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Please stop comparing yourself to normal people. The fact u achieved what you did with a stutter is great. If normal people had our disability they wouldn't last a day....

Sorry to hear this story, sounds terrible. How was your performance in this software tasks? Were you the one who always gets shit done, were you better employee than others?...

It would be like winning the lottery!...

Yeah I have a stutter accompanied with anxiety I don’t usually stutter but when it comes to reading or saying my name out loud in class I can’t say them I have blocks I don’t know how to fix it though...

I've always attributed this to the fact that I can't paraphrase my name in any way. The same happens with my social security number or my age, etc....

for your next job, don't run away. either ask for accommodation and then get fired and then sue them. or ask for it and get it and continue working there. and since you're suicidal, you need to talk ...

The number of time I’ve heard "You don’t know your own name?" Tell me about it...

I agree. Fluency shaping is not effective for a lot of people who stutter. Check out Avoidance Reduction Therapy https://www.sisskinstutteringcenter.com/arts It completely changed my life....

I think about how much harder it must be to be a mute, and that sets back on track....

I combined two theories who have researched the area of stuttering extensively. One was from Martin Schwartz and one from William Parry. I combined the theory of passive flow and the Valsalva response...

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So, you’ve researched how the brain works for 20 years and concluded that the main cause of stuttering is lack of breath control? Is that really what a speech therapist is saying? Interesting....

Yep if you have the money try speech therapy. Look at the results of adults vs kids going to speech therapy. For adults is basically worthless but kids actually get benefits. Its now or never. If it...

You are recommending to avoid those teaching the very thing that the concerned parent is worried about and the thing the child is actively struggling with? What kind of backwards advice is this? OP I...

I went to the speech and stuttering institute 20 years ago and was taught outdated and unhelpful therapy. I checked their website and they still use much of the same writing so I would not recommend t...

This is exactly how I was able to reach fluency on a consistent basis and with long term effects. I spent over 20 years researching how the brain learns. I was able to actually rewire my brain to gain...

Looking for resources to help my 4 year old son who stutters

Looking for resources to help my 4 year old son who stutters I’ve been supporting my son, who is now 4 years old, struggle with stuttering since he was 2 years old. We’ve been through the public syste...

You would rather be in a wheelchair your whole life than repeat some words when you talk!...

Every single time I have been to jail, it’s been because I was on Xanax and did something serious 🤦‍♂️ every single time. I’m currently going through withdrawal right now but am weaning off from a 5 ...

I would happily tell people over lunch about recent books or movies I enjoyed without feeling like doing a disservice to the works by blocking here and there on the story....