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commentr/StutterOct 30, 2022
4 points

a year ago in your age i felt myself right that way in a university. my stuttering was severe. but 2 years later i just became used to my speech disability. it's still pretty much severe but i'm on th...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2022
2 points

1 acceptance [ as if there is no hope in a different reality ] #2 managing life one day at a time [as if it is the last 24 hours to live .. much helpful for me ] #3 I have a big interest in the scie...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2022
1 points

I’ll be honest, I’m 20. It hasn’t gone away and I doubt it ever will. I have to accept that fact that I will inevitably miss opportunities because of it....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2022
3 points

i stutter on w's. and i used to be a traveling salesman selling an all purpose cleaner called "whip it." and i dreaded when i had to say the cleaners name because i had to say it alot. i did figure wa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2022
12 points

Trying to get rid of something that's a part of you is what makes stuttering so difficult. Learning to accept and stop fighting it is how you live a normal life, saying everything you want, just with ...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2022
4 points

Find a way to accept it and make it apart of you because after all, it is apart of you. I work in a kitchen and we need to tell the waiters what order we just made. I was working today from 12pm til...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideAvoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2022
9 points

That’s good! One day you’re going to say disclosed instead of confessed because having a stutter isn’t a secret you should be ashamed of. Throughout college, you’re going to get more comfortable be...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2022
2 points

Realise that everyone has their speaking styles. Us stutterers don´t have to fit into other people´s speaking styles. If its too slow for them, alright, but its not our responsibility to fit into thei...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2022
4 points

Acceptance. It's difficult because of how hindering it can be, but what's helped me is not viewing it as something bad because nobody i interact with has an issue with it only me which says alot about...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2022
13 points

To some extent, depression, anxiety, feeling permanently misunderstood and frustrated will be things walking along side of you for ever. There is no way around that and I know it sucks. But it is up...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & PrideFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2022
3 points

Stuttering is always stress. All of us who stutter have a stress disorder to some degree. I'm not an expert, but I haven't found any changes in my behavior or any other visible causes other th...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2022
5 points

Yes. For me it's important to always have a way out to communicate what I want to say for example, confidence, an affirmation or writing it down if nothing else works. Imagine I stuttered but got my m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2022
4 points

When I was younger yea. Now a days I don’t stress too much if I stutter alot. Also most people I interact with are patient though there are some a**holes...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideListener Reactions
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2022
1 points

"Try to speak those words and sentences on which you stutter, as much as possible. You will eventually start to stutter less on those words." * I stutter on all letters and words equally because I do...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2022
2 points

You are such a wonderful parent. I had to beg my mom to help me or else she wouldn't have done anything. She always belittled me and my issues. You are a very compassionate person and my heart goes ou...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2022
1 points

These are secondary characteristics. They come from your body subconsciously and consciously trying every possible way to not stutter. It’s a fight or flight response to a moment of panic. You can tr...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Physical TensionAcceptance & PrideVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2022
3 points

Most have of us have been there, I can only share my experience but I’m 31 and have lived a happy life so far. My stutter is moderate but at times it can be severe. Speech therapy helped me to let g...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Helpful Med OutcomesEnergy & Biological RhythmsAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2022
2 points

I hit that wall at 21-23 years old. I'm 30 now and thriving. I still have a fairly moderate stutter but as you get older, you learn that most people don't care as much about it. Surround yourself with...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2022
0 points

Yea forsure i will try that too next time and also i think that there is not a single way to tackle stutter, I think a person has to be more flexible in trying different techniques to see which one fi...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2022
2 points

Just talk to him like a normal person, because he is! I understand why you’re being cautious, but stuttering is just a part of us and most of us just accepted it as a personality trait lol. All he ...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideValidation & Empathy