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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2020
2 points

I have a beautiful girlfriend that has been there for me every step of the way, she calms me down when I get frustrated, she relaxes me and I can talk way better, and as a plus she finds it cute. It’s...

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postr/StutterJun 21, 2020
9 points

Folks I just wanna let you know that...

Folks I just wanna let you know that... your stutter shouldn’t define you as a person and you should love yourself for who the universe made you! We’re all in a club, a super cool, compassionate, open...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2020
2 points

Maybe she doesn’t want to make a big deal out of it. To some people it’s really minor and there’s nothing wrong with you. No matter how much you stutter some people just accept it. They accept us lol....

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2020
1 points

lol it must be nice when people find ur stutter cute. I've never met a dude who comes up to me and tells me that my.stutter is cute. nvm I'll do it myself!...

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commentr/StutterJun 20, 2020
1 points

Mine was fairly severe while growing up, went through years of speech therapy to get it under control. In my 20s it would happen maybe a dozen times a day. After I stopped caring what others thought ...

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commentr/StutterJun 19, 2020
2 points

I like it better when they let me stutter in peace without saying anything lol girls love to say it’s cute but I can’t help but feel patronized 😭 not bothered though 😊...

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commentr/StutterJun 19, 2020
1 points

You sound young. We are the hardest on ourselves when we stutter, which only makes stuttering worse. Even if others are harsh to us because of stuttering, we are prone to internalizing others’ reactio...

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commentr/StutterJun 19, 2020
3 points

I actually quite like when people mention it to me. My stutter is such a big thing to me, yet nobody ever acknowledges it....

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commentr/StutterJun 19, 2020
1 points

Hi, I am new to the group.. I have not let my stammer stop me from doing most things in my life. Yes, like everyone else, I get frustrated when I totally block on words and cannot get across exactly...

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postr/StutterJun 18, 2020
12 points

building confidence and stuttering

building confidence and stuttering so recently i started making tik toks about stuttering and openly stutter in them and it was so terrifying to actually do it... but i feel really good about it !! i ...

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commentr/StutterJun 17, 2020
4 points

Same here. After 2 a while they stop "hearing" it. Which means they dont pay attention to it anymore but they do pay attention to what ya are saying....

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commentr/StutterJun 17, 2020
2 points

The more you focus your attention on it, the more it will impact your life. The reason you view it negatively is because you associated certain emotions to stuttering after many years. The way you imp...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2020
33 points

The people I’ve dated haven’t given a shit about my stutter, some of them even thought it was cute! Anyone who thinks otherwise isn’t worth anyone’s time....

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2020
3 points

Thanks for sharing! I have honestly never heard of people recovering that late in life, they told me when I didn’t grow out of it by high school I probably never would. And I will say that being tol...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2020
2 points

This has opened my eyes that being comfortable despite stuttering puts me in the minority of stutterers. I really feel for you guys, Im sure you guys will improve with age!...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2020
4 points

Same. I’m 32 now and I decided in my mid 20s that it wasn’t worth getting upset over. I did make a point of celebrating little victories though. In my late 20s I spent a few years in a job where I h...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2020
8 points

Huh... I don't know if it's because I've been stuttering since I was 4-6 years old. But when I feel the "block" coming, I don't feel anything anymore. I just let it come and take a pause in my senten...

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commentr/StutterJun 15, 2020
2 points

Definitely. Once I accepted my stutter and stopped trying to hide it, I gained so much more confidence....

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commentr/StutterJun 15, 2020
1 points

Definitely try meditating though. just accepting my stutter is part of me and meditating to reduce stress/anxiety arr the two biggest things that helped me...

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commentr/StutterJun 15, 2020
4 points

What really helped me when I was in speech therapy was listing all of the positives about having a stutter. For example: - My stutter has made me a very good listener - My stutter has made me apprec...

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