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commentr/StutterApr 29, 2021
1 points

Of course, you can't have the good without the bad. Not everybody's educated to empathise that many stutters have to wake up everyday and fear in delivering that presentation or standing out from the ...

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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2021
1 points

This takes massive balls. I can’t believe I just found this sub. I’m definitely sticking around I really need this...

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 28, 2021
3 points

I not sure if I’m considered Adult Onset because I stuttered as a kid for a year, then again in 4th grade for a few months. Then it happened again a few years ago when I was 21 and it lasted 3 years. ...

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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2021
1 points

Great job i had the same experience last semester when i was presenting my FYP and i was so proud of myself, steve harvey helped me aswell actually...

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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2021
2 points

Absolutely. I only really started working on my stutter when I was around 22-23. I basically bombed out of every job interview I had after completing my degree, because I would literally block and sit...

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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2021
2 points

I am 27 well I am not financially independent yet and still feel like a kid a lot of the times but my stutter got better a lot like the others. I remember feeling like you do when I was 17 myself and ...

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commentr/StutterApr 28, 2021
3 points

I feel you, but as others have said, there's a good chance it does get better in your 20s. For me personally, it happened when I was 21. At that age, I did something kind of counterintuitive: I join...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
3 points

I’m sorry that happened to you :( You’re right, I can’t imagine what that feels like. But you were able to overcome it and that’s what matters. Those people were very narrow minded. Thank you for th...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
2 points

Wow, that’s so cool. You should be proud of yourself!! Thanks for the advice. I’ll definitely dm you sometime! :)...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
4 points

Thank you for the advice and story!!! I really want to live my life and do something I enjoy as a career, so thanks for the insight!...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
8 points

30 years old here and still stutter on a daily basis and I am a medical doctor treating patients and happily married with a wife that loves me and my stutter so never tell yourself you can’t do it. Y...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
15 points

>>Success Stories? Yes. 50M here. I didn't get fluent until my 20's. You are NOT too old to get fluent. I remember how bad it was being a young man with a stutter. Just wanting to be heard. F...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
12 points

Late 20s here. Honestly, this is a tough battle and there is nothing I can say that will immediately help you, but maybe it gives you hope. I'm currently doing IT, I take phone calls 8hrs a day/40hrs ...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
1 points

>I was just wondering, as someone who is teetering between acceptance and shame does it get better? **YES** It takes a long time, but it gets better. Just as you're no longer the 16 year old you...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
24 points

I highly recommend finding a hobby that doesn’t involve talking - for me, that was music. It’s twofold in its helpfulness: you get to share something cool with the world without speaking, and you have...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
3 points

So I’m 20 and I have a stutter and gets worse if I have outings with friends. They claim to not hear it but I do stutter and it makes me so self conscious to talk. But whenever I stutter now, I just s...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
1 points

I don't what to think when I see comments like this - I get so happy, motivated, and maybe even sad when hear from an older stutterer that it's going to be alright because I am 21 so I already got thr...

Emotional Experience
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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
2 points

Haha yea don’t worry we all have that problem ;) yea if you can read aloud without stuttering it’s really empowering. I’m really happy to hear that you’re speech is improving at work!...

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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2021
3 points

Yes my first one was terrible, my second was better, the third was good enough for me! We just have to understand that not everything is related to our stutter. Other people experience these difficult...

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commentr/StutterApr 26, 2021
1 points

​ That is one of the reasons that we stutter: negativity. We think about all the times that we have failed in our speech and those memories are constantly in your mind. The key is to get r...

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