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commentr/StutterAug 23, 2020
2 points

I, in spite of a then-moderate stutter, became a champion in community-college level competitive trivia. Getting my little team to two community college championships, and a 4-year college national ch...

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commentr/StutterAug 23, 2020
2 points

I love this perspective! Thank you so much! I know that my stutter doesn’t make me any less of a great (potential) employee, it’s just owning it!🧡...

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commentr/StutterAug 23, 2020
2 points

How old are you if I may ask? We’ve all been there at some point and it takes a period of maturing, self acceptance and practice to overcome thoughts of feeling cursed/broken/etc. There may not be a...

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commentr/StutterAug 23, 2020
1 points

Thank you so much for this! I’ve built up my confidence with speaking so much just in the last year. I’ve accepted my stutter a lot more and realising that I’m never going to speak 100% fluently so wh...

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commentr/StutterAug 23, 2020
7 points

Posted this in another thread. It’s relevant. Here it is again. Hi there. I’m 37. I’ve stuttered my entire life. I have gone through what you have gone through and then some. I will tell you unequiv...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideSituational Variability
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2020
3 points

Therapy doesn’t “fix” the defect, what it does is teaches you ways to manage and cope with it, and hopefully working strategies to get around some blocks. I stutter, and I’m not broken, and neither ar...

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postr/StutterAug 22, 2020
47 points

For the first time ever I was invited to hang out with a small group of friends

For the first time ever I was invited to hang out with a small group of friends This is really huge for me. Usually because of my stutter and quietness people just kinda deemed me the ‘weird kid’ or w...

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commentr/StutterAug 22, 2020
5 points

You're not broken. You don't need to be fixed. The speech therapists that treat you as such are wrong. The things that may make your life miserable are disruptive learned behaviors and unhelpful thoug...

Identity & DisabilityTherapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideSeeking TherapyMindset shift
commentr/StutterAug 22, 2020
18 points

True, it’s a really that peoples encouragement also which play a vital role in our improvement becoz accepting our condition in this impatient world is truly rare. So thank you, for those normal peopl...

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postr/StutterAug 22, 2020
8 points

Small celebration.

Small celebration. Hello everyone. So little bit of backstory, for the last year or so I've had a tutor to help me with the school stuff I struggle with. In a session it's just the two of us around a ...

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commentr/StutterAug 21, 2020
1 points

I have always been an over achiever and very critical about my own perceived flaws. I think I just need to remember that I am relatively smart af (or atleast academically) and my speech doesn't defin...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterAug 21, 2020
1 points

Hey bro, I'm the exact same age as you and yes I go through the same shit. My name is Darragh but most people know me as John, James or whatever fucking J name pops out in that moment of introduction....

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postr/StutterAug 21, 2020
19 points

Introduction

Introduction Hi All, My name is Steven and i am a stutterer. Been looking for a chat group for ages Glad i found one. A little about myself i am 34 and i am a singer/songwriter, don\`t stutter at all...

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commentr/StutterAug 21, 2020
2 points

Hi! I’m a 30 year old woman with a rangey stutter that can move between light and severe on the same day. I’ve spent the last many years of my life in customer facing jobs where I speak to people doze...

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commentr/StutterAug 21, 2020
3 points

While I don’t know you, I can tell you this; Don’t let your stutter hold you back! So what if a high school girl would go out with you, or people make fun of you. You’re a better person than they are!...

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commentr/StutterAug 21, 2020
5 points

Just to add on... I'm 32, and I've stuttered my whole life. I've tried speech therapy, delayed auditory feedback, CBD, anxiety meds, the works. I still stutter. I also work full time as a mechanical e...

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postr/StutterAug 21, 2020
26 points

Post your stutter success story! What do you do despite your stutter that may inspire others?

Post your stutter success story! What do you do despite your stutter that may inspire others? Hi fellow stutterers. I wanted to post here to maybe be an inspiration to someone out there who has a stut...

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commentr/StutterAug 20, 2020
3 points

Love this!! I like these vibes. We need to think better of ourselves as a people, starting with ourselves! (At least I need to)...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterAug 20, 2020
4 points

Posted this in another thread. It’s relevant. Here it is again. Hi there. I’m 37. I’ve stuttered my entire life. I have gone through what you have gone through and then some. I will tell you unequi...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterAug 20, 2020
27 points

Hi there. I’m 37. I’ve stuttered my entire life. I have gone through what you have gone through and then some. I will tell you unequivocally I have experienced the same rage in emotion that you feel...

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