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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2016
1 points

My best friend listens without trying to offer advice or "fix" the situation. It's pretty rare to have someone willing and interested enough to listen to me talk about this stuff, even when they know ...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2016
1 points

Yeah first of all listen to her. Its not a common thing in my culture, but when people become distracted because i take to long to say things it feels like a knife in my chest. And for me, dont feel ...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2016
4 points

Just listen to her. People who have a stutter often have no one to vent to and feel it's too draining for someone to have to listen to us. Sometimes just having one person in our lives who we know doe...

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postr/StutterAug 17, 2016
9 points

How to give support for loved ones?

How to give support for loved ones? My cousin is a year younger than me and has always looked up to me. We have been close our whole lives seeing as how we are so near in age. She has dealt with stutt...

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2016
3 points

Hello. I've been meaning to make a similar post to yours, as it is nice to see this is a decently active community. I'm in my mid twenties at this point and have only met one other person with a stu...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2016
3 points

Good for you, sadwaves. I wish I were excited to wear something like that. I hope it leads to come positive conversation!...

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postr/StutterAug 16, 2016
14 points

hello everyone!!

hello everyone!! Hey all. I've been hooked on reddit for a while now, and just stumbled across this sub. Its great seeing all you awesome fellow humans fighting the same fight. I can't wait to really ...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2016
1 points

Love you Europe's ninja. You have no idea how much your positivity on my other posts by different accounts has had...

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commentr/StutterAug 12, 2016
1 points

Sorry you're going through a hard time. Do you have any NSA (National Stuttering Association) meetings in your area? It might be a good opportunity to share what you're going through with other person...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2016
2 points

Want to add that I'm enjoying this discussion. Good to see how others perceive stuttering and what their point of view is for progress etc. ...

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commentr/StutterAug 6, 2016
1 points

Fuck yeah! Did you have any especially bad events related to stuttering here?...

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commentr/StutterAug 4, 2016
2 points

100% this. I've had so many people who are honestly just ignorant to what a real stutter is and the only thing they can compare it to is not even close to what we experience, and they never will. So a...

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commentr/StutterAug 2, 2016
1 points

dear we r not alone. we can feel each other of here. so we r best frnd each other... I want to be ur frnd......

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postr/StutterJul 27, 2016
9 points

Does anyone of you have a partner that stutters too? If so, share your experience

Does anyone of you have a partner that stutters too? If so, share your experience Hello, I've thought of this for some time now. How it would be to have a partner that stutters too. I guess it would b...

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2016
3 points

In my AIT (job training for the US Army) I was the best in my class, the distinguished honor graduate. The problem with that was that I had to give a 5 minute speech in front of higher ranking personn...

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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2016
4 points

It's like saying you understand how your paraplegic friend feels because you broke your leg once. These are the same kind of people that will try to be a therapist to you and tell you to "don't be ner...

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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2016
6 points

if the people you're socializing with are making fun of your stutter, they are NOT your friends. one of the things that helped me is that my friends let me speak even if I did stutter....

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2016
3 points

I also need an answer to this, I need to know how to reply to this. Because it seems like...blind sympathy if you know what I mean. Struggling on a word once or dealing with it when you're REALLY nerv...

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postr/StutterJul 24, 2016
11 points

How often do people tell you 'I used to stutter, I get it'...

How often do people tell you 'I used to stutter, I get it'... I feel like most of the people I encounter, that mention my stutter, end up telling me that they either used to stutter or that they still...

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2016
1 points

Looks like someone else didn't :D But I think it's something like this we're in here for. This sub is actually pretty much the only time I get to communicate with other stutterers like that....

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