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Yeah, I do understand it a bit. When I see ppl stutter on tv or on YouTube it's confronting, bc this is what others see when I stutter.........

I used to feel anxious and nervous hearing people stutter. Then I joined the discord stuttering chat group and just listened during voice chat to others stuttering. After a few weeks, not anxious and ...

What you're experiencing is projection. You project your own feelings of your stutter towards other stutterers, which is why you find it uncomfortable to watch or listen. When you have a better se...

This is a hypocritical post and I feel bad..

This is a hypocritical post and I feel bad.. I have stuttered all my life, however when I meet people who also stutter or watch videos of it I just can't talk or watch the video for long... I feel so ...

What do you mean with that you caused your ex girlfriends emotional abuse? And the downward spiral you in is very common for people who stutter....

I only stutter when I think I'm going to stutter.

I only stutter when I think I'm going to stutter. If I'm not thinking about stuttering at all, I don't stutter, but the moment I start thinking that I'll stutter, that's when I stutter. Its so frustra...

i hear ya, i would just give the dude a bit of a break, it sounds like he's been through a lot and he's trying to open up and share his story. the guy said he has low self-confidence and is feeling pr...

Self reflection, knowing your stuttering and what techniques you’re using/not using is a crucial step towards familiarizing yourself with your own stutter. Cheers to you OP for sharing. Edited bec...

I had the good fortune of making friends who weren't uncomfortable or awkward about my stutter, which helped a lot. Still, it's a constant battle. I look for small victories throughout the day to feel...

In my experience people end up paying more attention to what you say than how you say it. At work or among friends, after maybe the initial shock, most people regardless of status see past it quite fa...

I don't stutter but I fell in love with a guy who does. We met online, and it's one of the first things he wrote about himself. I thought it, and the way he told me about it, was extremely adorable, a...

I mean, some days are rough and will always be rough. Later in life you start to care less about generally everything, including your stutter. So in that sense rough days happen less regularly. But I ...

With my girl she thinks it's cute and likes it cuz it's makes me who I am. And she is also more protective of it then me. Like I could careless if I stutter around people or what they say but she gets...

I also wish that there could be more research and education about stuttering, it's not just the general public; even stutterers don't have a clue as to what it is, which is clearly reflected in this s...

It helps me if I say one syllable of my name so like a shortened version. For example Vincent to Vince, Patrick to Pat, Ricky to Rick. This might help you since it’s just a quick thing to say instea...

"Personal Perceptions and Perceived Public Opinion About Stuttering in the United States"

"Personal Perceptions and Perceived Public Opinion About Stuttering in the United States" I was just reading [this article from AJSLP](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28785764) (doi: 10.1044/2017_...

Being open about it is HUGE. I was ashamed of my stutter for the longest time and preferred to pretend it didn't exist. Once I acknowledged it and accepted it as a part of my identity, stuttering co...

Highest total comp was ~$195K. Right now it's about $155K. I'm Sr. Software Engineer. When my comp was higher, I was managing, but I only did for 18 months at a different company than where I work now...

Just gotta say, as someone with a more visible disability, it's not more accepted, it's just a different type of not accepted. When I stuttered and didn't have anything else visible going on. It was...

I know what you mean. You may be an extrovert but stuttering makes you appear like an introvert. Don't beat yourself up, you are not the only one......