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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2022
3 points

I always like to emphasize that if your stutter can get worse, it can also get better. Thanks for your service!...

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Severity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2022
3 points

People always project themselves into others, they think that our problem is an easy fix because they don't have to deal with it. I think that you can indeed do any job with enough dicipline and care ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2022
6 points

I can only speak for the anecdotes and advise I share, which also tends to be that you can do anything. I guess what I always mean is, you should at least **try**. It’s harsh, but we have to get u...

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Hope & MotivationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2022
2 points

Please don’t let this affect you any shape or form you have to accept it and embrace it and it will be less painful. I understand exactly how you feel but it’s not a reason to give up. Stuttering is t...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideValidation & EmpathyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2022
1 points

Yes, what you said makes perfect sense. That would be one way in which running could reduce your stutter. I was actually thinking about it myself from a different perspective. More from the physiolo...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2022
0 points

Nothing to worry about. They will just think you’re Canadian. ;-) But seriously, there is NOTHING to worry about. More likely than not, you will have made someone’s day more interesting and maybe hav...

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Personal StoriesHope & Motivation
postr/StutterJan 5, 2022
4 points

#2022LikeYourselfChallengez

#2022LikeYourselfChallengez Zach Anner is starting off the year with a great attitude! I know many in this community have trouble with self esteem. Zach has CP, and his content is not at all stutterin...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2022
2 points

“I will do anything to talk more normal” ❌ “I want to try anything that’ll help me be more comfortable with what I’ve been dealt” ✅ Some people (lucky bastards) can help their stutter and get better...

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Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2022
2 points

What if you got into a dehabilitating car crash at age 7? Idiot. 😂 Live the life you’ve been dealt RIGHT NOW so you don’t feel the same one year from now...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2022
0 points

I do believe that the only person responsible to get out of this toxic thinking cycle is you. As someone told me 'Don't think being the only one at a disadvantage. Other people wish they could X or Y,...

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Hope & MotivationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2022
1 points

Yeah this has been my realization over the past two years as well. I’m working on myself as a whole instead of focusing on stuttering....

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Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
postr/StutterJan 4, 2022
11 points

Extract from Speech Is A River by Ruth Mead

Extract from Speech Is A River by Ruth Mead I stopped seeking fluency. Fluency is a by-product of arriving in the Zone (in which all effort to speak is gone). Just as you can’t seek happiness directly...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2022
2 points

No worries at all, had a hard lockdown where I am too and home workouts helped kill time if you're interested in starting with that. Either way I'm glad to have helped, you got this!...

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2022
2 points

Wow, thank you for this man, you genuinely almost brought a tear to my eye :). I was actually about to start going to the gym but then my government imposed a hard lockdown on our country so that idea...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2022
3 points

You can and will be able to talk normally! You’ll hear a lot of people tell you that it’s impossible to overcome stuttering. I can tell you if you stutter due to anxiety, low self esteem and other out...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Hope & MotivationFluency TechniquesEmployment & Career
postr/StutterJan 3, 2022
47 points

Amazing day

Amazing day Hey guys, had an amazing day today and felt I had to share. I'm a radiographer student doing my 3rd clinical placement in a hospital. I'm doing ct scans and talking to patients and staf...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2022
1 points

I feel you. Truly. May I ask what are you doing about it? Many of us feel resigned to the fact that we can't do anything about our stutter. *I* believe this is false. Whether it's a stutter or some o...

Emotional Experience
Hope & MotivationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2022
1 points

Hey dude! I come from a line of stutterers. Also alcoholics.I beat both! Break that chain! Don’t settle to stutter. Seek fluency. I did it in my fifties....

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commentr/StutterJan 1, 2022
12 points

I did speech therapy in my mid twenties and that helped a lot. It was in a group therapy setting, and meeting others who stuttered made me feel less alone and really opened my eyes in general. The thi...

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commentr/StutterDec 31, 2021
1 points

As I get older I'm realizing how much I actually want to use my voice. Luckily I've been able to make the most of opportunities I've had so in the end I'm personally not too focused on "what could hav...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationHiding & Concealment