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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
2 points

Only the people with a developmental stutter grow out of it. The rest of us learn techniques to minimize it but it’s always been there. Some of the reactions I get when I tell someone “yeah I have a...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
1 points

But you don’t stutter now? That sounds like a developmental stutter. Which is, I believe more common than a brain defect which causes life long stuttering. Which I have. I went to speech therapy in mi...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
2 points

I second this comment. You either do or you don’t, if it is we a developmental stutter as a kid, that was fixed with speech therapy, okay I get it, you used to stutter. But when it’s not a development...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
2 points

I know many people had a developmental stutter as a kid and I don’t mean to minimize their success, and I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes my gut just tells me “you’re full ...

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commentr/StutterOct 8, 2025
1 points

You are wrong. Thousands and thousands and thousands of stutterers around the world are happily married. In fact, \*most\* people with stutter have a happy relationship. I'm pretty sure that even if y...

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postr/StopStutterOct 8, 2025
2 points

Stop Accepting Your Stutter And Start Improving

Stop Accepting Your Stutter And Start Improving Is acceptance of stuttering bad? Absolutely not — because accepting that you have a stutter takes a lot of courage. Then which aspect of acceptance is w...

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commentr/StutterOct 8, 2025
10 points

The one thing that I want to say: It’s not your fault. She is the bad guy here. You are not „broken” by any means. I don’t know if you explained to yourself correctly what happend to you, but if it...

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commentr/StutterOct 8, 2025
1 points

Yeah, I think with enough experimentation the different words can become a style. A slightly eccentric style but it still works and gets the words out. I think having a stutter has even improved my cu...

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commentr/StutterOct 8, 2025
6 points

Yeah man never been a fan of the opinion that i stutter because of fear or anxiety. Why do other anxious people not stutter then? And why do I stutter when im not anxious? It's people's inability to l...

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postr/Stutter_remissionOct 8, 2025
1 points

When I'm not stuttering my brain kicks in thinking why I'm not stuttering. Why is that?

When I'm not stuttering my brain kicks in thinking why I'm not stuttering. Why is that? I think that - such a mindset basically lead us in a hypnosis/trance: alluding to the idea of stuttering “alway...

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postr/StutterOct 8, 2025
20 points

Hi, I (19M) Conquered My Stutter and have helped others do the the same. (AMA)

Hi, I (19M) Conquered My Stutter and have helped others do the the same. (AMA) *Disclaimer*: I am not a licensed speech therapist. I don't pretend to know all the answers or to have the easy solution ...

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postr/StutterOct 8, 2025
33 points

Just found this sub. I'm very emotional 😭

Just found this sub. I'm very emotional 😭 I can't express how happy discovering this sub has made me. Though, I do use reddit regularly but never thought of finding a sub for stuttering. For me, stut...

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commentr/StutterOct 8, 2025
-1 points

OP literally set the stage and made up the comparison. So if you want to make comments about disability olympics, they are the one who stated they are craving a participation medal and applause. "Yo...

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commentr/StutterOct 8, 2025
2 points

A personal opinion can be wrong if it's based on misinformation. Even if your country does not personally acknowledge stuttering, it's still a recognized disability elsewhere. Stuttering is a neurolog...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 8, 2025
1 points

i apologise if my personal opinion is wrong(how can it be wrong,its my personal opinion?). here, in my country it isnt even talked about. i feel like they dont know stuttering exists. "being disabled ...

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commentr/StutterOct 7, 2025
3 points

As long as you keep playing disability olympics, our suffering won't end and you'll still wonder why people don't take this disorder/disability seriously. A person that is missing one is clearly in a...

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commentr/StutterOct 7, 2025
1 points

Brother, i do stutter n stutter very badly, yes these days young girls prefer boys who are talkative, who make them laugh, do stuff for them, which is quite a bit hard for stutters like us. But you d...

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commentr/StutterOct 7, 2025
1 points

i don't think it's comparable to those you listed (and they get mocked plenty too) but yeah i do wish it was more recognized as a disability and not just a quirk...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / NeurodiversityStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2025
4 points

I met a guy who stuttered at work place and he stuttered like really bad. I worked at a reception so I used to control my stutter by just soaking the same sentences again and again so he couldn’t gues...

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commentr/StutterOct 7, 2025
1 points

Medical doctor, working in the NHS, UK. There was a time when I thought a “real” doctor shouldn’t be “broken”, that patients wouldn’t take someone like me seriously if I can’t speak perfectly. That ...

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