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postr/StutterJun 8, 2025
16 points

Covert Stuttering

Covert Stuttering 27 year old here who has stuttered for my whole life. I have a covert stutter, meaning I’ve become an expert at hiding it (well, for the most part). The few times I have told someone...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2025
5 points

If it's hardware problem you can't solve it with software solutions, either physical repair or.. change.. the.. I don't know old are you but with time you'll see some improvement, for me being calm ...

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationEnergy & Biological Rhythms
postr/StutterJun 8, 2025
11 points

Only God Can Fix this

Only God Can Fix this Socializing & exposing myself to people doesn't help me I've spent 6 years in hostel from class 6 to 12...where I lived with 100s of people around me, talk with them but no impr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJun 7, 2025
1 points

I am a moderate-to-bad stutterer who has four children, none of which have developed one. However, saying that, my dad also has a stutter and so does my sister, so it could also appear that there is ...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJun 7, 2025
1 points

I was at the age of 4 when it all began. During the years I was on/off with my stutter. When I was 14/15 I was stuttering insanely. I was also moving my head back when trying to speak due to the block...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesSeverity & FluctuationPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJun 6, 2025
5 points

Yes! I have always thought as a child that I would outgrow my stutter, but that never happend. As a child my stutter was not that bad because I didn’t cared about it because I thought that it would di...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterJun 6, 2025
1 points

I think almost everyone with a stutter would agree it "impedes their economic success," in that they would make more money without it. I know I would. But I can't imagine collecting a government check...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 6, 2025
1 points

There is a difference between disability… And disabled that you are missing (I think). I still work (teaching and building and growing food), but I receive a VA disability because the courts have agre...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 6, 2025
1 points

My occupational “hurdle” is not from PTSD or from TBI… But from the communication difficulties and prejudices of employers. So… Injury is not the disability… The stuttering is....

School & WorkCauses & Variability
Employment & CareerSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterJun 6, 2025
20 points

Did yall ever thought your stutter would go away when you was younger so you ain’t think to much of it then as you get into adulthood it’s still there now you just sitting like damn this really not finna go away

Did yall ever thought your stutter would go away when you was younger so you ain’t think to much of it then as you get into adulthood it’s still there now you just sitting like damn this really not fi...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 6, 2025
2 points

Stuttering is a disability. But you have TBI and PTSD as well (by the way, thank you for serving.) As someone with this condition, I can’t imagine a person whose only disability is stuttering going ou...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterJun 6, 2025
1 points

I am currently receiving VA disability for stuttering due to TBI and PTSD. I was denied and I went through the entire appeals process and a federal judge ruled that stuttering is a disability....

School & WorkCauses & Variability
Access & RightsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJun 5, 2025
2 points

Investment banking associate here - I have a moderate to severe stutter and it’s improved over the years. I broke into a small boutique firm and stuttered so bad I had to use the keyboard to finish my...

School & WorkCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerSeverity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 4, 2025
5 points

48 and a severe stutterer. I feel tired a lot of the times when I am speaking. To me it is like running a long distance marathon....

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2025
2 points

Thank you, it’s not easy but I’ve improved on it. It helps when most are younger for some reason, like I have less fear. But i know exactly what you mean about the syllables, it’s like constant changi...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2025
1 points

Same. Mine is moderate I guess, not severe, but it’s still impacted every aspect of my life. But it is what it is. It doesn’t have to ruin our lives....

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2025
2 points

Those fluctuations are totally normal. Some of it can be pattern based as you describe, but other times is just random!...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2025
4 points

It gets better if you let it get better. I’m 35, I just graduated law school, I have friends who love me, family who adore me, mentors who see me. I stutter regularly enough and frequently enough that...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideEmployment & CareerSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2025
20 points

I was around your age when I learned there are different ways to think about your stutter. I had a very severe stutter well into my 20s (and still do at times). Think multiple 15+ second blocks per ...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & CareerPropositionality & Weight+1 more
postr/StutterJun 2, 2025
21 points

Does it ever get better?

Does it ever get better? Hey, I am 25 years old and have been stuttering since I was 4 years old. Between the ages of 5 and 6, I stopped stuttering but started stuttering again. I always managed to h...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more