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commentr/StutterApr 12, 2020
2 points

I am 21, have been stuttering my whole life. He just has to adapt/deal with it (I’m sure he has at this point). I don’t know how much he cares or is bothered by his stutter, but when someone, my fathe...

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commentr/StutterApr 12, 2020
65 points

>I dont want my son to stutter. Guide me. This is honestly the entire issue of stutter. We don't want to stutter, but we are people who stutter. Wanting to not stutter as a person who stutters is ...

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commentr/StutterApr 11, 2020
2 points

Yes I understand. I don't get the biting, but my mouth also twitches. My eyes also twitch, and I make a clicking sound as well. Stuttering is heavily tied up with anxiety and confidence. I feel better...

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commentr/StutterApr 11, 2020
2 points

I needed to hear this thank you. I'm 23 right after graduating from college and I feel like im going through a mid life crisis...

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commentr/StutterApr 11, 2020
3 points

Basically us stutterers are afraid of saying certain sounds and letters, so this joke actually highlights that (though not intentionally)...

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commentr/StutterApr 11, 2020
2 points

I guess it's good to know it's normal. I've googled and googled and googled and can't find any accounts of this happening to someone else. I suppose maybe that's due to people not really reading anymo...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
1 points

I'm currently going for my undergrad in music composition, so I guess you could consider me artistic lol, but now that I think about it I've never really made art about my stuttering. That might be so...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
1 points

Fair enough, but congrats on that philosophy degree and maybe we are on to something. I read somewhere that the average stutterers iq is 14 points higher than the average persons IQ....

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
2 points

This definitely holds true. I’m actually a full time artist that stutters. Originally I didn’t make work that reflected my stutter but over the past few months I’ve been making work inspired by my stu...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
2 points

Your username inspires doubt.... But I think they do. Academia is a serious form of creation I just received my degree in Philosophy, Cum Laude with Honors and I’m currently applying to Ph.D program...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
3 points

Does academics count as art? I'm insanely talented in science and math, I was years ahead for most of my school career....

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
2 points

Ig: agenttegan I LOVE ART! It's my happy place. You are so right about stutterers having so many other talents. This one guy I work with I've noticed a slight stammer and he is an absolute wizard in ...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
3 points

I'm fucking talented in writing with my native language, always people tell me you are damn good at writing. But what makes me sad is that I can't do the same with my speaking, I really like to talk a...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
6 points

I'm my self more into photography, but then we speak about stuttering and art... well, the first name that comes to mind is Mr. Scatman John. R.I.P https://youtu.be/Vi22VQgIg8o https://en.m.wikipedi...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
10 points

I won’t delve in the science of brain activity here, but I also think art is generally an effective coping technique and a great way to express your feelings. With writing, I’ve always viewed the flui...

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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2020
1 points

Stutterers have a lack of activity in the left part of the brain (the logic one) so it's compensated by having a more intense activity in the right one (the artistic one), i think that's why we are mo...

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commentr/StutterApr 9, 2020
1 points

My stutter, to me, is symbolized by a Metallica song Tapped Under Ice...

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commentr/StutterApr 9, 2020
1 points

I always think about that movie the Dragon the Bruce lee story, where Bruce lee’s dad is haunted by that horrible demon all his life, and how he tried to protect Bruce from him by giving him an Americ...

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postr/StutterApr 9, 2020
12 points

Is there anything that symbolizes stuttering to you?

Is there anything that symbolizes stuttering to you? I know this random, but I've been trying to think about what types of things symbolize stuttering to me. I've thought about an iceberg (blocks), ...

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commentr/StutterApr 8, 2020
3 points

One thing I'm learning these days, is that despite the fact that I can do things to help reduce my stutter, we don't know how to cure it. And unless I want to spend the rest of my life as a victim, I...

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