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commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
2 points

This was so well thought out and written!! I never thought of it as a skill and that is a very positive spin I will remember this whenever I feel down about stuttering. Thank you! A little off topic ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
1 points

Oh wow thank you so much for your comment it’s inspired me so much. You’re so right! I’d like to think I possess confidence and strength but it’s a case of whether that resilience will be enough to ca...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
3 points

Yeah, that makes sense. We might even try to think of it as a _skill_. Like, we're keeping up our ability to manage our stutter. I sometimes see stutterers think of their _speech_ as the skill they ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
1 points

You're more likely to find success in such a project if you generalize it into how people go about doing things, with various abilities and challenges and contexts and backgrounds and that sort of thi...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
1 points

All of our brains are wired differently. To put it differently, "brain" isn't a box with a few variable configurations. It's literally a dynamical mass of expansive functionality with multiple ways of...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
2 points

Heya! I’m a senior in university with ADHD (diagnosed as a child) and a stutter as well. I didn’t have the luxury of finding ways to cope and diagnose it when I was younger, but you’re doing great thi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception+3 more
postr/StutterOct 1, 2020
85 points

I didn’t know there were so many people like me

I didn’t know there were so many people like me Hi, everyone! I’m a lifelong stutterer and for so long I’ve felt completely alone and sheltered. I’ve been ashamed of my stutter my entire life and hav...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2020
1 points

I completely understand your post. Very few people in my life knows that I stutter. Honestly I struggle to tell people because like you said it seems like a first world problem and also because it’s s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2020
3 points

I didn't become comfortable with my stutter until I worked with a person who stutters. We are not alone and it does not define us....

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2020
1 points

Stuttering isn't the main issue, that's beside the point. The main point is to have a life, to have a soul, to be a genuine individual, person. I don't panic man, it's been like this a few months, wel...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2020
2 points

That’s subjective though, if the smooth talker is lifeless what Chance have the younger stutterers got. But the neighbour point is entirely valid - the top comment mentions use what you got to the b...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterSep 29, 2020
37 points

Biden stuttering during debate

Biden stuttering during debate I found myself so uncomfortable/cringing each time Biden stuttered. I realized it was a personal feeling and something I need to work through with myself. I wasn’t judgi...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2020
1 points

Hi! If you still consider yourself to be a person who stutters, or if you would agree that you still stutter from time to time, then you would be eligible. Thanks for asking....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2020
1 points

I don't know what to write, I just want to say, that I'm sorry. Remember your stutter doesn't define you and there are people who aren't like that you can talk to...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2020
2 points

While many people here can’t help you financially, they still can give you valuable tips from experience. Just know that you’re not alone in your stuttering journey, and that despite of that you can s...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2020
1 points

Absolutely. Don’t let your stutter hold you back from being a leader. If I did I wouldn’t have graduated high school in the honor roll and Vice President of my high school student council. I quit spor...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationEmployment & CareerIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2020
1 points

I am 25 and I stutter since childhood and I am living abroad for the past 2 years. People are much more accomodating in the non-native country and if you are thinking that they'll laugh, that's not go...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Quality of LifeIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2020
3 points

A philosophy can be a jedi mind trick. Especially stoicism A different view often is the determining factor in a response and how it allows us to view stuttering and our position is especially clea...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2020
2 points

I have this gift of stuttering but I'll gladly take yours. But that's not real people cant give it away or take it we are born with it . There is no life ruined because this is our life ... it's not l...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2020
1 points

Agreed. I'm your age and have mostly overcome my stutter. I am now looking at courses on presenting because my speech has become so slow and monotone! Lol I am (now) a firm believer in personal respo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception