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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2025
2 points

This is a deep question and one I think about a lot. I got messed with early on but I learned how to adapt. I had to make it up in other ways… I worked my butt off, did what I was supposed to do, didn...

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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2025
4 points

I typically tick any box that says I have a disability, ask for extra time for my stutter, or if not an idea of the interview questions or topics beforehand.  And I additionally say at the start of ...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2025
1 points

Hmm this here: "My current team are also very supportive, they understand that I have stuttering however they don't count me in while speaking to the client or presentation or something which I agree ...

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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2025
0 points

Great advice - be open about it before interview. Better dont apply to a call centre, cashier, salesman etc. I honestly dont know if being open about it would help - I mean sure it can cause less stre...

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postr/StutterJul 4, 2025
39 points

Putting "i have a stutter" on my lock screen

Putting "i have a stutter" on my lock screen So I was looking around to see if I could order a "I have a stutter" pin so I can show strangers that instead of stammering while telling them I have a sta...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
1 points

I have been taking abilify for about a month now, stuttering is better.But full effect maybe 3 months....

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Helpful Med OutcomesHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
6 points

Dude, are you me? Very similar story here. Even I started stuttering severely as 17 y/o. Before that I had a stutter, but nobody knew because I stuttered like 5-10 times per week, that too in a very h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Hiding & ConcealmentOnset & Life-Stage Changes
postr/StutterJul 4, 2025
11 points

My stutter disappeared completely for a year long time ago and since then I can't figure out how to make it go away again

My stutter disappeared completely for a year long time ago and since then I can't figure out how to make it go away again Hi guys. It's gonna be long. I figured out that maybe there are people whose s...

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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
2 points

I went on the McGuire Program a few years ago and to be honest I thought it was a cult. It reminds me very much of a pyramid scheme, as all of the coaches are former students of the program and aren...

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postr/StutterJul 3, 2025
11 points

My dad is more bothered than my stutter than I am

My dad is more bothered than my stutter than I am I'm trying to become a flight attendant at a major airline. I've been doing a lot of research into the interview process, and I'm pretty confident tha...

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postr/StutterJul 3, 2025
1 points

COOKED

COOKED What’s the point of life when you’ve been stuttering since childhood? No matter how hard you try to stay strong, you always seem to fall. And yet, every single day, you get back up and keep fig...

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postr/StutterJul 2, 2025
10 points

Own it?

Own it? I can't own it. I just can't. Ive tried. Ive spoken to a lot of strangers and even did a speech at school to 700 students and teachers. But am still still uncomfortable whenever i sound like a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
1 points

I agree that stuttering isn't JUST a result of our mentality; there are definitely other things that cause and contribute to it. I think that this person was saying that, in their experience, stutter...

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postr/StutterJul 1, 2025
15 points

The END?

The END? I am 27(M) , software developer and I don't know what is happening to me. I don't feel like I am interested in anything anymore. I am drowning slowly little by little. Everything haunts me no...

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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
2 points

Do you tell your students that you stutter? If you don’t, try it; your fear of discovery will be gone. Your speech may get easier, but regardless, it will no longer matter.....

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postr/StutterJul 1, 2025
14 points

The whole situation is messed up

The whole situation is messed up Have you ever just lost hope after trying so many times to speak normally without stuttering? Like, you made a plan, set up specific exercises, maybe even booked sessi...

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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
3 points

Yeah 100% the more thought the worse I am. If I’m yapping with friends they don’t even notice. For years I kept a lot to myself they never even knew I had this. I think if my work colleagues and my f...

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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
1 points

 tengo disfemia, y tomo ABILIFY desde hace unos años y te digo que es verdad, bastante avance me dio, de hablar que no podía ni hablar a ahora que puedo decir todas lfrases fluidas....

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postr/StutterJul 1, 2025
5 points

Teaching at a college (with a stutter)

Teaching at a college (with a stutter) I am writing this up because my effort to reachout (via a post here) was deleted. I started stuttering when I was in third grade... it continued and reached it...

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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
1 points

It isn't uncommon. It's similarly weird for me. I did speech therapy a while, and literally never stuttered in the speech therapy room. I don't stutter if I don't have time to think about it because I...

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