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commentr/StutterJul 28, 2025
1 points

Yeah now how can someone defend themselves while someone can't even say their name properly. Just accept the world is a cruel place , life even sucks badly even if you don't stutter, even if you conf...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 28, 2025
1 points

I had a hard time in school and got made fun of alot but I still made friends and found my group who accepted me. Kids are mean and don’t have a filter, it’s just the way it is. I had a gf at 16 thou...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Fluency TechniquesStigma & BullyingSchool & Academic Life+1 more
postr/StutterJul 28, 2025
91 points

Stuttering is a disability.

Stuttering is a disability. Just a disclaimer, I am a stutterer who has been severely affected by my stutter and I am not using the word disability in a bad way. So stuttering isn't officially labe...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Medicalization / NeurodiversityAccess & RightsStigma & Bullying+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 27, 2025
3 points

Some of my favorites when someone laughs - Did I miss something? What’s funny? Do you always make fun of disabled people? I didn’t know you were one of *those* kind of people…yikes. I always bri...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterJul 27, 2025
16 points

Another incident

Another incident Another person laughed at me today. For those of you that don’t know, I work in a cafe. How long is not really relevant. At was at the front, and this woman got my attention. She star...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Frustration & AngerStigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 27, 2025
3 points

If they mock me, I tell them they suck at stuttering. If they laugh, I roll my eyes as if to say “yeah, whatever, shut up....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 27, 2025
3 points

No. I am 53M, and if it weren't for my public school experiences, I wouldn't have had as thick of a skin that I have now. I was teased all through grade school, students and teachers alike. I went ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying+2 more
postr/StutterJul 27, 2025
6 points

Given your experiences growing up, do you wish you'd been homeschooled?

Given your experiences growing up, do you wish you'd been homeschooled? I don't stutter but I have two wonderful little kids who do -- a 6.5-year-old boy and a 4.5-year-old girl. My son has been stutt...

Parent & CaregiverIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Early Concern & OnsetSchool/Clinical AdvocacyStigma & Bullying+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 27, 2025
2 points

Same guy with same profile picture sent me the same message about a month ago. It's really disappointing when people use others' challenges for likes and views, rather than offering genuine support....

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Humor & Community ToneStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 26, 2025
11 points

Or there are some people that have both but situationally. It’s all stuttering in the end. I’ve been seeing a trend in this subreddit where stutterers are minimizing the struggle others go through wit...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 26, 2025
4 points

Yeah thanks for bringing this up. I definitely have been having similar thoughts, but I have no clue how it would work. How do you define severe? It’s so subjective… But it can be really frustrating t...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 26, 2025
3 points

LOL ok getting nicknamed Remix is pretty awesome. Good on you for making a new ally and most of all good on that person for not being a jerk. ...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Personal StoriesStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 25, 2025
1 points

It gets better and people hardly notice it. The ones that do kinda giggle over it and the ones that make a big deal out of it are the crusty old white ladies....

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingListener Reactions
commentr/StutterJul 25, 2025
14 points

that's when I hit them with the "oh... do you not know what stuttering is? in 2025?"...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 25, 2025
8 points

I have to just nervous laugh once I get out of my block or sputter whatever like we had been having a jovial interaction whether we had been or not, say oh yeah I talk like this or yeah I stutter haha...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 25, 2025
1 points

Thanks to my stutter I never had a gf all though school till I was in my 20s since then I was married for 9 years and had many relationships I’ll tell you as you get older people don’t care just ignor...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Dating & RomanceStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 25, 2025
1 points

Same exact situation as you. I have a more severe stutter, practically muted because of it. Been trying to get a job but I don't think it would be possible for me as of right now. All the jobs near me...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyAdvice Requests+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 25, 2025
2 points

I was just told by someone on another thread that trying to substitute other words or phrases that mean a similar thing to the word we are stuck on "has been shown to be negative for mental health". L...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 25, 2025
10 points

I feel that. I was interviewing for a job about 6 - 8 months ago. It was for a position that I know I was pretty qualified for. I went through several interviews with them and I had a really good feel...

School & WorkIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterJul 24, 2025
79 points

I'm tired of this community gaslighting people.

I'm tired of this community gaslighting people. Why everyone advocating for people to just "accept" their stutter? Do you know that some people are simply not capable of that? Y'all must not have a se...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideBlocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more