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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2022
1 points

Everyone has it so different in the ways they deal with it, and levels of severity of the stutter, so it makes sense to add severity levels. That way it is easier to people who are not familar with st...

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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2022
2 points

I’ve only met 2 in real life with one. The first one was when I was 12 and started in secondary school. There was another lad in my year with one. I wouldn’t say we’re friends but he’s a cool lad and ...

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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2022
2 points

I’m a 40 year old male living in the Bay Area. I am open to meeting other stutterers if it can help someone. I have stuttered my entire life. If I can help someone with their struggle by sharing my jo...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
1 points

Just talking to people I've never done speech therapy ever in my life But one size does not fit all I find that tackling the fear of stuttering head-on and not caring has helped me in my jobs an...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
3 points

Yep. Got separated from my friend at six flags, went to the “lost kid” station (which is funny because I was looking for a 20 something year old man 😂) and the lady that was helping me retrace our st...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
2 points

I’m 27, I have stutterers in my family but outside of my family, I have met another girl in college who has a stutter and we became fast friends even though we were a little slow in saying it ;) I h...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
1 points

I fully understand what you’re saying with reason 2, but I don’t agree at all. It’s your mindset, don’t think, it’s just not helpful and it sets up a victim mentally!...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
2 points

I’m 26 and still haven’t ran into anyone who stutters it used to really bother me but now it is what it is....

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
6 points

Yep! She is a Dunkin’ Donuts cashier! I was so incredibly happy when I heard her speak and stutter, just like me. Same facial movements, twitching. Everything. I go sometimes hoping to see her...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
2 points

22f, i only met one person in highschool, he was the grade above me but we we’re never in same speech therapy and I don’t know if he had an IEP....

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
3 points

Not since I was a child. I met some at a speech pathology center when I was a kid, but I unfortunately didn’t keep up with them. I’m 34 and I have never met a stutterer as an adult....

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
2 points

Mate I was at that stage to begin with Took a whole lot of year's of practice and not giving a shit to where I am now But that's my journey...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
2 points

Surprisingly yes. 4 of them. And I'm proud to say I was friends with them all. One of them was a girl I met in speech therapy at my grade school when I was like 9. We were the only ones in our entire ...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
5 points

Besides my brother, one of my ex-colleagues had a stutter, and his was quite severe when it started going (heard jerks and all that jazz). But he was super witty and knowledgeable and not really shy, ...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
7 points

I met a guy that had a worse stutter than mine when I was 25. We worked in the same department and were both leads.he was a super nice guy and we even talked about our stutters once and what triggers ...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
3 points

Quite a few, but I’m 45 and live in a 40% black city. I always enjoy it. It’s like a brotherhood....

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
3 points

I’m a bit younger than you, just turned 20 a month ago. I’ve stuttered since I was 8 years old and I have the kind of stutter where my who body shakes and my face twitches. I use to deal with it in u...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
25 points

I'm 25 and just met my first one last month, an older gentleman started talking to me while we were in the bathroom at a bar and he had a stutter and I pointed it out and he got defensive until I reve...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
2 points

I agree with your first statement but it’s not true to say that stuttering will never go away. Some people completely recover and don’t even need to control their stuttering anymore....

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2022
3 points

I get what u mean, but a lot of is has to do with the anxiety to stutter. When you can take away the anxiety and try to not care so much it will go better. For my personally anyway....

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