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My stutter sculpted me into me. I would not trade all the years of pain, frustration, embarrassment and struggle if I had to surrender one moment of who I ended up being and continue to become. I feel...

I have a pretty bad stutter and I've been w an amazing girl for 2 years now and and she finds it cute. The answer is there isn't anyone you have to go out of your way to try and stop stuttering for. ...

I’ve only recently just started realizing that people might see it as endearing. I’ve always been treated really well by people in my circles/workplaces, but always thought it was because I was just a...

By my senior year of high school. Everyone that was left at school knew I stuttered and didn't care so I used to pad out my English speeches with extra stuttering. The teacher wouldn't dare mark me do...

My king the most counterintuitive goal is to not stutter. It´s hard, but allow yourself to stutter. Speak slow, stutter on purpose, and realise you´re not responsible to speak fluid. You have a tire t...

It's important to know that his stuttering wasn't / isn't typical childhood onset stuttering. If I'm remembering correctly, he said it was the result of physical trauma to his larynx (hit by a baseb...

Fluency enhancing sound effective, but without the most important things, it will be a constant struggle. Those are to realize that every speaker has repetitions and you *need* to let ppl hear your r...

Hey, march 1999 here! That was so nice written. Seems like you learned how to live with it! That is so awesome and I hope it stays that way. Stay safe, healthy and blessed!...

I’m sorry you’re still struggling to accept it. I know it’s a shitty thing to have to deal with in life along with all the other struggles. Though you will find happiness once you learn to fully accep...

I was about to drop, but after having conversations with my parents I think I'll continue. I stutter alot and because of that I missed many classes of CDC and now I regret it. The one advise, I woul...

I am soooo happy to hear this result for you! Are you combining it with anything else? People here are ignoring this because the suggestion often comes from people who have no clue what they are tal...

Happy birthday! Please please don’t think that your struggle was meaningless. Even if you are not where you want to be, everything you’ve done, everything you’ve been through has lead to this point, h...

Im sorry you feel disappointed after reading your letter. Something like a stutter can be a lifelong struggle, and you can’t really grasp that as a ten year old. You don’t have to give up trying to fi...

I absolutely struggled with it and then gave up. I embraced it as a character trait, but I don’t let it define me....

I'm sorry that happened to you. One thing my therapist said was to feel your feet on the floor and that communicated to your brain that you aren't running away. It honestly seems to help me. When I am...

That is great advice. Something I wish I knew at your age. We can all stutter on our own terms...

You can't catch stuttering. If a little child growing up hears a parent stutter when they are learning to speak they may copy them, which is a good incentive to work on stopping stuttering. Not e...

I stuttered infrequently and still sometimes do, but my daughter has severe dysfluency. My tips are to love unconditionally your child. They will be fine and successful and the world is a better place...

My mom stutters and out of me and my sister, im the one that got the stutter gene (I'm the baby) As long as you support your child and don't make them feel like shit, then you'll be good. It's been a...

This is the right attitude to have. I felt similar thoughts as a teen. I'm now 42, a father to a college kid, and there was a time in my life I didn't think I'd be here. I know it is uncomfortable but...