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commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
1 points

I totally understand what you're saying. People don't understand that the ability to speak gives a person confidence and makes them complete. If you can't speak and say what you want to say, whenever...

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postr/StutterNov 9, 2025
10 points

My experience trying to talk to people while stuttering

My experience trying to talk to people while stuttering I'm 22 years old and I've never dated because I'm insecure about my stutter, I talked to a girl who was my childhood friend and she said that al...

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commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
1 points

Perhaps this situation isn’t relevant for everyone commenting. I can understand why someone on a disability support plan would be apprehensive to date....

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commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
2 points

I am a girl and I stutter and my brothers, and the only girl I met who stutter is my niece when she started speaking 😄...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
1 points

I agree, yet this type of thinking for a lot of men especially can make them feel like they are showing vulnerability or not being secure in themselves. I often messaged people I was going on dates ...

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commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
2 points

Stress, nervousness, anxiety will all cause stutter to be worse. That’s almost 100% true. Stutter does fluctuate. It will be less or more. In my son’s case he does not repeat words or sentences, he ge...

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commentr/StutterNov 7, 2025
5 points

I have a mouth and I must speak. Yes I must speak. Let me finish my sentences because my words are what really reflects my soul, not my eyes. Some folks be like "you don't need to speak. i can read ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 7, 2025
1 points

You are looking at the path I went on. It's unconventional but the experts have proven to us that conventional doesn't work with stuttering. The "experts" are guessing, they know only from observation...

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commentr/StutterNov 7, 2025
1 points

It is if you make it. Mine is severe and I’ve got no ill effects, beautiful wife, great kids, rich professional career. If I put in my head that I was disabled and in need of assistance I never would ...

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Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
5 points

1. Yes i feel as if every stutter knows when they are stuttering and we each have our own ways of going through it. me personally, i can feel a stutter coming like 5 words before it comes and even bef...

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commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
8 points

The boring answer is... it depends and often varies from person to person, but here's mine 1. Oh yes. Very much so. We're fully aware. Many (if not all) already know when we start a sentence which wo...

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commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
13 points

Hey first of all thank you so much for asking so respectfully and wanting to know more about stuttering rather than just choosing to be ignorant. Stuttering in general is essentially just a different ...

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commentr/StutterNov 5, 2025
2 points

It doesn't make you worse than everybody else... Are you saying deaf people are worse than everybody else? Someone in a wheelchair is worse then everyone else? If you want to give yourself a value, ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2025
0 points

Did you ever laugh at the clown in the circus? Were you concerned as whether he was hurt during his routine? You laughed because it looks funny. You are not laughing at him personally but rather as ...

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commentr/StutterNov 5, 2025
1 points

I'm the same. Wishing I never stuttered is like wishing to be another person. But I am who I am now and even if I had to add 100k to my mortgage to do it. I wouldnt think twice about it....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2025
4 points

Stuttering's just a part of me. There are a lot more, a runner, a gym freak, an efficient cook, a caring son and brother, gamer and many more. I know, I can't control my stutter, it comes and goes lik...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2025
12 points

Stuttering is part of what makes me a unique individual. My stuttering has attracted romantic partners, has contributed to career success and sets me apart from the others. I've lived in a few differe...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2025
1 points

It's very important, at 22 years of age, that you're careful with how you speak to yourself. You are not a complete bum. You are a valuable person, and you have valuable thoughts and valuable things t...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2025
4 points

Sounds like a stutter to me. He could be one of those high functioning, covert stutterers with a mild impediment. My daughters noticed mine from a very young age but never brought it up with me until...

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commentr/StutterNov 4, 2025
5 points

Using the stutter as a social screener pretty smart. People who judge on face value would just leave or be an dickhead from the get go. You’re blessed that you have confidence and good social skills....

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