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commentr/StutterJul 31, 2020
1 points

Agree to disagree, what works for me maybe different than what work for you or somebody else. I understand where your coming from though...

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commentr/StutterJul 31, 2020
2 points

How about changing this world instead of leaving this planet? I think people who stutter can make this world a better place. Not if they hide but if they show the world that speech fluency really isn'...

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commentr/StutterJul 31, 2020
2 points

I think you didn't understood op's point of view. What he meant was not to fight stutter but embrace it. He didn't say not to do things like reading aloud, vocal lessons, lip trills, meditation etc wh...

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commentr/StutterJul 30, 2020
18 points

Disagree, maybe this is the case if you were “born” with a stutter but this is too generalized. Many of us are developmental stutterers as well. And just as you can be fluent and develop disfluency , ...

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commentr/StutterJul 30, 2020
1 points

Great. If I block, it’s not the block that feels like I can’t get out of for 3 seconds. I just keep going because I don’t care as much if I stutter....

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commentr/StutterJul 30, 2020
2 points

nah. people who stutter should stutter more openly. Then rude ones would be exposed and we wouldn’t have to think about our stutter 24/7...

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commentr/StutterJul 30, 2020
2 points

It was weird I got high a couple nights ago and went night swimming and looked up at the stars and I realized how huge everything is and how small me and my problems are and I basically just realized ...

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postr/StutterJul 29, 2020
9 points

Small victories

Small victories Today I had to go to a doctors appointment alone. I usually get a lot of anxiety doing this but before I went in I told myself seriously jordan, this shit doesn’t matter. Stop taking...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2020
7 points

Congratulations 🎈 Keep up the good work remember our stutter does not own us we own our stutter....

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postr/StutterJul 29, 2020
103 points

I just asked a random stranger for a wifi password!

I just asked a random stranger for a wifi password! I know it sounds really insignificant but my stutter had really made me avoid meeting and talking to new people so Im really hyped that I did that!!...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2020
2 points

Let her go at her own pace. Within a few years she will find what works best for her. Therapy might be of some help but they are just suggestions for her to try in the end. ​ I'm an old ...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2020
8 points

This is probably one of the best post I’ve read so far in this community. What happened to her is shit, no other way to call it, but damn is she a strong person that she’s already speaking in public; ...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2020
20 points

I stutter and my husband doesn't. There is nothing like sharing my home with someone who doesn't care how I speak, who patiently waits for me to spit out whatever I'm stuck on, and doesn't make me fee...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2020
3 points

It's hard to say anything general and simple that will necessarily work well for everyone, I think. But yeah, that's the gist of it. We know we stutter sometimes, but we try to carry on regardless. I...

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commentr/StutterJul 28, 2020
2 points

Don’t agree. I have a stutter, I know how hard it can be, but I also have a wife, a son and family and friends that love me, as I’m sure you do. You think that killing yourself will take the pain away...

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commentr/StutterJul 28, 2020
7 points

Ok that's literally me, I'm a pro karate player and a stutterer who don't give a fuck about what people think on my stutter. I like to talk to people whether I stutter doing so or not, I don't care, b...

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commentr/StutterJul 27, 2020
3 points

I mean... it sounds to me like you've succeeded. :) The idea that you need to succeed _more_ doesn't have to have anything to do with stuttering. - There's this thing we tend to do, where we try to...

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2020
2 points

I feel you and it really sucks. I'm sorry. I have experienced the same growing up and it isn't fun In my experience, the harder you don't accept it or fight it the worse the stutter is. Once I accept...

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2020
1 points

I would suggest starting meditation to put Negative selftalk, overthinking and subconscious random thoughts on ignore. Stress has a very great effect on Stutter. Do diaphragm breathing exercises daily...

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2020
2 points

The main problem with stuttering is that it gets worse when you fight it. You have to learn to accept it and that it’s not about you as a person. Look at it like this: some people have good eyesight, ...

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