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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2021
2 points

What other option do people like that, which includes myself, have apart from accepting the situation and make the best out of it....

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2021
3 points

When you are speaking it is your time. Let them hear every beautiful block, repetition, prolongation. Your stuttering is your voice. Let them hear your voice....

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2021
3 points

Tell me more about your confident speaking please. I couldnt do it and I cant do it. I feel cringe and I think other people too. But maybe I am biased. I literally hate talking and small talk. &#...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2021
5 points

I had a very severe stuttering and had those dark thoughts sometimes (like I should make myself mute somehow and not talk anymore), fortunately I'm pretty fluent now, I'm on the side of improving thin...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2021
1 points

Yes, in your case I would definitely go for a speech therapist. I'm happy I went for it that a good therapist will give you techniques to use BUT they will also remind you that they don't hold a cure ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
4 points

I’ve been able to develop good comedic timing that works with my stutter....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
2 points

So many speech therapists and generally people in my life have told me to just accept it, and it always baffles me how they say that to my face and not realize how terrible it sounds....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
10 points

Accepting stuttering it is just the way we talk and being at peace with that....

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
4 points

Fear of relapsing Not believing that I've actually improved The "stuttering has no cure" dogma (which can be interpreted in many ways) Feeling that I don't deserve fluency...

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Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
1 points

Thank you! I really felt I gave it my all of saying everything I wanted to say and not avoiding words since he knew I stuttered then why do I want to avoid saying that word? Rest just lies on him at ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
4 points

My freedom of speech. I will not be silenced and I was confirmed unsolicited messages shall be a new rule when my post indicated nothing for him to advertise his services to me when I told him I’m hap...

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commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
2 points

I told him it's no crime to stutter and that I'm proud of the speech therapist I have that I've come to terms with my stutter that I'm now in a more happier mindset of how I view MY speech but he yet ...

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commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
0 points

I find this post very hurtful to read. People have their own opinions on stuttering and different techniques etc help everyone differently. There is really no need to be posting up hurtful things abou...

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commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
4 points

>I've seen people here with such a severe stutter that they can not talk, it's like if they were mute. Others were contemplating suicide because of it. Even if it's not that extreme, many stutterer...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterJun 8, 2021
24 points

Update on my waitress interview

Update on my waitress interview Thank you to those who boosted my confidence to just let the manager know I stutter that if he’s going to make a huge deal about it and not see that I can still be comp...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
12 points

I’m 30 and stuttered my whole life, just like most of us have on here I’d assume. The happiest and most confident I’ve ever been came after I accepted that I stutter, I always will stutter, and it w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
3 points

Again, you yet again are twisting my words. He helped you, great, but did I or others ask for his help? Did I tell him to tell me I’m the problem? You can’t say “Nothing wrong with stuttering” but the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterJun 8, 2021
5 points

My three cents: Everyone's stutter in unique. What works for me might not work for you. People imposing their experiences on someone else is not helpful. I know lots of PWS who have traveled a very d...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterJun 8, 2021
4 points

To people who have controlled/eliminated their stutter: what was the biggest mental roadblock between you and fluency?

To people who have controlled/eliminated their stutter: what was the biggest mental roadblock between you and fluency? ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
postr/StutterJun 8, 2021
0 points

Please stop comparing stuttering to other disabilities.

Please stop comparing stuttering to other disabilities. I've been stopping myself from ranting about this, but I've seen one too many comparisons recently. I fully expect this won't be well received ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity