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It's been a while since I've had a bad stuttering interaction where the person just assumes I'm stupid, but my phlebotomist probably got that impression.

It's been a while since I've had a bad stuttering interaction where the person just assumes I'm stupid, but my phlebotomist probably got that impression. Went for a blood draw the other day and tried ...

Until you get stuck on GGGGGG Ghatting...... She says "I am sorry what? GGGGG Ghhhating..... And the cycles goes until you completely demolished the confidence. Painful but truth...

I can't express how comforting your post is. Becoming a lawyer always seemed impossible for someone with a stutter since the profession demands strong rhetorical abilities. From my experience, when y...

Here is a more summarized version to help with community engagement. “Who’s John? • 40, married, 3 kids. • Lifelong stutterer. • Wants to help others feel less alone. ⸻ His Story in a Nutshell...

you are not the only one, same with me as well, when people ask me my name i get stuck, and they say have you forgotten ur name itself. it hurts but we cant even complain on them...

The problem with acceptance

The problem with acceptance See the problem with acceptance, it doesn't really solve the problem of stuttering, the habit, the fear, the behaviour, all we have developed because we had stuttering, we ...

It's hard man..for me anyways. But you basically have to have extremely thick skin and truely accept yourself for who you are. If you don't then your not going to be able to handle the awkward, embarr...

This is literally me in every situation i am in where i am asked my name, you are not alone in this. I feel like absolute death after i finally say my name...

You're exactly right and it's similar with stuttering, it's very deep in our consciousness and is always associated with shame, fear and negativity...

Eagerly waiting and working for that stage to achieve where i am not ashamed of it. Thankyou for you comment tho....

Stuttering and my inability to pronounce letter "r" is ruining my mental health

Stuttering and my inability to pronounce letter "r" is ruining my mental health People make fun of me for talking awkwardly. I can't pronounce some letters and I stutters because I get nervous during ...

I know, i do. other people’s opinions about me never actually bothered me; only the opinions of myself. It’s a mental war. How i perceive myself, how i look while stuttering, and what i sound like, it...

People think I’m an immigrant/foreigner because of my stutter

People think I’m an immigrant/foreigner because of my stutter I’m an American with a stutter, and was born and raised in the US. However, I’m of South Asian ancestry. I’m usually a very quiet person d...

Am I shallow for not dating somebody that calls my stutter cute?

Am I shallow for not dating somebody that calls my stutter cute? So I (M21) have always wanted to be in a relationship and I've had chances before to be in a relationship/date because sometimes my fri...

Anyone else have unsupportive family about your stutter?

Anyone else have unsupportive family about your stutter? I've had a day today, took out my mother for a mother's day lunch and she made a mocking comment about someone we know going into a speech path...

Help

Help Why am I stuttering in my early 20s?? It affects my life, it’s embarrassing. I feel as if I’m literally not able to say what I want to say. Sometimes I have to say the words extremely slowly alon...

Stuttering has become so normal for me now! And my stuttering has grown tremendously in the last 2-3 years. I'm literally numb now to that pain. No Hope of ever getting recovered. I go into interviews...

You reaction is so familiar to me. Please know the shame comes not from the interaction, but from years of internalizing judgment, real and imaginary. Basically you’re being triggered—it’s a form of t...

I(21M) can't give you anything magical to get over the sadness and embarrassment but if you want I can share my one experience in which I can say it was very hurtful for me. So I was in line for some ...

That's the thing I struggle with the most. Working on being a lil kind to myself but I mostly fail at it. Thank you for your comment, it helped....