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I think many people are closet stutters, like I have spent my life, trying hard to hide it all cost. Very stressful life to say the least....

How did you develop thick skin? I have a fragile ego and even one rude comment would ruin my self esteem....

Was shopping with gf and mother in law when we met a stutter working as the cashier. He was struggling but managed. She paid while i packed the things and she said that "he had to be retarded or somet...

Really hurtful experience

Really hurtful experience I(24F) have recently joined an operational work job in which I don't have to interact with people. When I gave the interview for the aforementioned job, I told the employer t...

Can't blame people for not liking it. Stuttering is an ugly trait to have....

Yes, I realized the same some time ago. However, I believe the trauma is not in the stuttering itself, but in the experience of others’ reactions and the shame associated with it. It’s a form of CPTSD...

Nobody deserves this

Nobody deserves this Hello everyone! I thought I would introduce myself a little and talk about a recent experience I had with a car salesman. But first, I’ve had a speech disability (or stutter as it...

Can't able to say my name

Can't able to say my name I recently got a job. Today 2 preety female colleagues came to me and just simply asked my name. I was like Aaaaaaanubhav. For that moment I was like I just want to kill my...

I have been in your position. It is very difficult and a process. I am 60 now, and I don’t really think about my speech stuttering much now. But I do think about my own evolution and that of others! K...

Wow! You nailed it for me. You defined the trauma of stuttering to a T. Now I have to deal with my adverse reactions, the result of how I perceive myself. Thanks...

Really hurtful experience today

Really hurtful experience today So I’m in college and I work at a preschool and there is 2 other teachers besides me who work in the classroom at the same time as I do. The kids I work with are like 4...

People always say shit like this but y'all never say how you did it. We all know that it's nothing to be ashamed of. We all know that we didn't wake up one day and choose this for ourselves. We all kn...

Actually there are many use cases, the first one that motivated us to develop this app, is sending fluent voice notes over whatsapp. Only a stutterer knows how much painful is to record an audio and s...

I struggle with communicating with anyone in general, including women. There were times with certain women, where a relationship was possible, but my insecurity and attempt to avoid emotional intimacy...

I don't know about the moment we stutter. When I stutter my brain is kind of frozen and I can't think. However, what I can do is change how I respond to the block after the distressing stuttering eve...

Stuttering IS trauma

Stuttering IS trauma Something that I never realised was that I'm actually experiencing trauma nearly 24/7. I've always thought that trauma needs to be something huge like a big accident or smth but e...

I’ll tell you what my grandmother thought of my stutter. She was ashamed of me. She once told me her brother stuttered, and so on her deathbed, my mom asked her about it, since she had never said th...

Despite having a stutter, I've led a relatively remarkable life.

Despite having a stutter, I've led a relatively remarkable life. As I sit here after a long shift at the hospital, I can't help but think that I've had a pretty good life despite this damn stutter. L...

Yes yes yes and yes. At work I’m awful it’s embarrassing. At home and with friends nowhere near as bad. I reckon if my work colleague saw me outside of work they’d be shocked...

Yeah I stutter the most around my dad cause he's always made the biggest issue out of it even now I'm pushing 40 haha...