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For me, I think it depends on how severe it is. I’ve been to NSA meetings with people who could barely speak due to their stutter. Meanwhile I feel self conscious because I go “d-d-d-d” or “g-g-g-g” s...

I thought the stat that u/Little_Achanthaceae87 shared the other day was pretty jarring… >There is a very high suicidal ideation rate among people who stutter - 67.9% - in a research study (2023) by ...

Officially, yes. Personally, I think it depends on your experience and how it affects your daily life. As someone with a severe stutter, I consider it a disability because it impacts all my interactio...

It is a pure disability. We are in-between those fluent talkers and those who talk with hand signals. Big fluctuating speech depending on various situations is a tough challenge every stutterer face d...

It's something that prevents you from having a normal life in at least some variation. So yes, I'd say it's a disability....

>If I can’t order food I for sure can’t work in a job. Not true. Don't set yourself artificial limits. There are no quick fixes. If you want to improve your fluency, find a speech therapy program t...

Something that worked for me that my therapist told me, was doing deep belly breathing for a few minutes couple of times a day. Also search mouth muscle relaxing exercises. I know everyone's stutter...

I would focus on what's important in life. Education, health, maybe sports, work, etc. Don't let your stutter consume you. If it wasn't that it would be something else taking up headspace that no o...

Even with in stutterers, all lifes are not same. I know a stutterer, who has better life than me, he is confidence with his stuttering and all, because he has strong supportive family since birth. I h...

This is unfortunate. This right here is what they who deal with this, do not need to hear. They already fear we feel frustrations when they talk which only exacerbates the disfluency. ……. They are j...

This doesn’t sounds like a stuttering issue. From your description, it seems like a developmental issue. I’m not a psychologist, so I won’t speculate on diagnoses. First, try having some empathy for...

It's all about perspective. Lamenting over society's inability to "accept" us isn't healthy. You'll be surprised how much control we have over our quality of life. Yes, we are abnormal, but it doesn...

I get your point, but not sure I’d call it a disability. For example, people who can’t walk for some reason, are always restricted in this sense, they have no choice. People who stutternavigate it di...

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Advice? 16F here I have always had a small stutter. It's not that much of a problem, but it comes up at the worst time. Like just saying my name to a receptionist is hard on the regular, but I sometim...

If we want to suggest anecdotal examples, the most well known ones probably include going to order food.  So would you or any other stutterer be able to say the same order alone in the shower (if so, ...

34m here. Hey buddy, we were all there at that age. High school was brutal. I dropped out junior year and took alternative schooling to get my diploma. You’ll notice once you are out of high school, t...

I used to lean on alcohol in my teen ages, and till 28 yrs, quit drinking because I abused liquor, even was sacked once because of it. Now I am unsociable grumpy California sober man. Psychologist is ...

The same here. My typical party schema was to get drunk as fast as possible and try to be socially desired. It was a pattern during my 20's. Indeed, I was stammering almost unnoticeable when being dru...

This hurts to read and I can only imagine the pain it must be to experience this. Don't take these experiences as a limiting factor for you, you need to find a way to be at peace with your stutter, do...

Yep something that effects your daily life so dramatically, and stops you performing or communicating efficiently, surely comes under a disability.. maybe the mental health side to, as it causes so ...