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As a person who’s stammered their whole life the best advice I could give you is to make sure that she’s comfortable with her stammer, as a kid I wish someone told me that it’s okay to be different. I...

I wish I learned that it was OK to stutter. Growing up I was taught that every time I stuttered, I failed at not stuttering. This is not helpful. The goal is not to be 100% fluent, but to be really go...

I'm a 36 year old stutterer and the one thing I wish I would've got more of when I was growing up is positive reinforcement. I never heard my parents say it was OK to stutter and that I should embrace...

I am new to this sub, but here are my 2 cents. I am 28. I was laughed at at school, i had sooo much worry to speak in class, but I remember myself being somewhat different from now. I was powerless an...

Very good point. It is pretty much the same as that phrase, especially since when acting, then nervousness is always to convey some script point....

28 years of stuttering - My lessons and Motivation

28 years of stuttering - My lessons and Motivation Hello nice people, I came here looking to share my outlook on life consisting of almost conatant stuttering. Some good years, some worse. But overall...

Definitely worrying. Once I made peace with it and accepted my stutter, I realized that no one cares that I stutter. At least now as an adult....

Stuttering has helped me find the right people in my life. Every person that's around me doesn't show that my stutter bothers them, even if it might deep down. I don't interact with people that do sho...

That’s awesome that you are gaining the confidence to reward people for the behaviors you wanna see, and call people out for the behaviors you don’t want to see. Don’t ever think that others are bett...

I don't get your point. Do you mean stuttering is not that horrible or something? If you mean 'curing' stuttering is not a realistic goal then I agree, but if you say mitigating stutter/improving flue...

I don't see what's wrong with wanting to improve yourself. Speech is a learned skill. Everyone has some amount of disfluency. Actors take classes to improve their speaking. Stuttering isn't my ident...

This is a beautiful take, however I must say this. As stutterers, we ourselves want to get more fluent at speaking because it can increase our opportunities in life. For example, Joe Biden is POTUS, a...

I am always frustrated when I hear you argue against fluency. It seems that you prioritize acceptance over fluency. To such a degree that I often hear you denigrate the idea of achieving fluency. ...

My stutter shows me who people truly are and who is worthy of my time....

It made me focus on my speech and now I am 99% fluent and looking at sales/management positions. It helped me realize that everyone makes small mistakes once in a while and they aren't a big deal....

Ask yourself if it were someone else...

Ask yourself if it were someone else... If it were someone else in the room with a block, how would you treat them? If it were a family member with a disability, would you think less of them? Would y...

Always own your stutter. Never hide it or make excuses for it. There is nothing to be ashamed of. There is no reason to lie. BTW, I've had people mistake my stutter for a network issue....

Simply speaking my stuttering dedicated me into stuttering charity and I am all the time helping PWS like me....

As someone who stutters, what are some positive ways it has impacted your life?

As someone who stutters, what are some positive ways it has impacted your life? ...

I understand what you are Saying i am also going in the same approach, another thing i would like to add to your description is how we react to our own stutter if i don't immediately react negatively ...