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tldr -- Nobody knows. When you say "goes away for a few days" do you mean your stutter is having a good day or your stutter is non-existent and you are fluent? I have good/bad cycles all the time but...

You can't let your stutter hold you back, I was at the same crossroads as you. I wanted to become an attorney out of high school but I convinced myself to not pursue that career due to my stutter. Tru...

It really does depend upon its severity tho , i do consider myself disabled cuz it affects my communication to some extent ...

Honestly letting it influence your life is bullshit tbh. I was active in HS, then thought, wow I want to be a pilot, been flying since I was 18. And am now in the navy flying jets. So I would say yo...

I thought the same way when I tought about joining the military.communication is key for being in the infantry. After about a few months in I stopped caring about my stutter and it's gotten alot bett...

I know how you feel. There are tons of scary stuff just out of high school. I also have a pretty heavy stutter, took an bachelor in psychology and thought to myself that "I can just work as a research...

My stuttering and anxiety only improved when I stopped avoiding speaking situations. When we find a way to get around speaking we reenforce the stuttering narrative. There will be a time you have to s...

> Once you get older you realize the stuttering isn't what's holding you back, it's your negativeness towards your speech. THAT IS THE KEY... ...

My worst years were teenager and into college. After graduating and setting down, my speech got better (no speech therapy) with confidence and less stress and anxiety. My speech got better as i accept...

I find it odd that anyone would need to make the distinction. Are they perhaps trying to distinguish that for the child, it is not yet determined if it's e.g. a developmental thing that can be address...

I've never heard of those acronyms. Like people have talked about already in this thread, I do not use the word "stutterer." I say I'm a person who stutters because my stutter does not define who I am...

Its about context, in our NSA emails we use PWS. People Who Stutter or Person Who Stutters. Personally I do not say I am a stutterer, I say that I am a person who Stutters....

I appreciate where you’re covering from. You saying “i stutter” is definitely something i do, but that’s our choice. When talking about others i do it person first (ex person who stutters). I think th...

I've never been a big fan of the initialisms myself. I respect that people prefer them, and if someone wants me to use them in conversation with them, sure, I will. They just don't naturally fit into ...

What do you guys think about the acronyms “AWS” for adult who stutters or “CWS” for child who stutters?

What do you guys think about the acronyms “AWS” for adult who stutters or “CWS” for child who stutters? I saw a discussion on Facebook about this and wanted your thoughts. I wasn’t sure i agreed with ...

Many stutterers seem to believe that every, or even most, stutters are just like theirs. And while a lot of us share experiences and feelings, every stutterer is different. Just because you feel limit...

Yeah\- like I had a stutter for years and then got over it and nope, my brain decided to chuck in some dysarthia just for fun after two months of clear speech\- and people were real shitty about it. B...

> So, it proves that stuttering is not a neurological problem in most cases. It definitely could be some other reason, which we could find for our own individual case. It so does not. The only thi...

No , im not saying that, i still stutter more severe than ever. What i meant by saying “im done with it” was i just dont want to live my life holding back due to my stammer....

All I can say is this: It’s clear that your biggest problem is NOT your stutter. Your biggest problem is your FEAR of stuttering. The only way you’re going to overcome your fear of stuttering is to st...