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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
0 points

100% his choice- can't force him to have kids. But with your example - my only question is would you have preferred not to have been born? I have suffered with depression, anxiety, and a stutter, ...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
11 points

I still don't think it's selfish at all. It's his choice. It's not like he's killing someone lol, he just doesn't want the possibility of his kids suffering. For example, my dad is bipolar and has be...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
2 points

Gonna have my vasectomy in april. As a stutterer it brings me great relief to know that I won't ever have a child who stutters because of me....

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
7 points

My dad used to stutter but it stopped in his 20's. I don't really see it stopping for me lol. I don't even know much of the backstory of how it stopped because we don't really talk about such things. ...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
0 points

Not having kids because you have no interest in children, or you don't like them, isnt selfish. Not having them because there's a 1% chance they might have difficulty speaking is. Yeah, stuttering i...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
9 points

Not having kids is not selfish in any case, we are human beings not breeding machines gtfo with that stone age thinking. We have a choice for a reason. I would argue its even more selfish to have kids...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

your pretty funny, don't listen to them!...

commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

The other source is from researchgate but unfortunately it’s not opening....

commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

Sleep apnea linked to brain damage https://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/sleep#:~:text=But%20many%20of%20the%20OSA,problems%20with%20stuttering%20as%20children....

commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
2 points

Join the McGuire programme and you'll meet so many stutterers!...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

Did you get in...

commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

Me too, which games you play?...

commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
4 points

So you would rather be dead than stutter? Jesus christ. I gotta say, it's quite selfish refusing to let someone else exist because you don't like something about yourself I understand there's clearly...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
7 points

The "humiliation" you speak of is subjective and is determined by ones character. If you do not wish your child to suffer the same "humiliation", then equip them to stand up for themselves, be confide...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

I relate to your story heavily, and I also relate on the fear of further life. Not having the ability to speak thoughts because of a stutter is so mentally debilitating, I hope all is well with you...

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Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

The worst is when you practice and find some weird trick that works and u become fluent and u get hope maybe this is the one that will fix my stuttering and then after a while Its like the brain catch...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
5 points

My mother gave me her stutter. Its 100% genetic. As long as there is 1% of chance of passing it down I am not gonna risk it. I could not live with myself seeing my child going through the same thing I...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
2 points

Your response speaks to me, I’ve never heard such truest words in my life 💯...

commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
2 points

I relate, I practice and my strategies even fail...

commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

Stop with the comparisons, this is a place where we want to feel heard not compare to others. If you want to compare understand that severe stutterers have it worse than minimal stutterers...

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