyStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
5 points

Don’t underestimate our disorder, because of that message is that society don’t care about it . Also, a severe stuttering can be very though . We don’t have to treat as the worst one, but please don’t...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
1 points

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if people stutter way less at this school...

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commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
1 points

That isn’t that bad. Brother, you don’t know how it is to be mute. I am not mute, but stuttering can be easily mitigated by attending a speech therapist. Mute people have no way to freely express them...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Severity & FluctuationValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
-16 points

I would rather have cancer. There are people who beat cancer. U cant beat a severe stutter . Most people if they had my stutter would say " just give me my cancer back this is no life"...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
3 points

lmao I said social disability cuz that is a group of disabilities that stuttering belongs in. But yea tell me any disability cuz u cant name one social one. Spoiler alert there isn't any. I get why u ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationSuicidal Ideation & High DistressIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
-1 points

Nope. In terms of social disabilities stuttering is the worst and its not even close. The numbers and research speaks for itself. Can u name me which ones are worse?...

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commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
-3 points

Many disorders are much worse than stuttering that is a fact, dealing with stuttering is a completely different thing, I struggle with it too ngl, but if you look we are not the only ones who suffer a...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSuicidal Ideation & High Distress