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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2021
3 points

First time commenting, but I am a military officer and had a very tough time during my first tour, due to my stutter. Due to the high stress environment it went from mild to sometimes severe. However...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2021
3 points

/u/crudestsoup This person is on the money. Listen to what he has to say too. Specifically the this part- " If you see it as a weakness, so will they. If you see it as something that makes you tough b...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2021
1 points

Bro it's all good. We as stutterers have those days, not much you can do about it other than power through. Use moments like this to build resilience, and when it happens next you will be more incline...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2021
2 points

Fuck all those who laugh and berate you for your stutter. We didn’t choose this shit. It’s just life dealing us a bad hand. The best we can do is keep moving forward. It’s hard, I know but you can bea...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2021
2 points

May I know the title of the book? I agree there there are not a lot of success stories when it comes to completely curing stuttering. One can just overcome it to a certain extent enabling them to live...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2021
10 points

OMG that lady was so horrendously wrong in saying what she did....part of her job is to DEAL WITH STRANGERS, or if I may act a little brusque, “deal with SHIT like THIS”... but OP, it is NOT your fa...

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commentr/StutterJun 24, 2021
1 points

There are many other challenges in life, beating/managing stuttering is not the end of the road.:)...

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commentr/StutterJun 23, 2021
1 points

I wouldn't say speech therapy doesn't work. It worked for me. Sure it wasn't a cure and it didn't help until I got speech therapy again as a 19-20 year old, but a couple of things the speech therapist...

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commentr/StutterJun 23, 2021
1 points

Always believe. Miracles happen everyday. There are plenty of people out there today who have put in work to overcome their stutter. We don’t have to merely just accept this as being permanent if we d...

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commentr/StutterJun 22, 2021
5 points

I am not trying to discount your feelings in anyway and understand where you're coming from, but that really wasn't the point of the post. It's disheartening that this curse comment gets the most up...

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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2021
3 points

If you have the means and are vaccinated, I'd recommend going to the NSA Conference in Austin in a few weeks. There's nothing that can give you confidence like that can. It will probably be smaller po...

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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2021
2 points

I just wanna say that i have love for you all and even though i dont have a stutter, your comments are inspiring me. Not only to try and achieve more but to reach out and help others struggling. Im he...

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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2021
5 points

Thank you. I've been on this path for 13 years now. Like any path, it has its ups and downs and a lot of progress is made in baby steps. I have over 2 decades before that of emotional scarring and n...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2021
3 points

Stephen Covey once said, “The way we see the problem is the problem.” Maybe your stutter isn’t a problem at all. Maybe it has made you who you are for a reason! A stutter produces a great deal of humi...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2021
2 points

stuttering Will never win against me, I'm working hard to beat it, only today I was a little emotionally bad Thanks buddy for all words just positivity thoughts 🙌🏻...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2021
2 points

You can still achieve so much, though. I have a bad stutter, but I make good money writing business and government proposals. Yea, sometimes I stutter badly during meetings, but my co-workers still va...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2021
3 points

Sure, but a lot of people posting are young. It takes a process to mature and gain perspective. Like a lot of disabilities or set backs, one of the hardest parts is to avoid becoming a cynic....

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2021
3 points

This is cliche obviously, but it's only going to get in the way if you let it. Stutterers in all varying degrees have had success in all careers. I personally know people with prominent stutters as...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2021
7 points

Due to covid we have many oral exams at my university. There are many students that skip those classes becauset they don't like public speaking. After a conversation with some friends who also don't l...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2021
1 points

Congrats!!! Thank you for sharing this! I aspire to be an investment banker and this really made me feel better after experiencing a touch rejection...

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