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Embrace your Stutter, or Eliminate It?

Embrace your Stutter, or Eliminate It? I've been reading a lot on this subreddit and have found people wanting very different outcomes with their stutter. 1. On one hand I hear people say that they w...

My stutter started around the age of 5. I didn’t have speech therapy until I was 7 and stopped going at 10. I was nearly 100% fluent when I left speech therapy (I have a mild stutter) and I felt a lo...

I've also been stuttering since I was around 5. I'm currently in college and it is doesn't necessarily get better, it just changes. For some people a stutter will go away. My father stuttered for a f...

Ohh I understand your pain so much! I work in an environment where I have to introduce myself on a daily basis..and I work with people 80% of my time at work. I haven't found a miracle way of saying m...

Yeah that’s my worst fear that it drives her into depression. I’m glad to hear that acceptance helps with fluency. What made you come out of your depression? Or are you still working on it?...

Started when I was 7 or 8 after suffering from a lot of abuse from my mom and her ex. Nobody did anything and she kept telling me I have to work to get her to set up my own speech therapy. Lived with ...

I first noticed that I had trouble reading aloud in class as a sophomore in high school. Since then I began to notice it more and more throughout my life. As a current sophomore in college I have mad...

Thank you for sharing your story and your experience! That is great advice. I have definitely been trying to improve her self confidence. She is very insecure and shy. I also want her to know tha...

I was thinking about teaching her to simply accept her stutter and not try to “fix” it. Otherwise I’m defining it as a problem. I believe everyone is different and some people just have a stutter an...

Yeah, I'm starting to learn how to accept my stuttering, thank you....

To some extent I have learnt to try to accept it but on particular bad days my old ways tend to get to me....

I have a daughter that started to stutter and it’s been more than a year now. Your story is very helpful because as a parent I will now help her accept it instead of trying fixing it. I’ll Let her k...

I was pretty shocked when you wrote you're 14 at the end. You're clearly very intelligent and mature, especially for a 14 year old. You articulate the struggle so well and if you can write and think l...

I've personally gotten so much more mileage out of giving up on the idea of perfect speech or avoiding stuttering. I mean, of course I try to not stutter, but I try not to let it become my focus. Inst...

Please dont give up on your dreams!!! I am a 33 years old female and i work in healthcare. Some days my stuttering is flawless and other days, it is a nightmare. The most important thing is to love yo...

Thanks so much for your advice! Thinking of stuttering as an itch is an amazing metaphor. I really appreciate your perspective on how stuttering matters less as you become more comfortable with it....

At some point, you just gotta say \`screw it\` and do what you gotta do. Sure, stuttering can be embarrassing, but the truth is, no one really cares if you don't make a big deal out of it. They don't ...

The more comfortable you are about it, the more comfortable they will be. If you're not in a good mental space to be comfortable right now, making a joke about it is the quickest way I've found to bre...

I’ve realized that my friends, family, loved ones, and people close to me don’t notice my stutter as much because their so used to it. It gives me confidence and relief when they have patience with my...

Yes girl!! I love to see that confidence about stuttering ❤...