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100% this. Your stutter simply does not need to dictate your mental health. Stuttering sucks but having a stutter and a mental health disorder is 5 million times worse....

I think we are quite similar. I haven’t really ever had friends, especially of a similar age. I just find it now a newly frustrating thing because I am now surrounded by many other people of my own ag...

I'm also a 16-year-old with no friends. I can handle being alone fine. I've had pretty much no friends in real life for over 3 years and I'm used to it. Plus, I have some much bigger issues in my life...

am i alone

am i alone am i the only one who is kinda sad because i dont get to say things i want to i conversation because when i have something to say on a topic i stutter to much to get it out before the topic...

My life is psychological torment

My life is psychological torment I feel so alone - no parents, no girlfriend, no friends. Every single time I try to talk to someone, I feel so anxious, much worse than I used to. I don’t fit in, I’m ...

Speech therapy seems hopeless

Speech therapy seems hopeless Im 20 years old. I go to speech therapy once a week, and we always do the same exercises. It just feels old. I’ve noticed some improved fluency but not a lot. It also see...

Yes. If I have to keep living like this, then I don't want to live at all. It's like torture that no one around you has. It's painful to watch people who don't stutter to waste their voice or not use ...

A lot of y'all need therapy. Not speech therapy, psychological therapy

A lot of y'all need therapy. Not speech therapy, psychological therapy Title. And to dispel the immediate assumption/hope that a lot of us have: no, improving your mental health will probably not do...

Still not used to it

Still not used to it You would think after all these years with a stutter (am 19) am already used to it so it doesn't bother me. Am not. I still punch the pillow and wall. I still wish I were dead af...

I hope we find a cure for stuttering sooner than later. It's sad that all of us in this sub appear to be genuinely kind and intelligent people but yet we are suffering with this :(...

yeah because thats how I feel, im not like that on dates obviously. how can a person NOT feel negative or bitter, when they try SOOOO hard to just be happy, I am NOT a bad person, I have so much love ...

I did feel proud after the first couple dates, now I am just starting to feel hopeless. I have been through speech therapy it does nothing for me, my stutter is in my head...

People on here compete to have the worse situation. Bunch of self centered depressed people on here let's not bs lol...

Leave i mean that seriously, a majority of this sub just fuels the depression people might have from a stutter....

Im going through it now ... I believe I am susceptible to depression because of hereditary, genetic factors. How I correlate my stuttering/speech blocks especially stuttering on my name is what isolat...

Stuttering & Depression

Stuttering & Depression I think the thing is the social isolation and the inability to communicate to others. Being lonely has serious issues and on-flow affects. And every chance to communicate ...

Do you stutter in your dreams ? Because I do every night.

Do you stutter in your dreams ? Because I do every night. I stutter in all my dreams with such extraordinary intensity. My stutter is much worse than in real life. In my dreams, every word is strangel...

Exactly this. I would hate myself forever if I have a child, watching her/him every day being a mess and in a psychological pain for the rest of their life, being bullied, afraid to speak and hiding...

Slowly Understanding the meaning of low quality life

Slowly Understanding the meaning of low quality life I am 24m stuttering since childhood,i had made peace with it and has been comfortable with it and accepted but nowadays my stuttering is worse and ...

Im feeling bad… im trying, but my confidence is so low rn that i just want to give up on everything...