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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2018
5 points

We still don't have a lot of answers. Singing activates the right side of the brain. Our speech center is located on the left side of the brain in most people (including left handed people!). For many...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2018
5 points

Man this post is just godtier haha I started lifting/bulking 9 weeks ago and it's been going great, but owning my stammer has been crucial to staying confident. I remember telling my girlfriend just ...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2018
14 points

I'm totally behind this ...but I can see lots of the sub disagreeing, especially about the last paragraph, lol. I was always defeated by the stutter, depressed beyond belief. I've been trying to appl...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2018
9 points

One of the best posts I've read on the sub for sure. Hey, you have a stutter, it's difficult. Constantly focusing on what the other person thinks of your stutter makes it your #1 personality trait. T...

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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2018
4 points

A fellow Mechanical engineer who just graduated right here. I completely screwed up the 4 years of my Engineering feeling about how you feel right now. Result I had average grades, worsened stutter, n...

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commentr/StutterJun 21, 2018
11 points

Hang in there friend. I have medium stutter and sometimes it can get ugly. I have had job interviews where the interview was cut short. I have a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Manu...

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commentr/StutterJun 19, 2018
9 points

Congratulations!! Having a successful speech is one of the most satisfying things in the world for stutterers. Keep up the good work!...

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commentr/StutterJun 18, 2018
1 points

Have you tried therapy? Both speech and psychological. Life isn’t fair. You just have to try and make your particular situation better....

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commentr/StutterJun 18, 2018
3 points

Everytime I feel this way, I remind myself, things can always be much much worse. Keep fighting and be your own change!...

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commentr/StutterJun 17, 2018
1 points

Thank you. I really appreciate that. I have heard of stutter-talk before and checked out a few podcasts. The people on that podcast certainly have the right mindset for dealing with their situations. ...

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commentr/StutterJun 17, 2018
1 points

Wow! I have got to give you great credit because I know being a single parent, raising kids is not easy. I'm not a parent and I don't have kids, but my sister does and honestly I don't know how she do...

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commentr/StutterJun 17, 2018
5 points

We have a discord channel, would love to discuss things with you there. And yes, speech is definitely one of the things that people take the most for granted. Even society does, so you’re expected to ...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
1 points

i'm sorry you had to deal with all of that! it seems like you are working and thinking about this, your views are evolving, it's great! a stutterer on stuttertalk talked about how changing your views...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
2 points

My inner message is "I can't do this" and for myself I also know that isn't true because look what I have done so far? I have decided to accept help from a trained professional and that is no small fe...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
1 points

Okay I have time to give a proper response here. I do appreciate what you have said, what all of you have said so far. So if understand your first point correctly, it sounds like your mindset is whate...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
1 points

Of course things can change. But you have to allow it to happen. If you keep conceiving of yourself as someone who's bound to be miserable, you're not going to escape that. The universe isn't going to...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
1 points

Thank you, nukefudge. I do know that my way of thinking and my perspective of things is not positive like at all. I think that is my biggest problem and my therapist says the same thing. She says too ...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
2 points

The path is to become stronger and more competent. Physically, mentally, emotionally. When you're physically stronger, you have less anxiety around people, hence the speech is better. When you know ...

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commentr/StutterJun 16, 2018
4 points

Man you sound bitter. Yes we've been dealt a shitty hand but being angry about it won't get us anywhere. I attend local NSA meetings and have met dozens of people who stutter whose speech improved bec...

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commentr/StutterJun 14, 2018
1 points

Hi - so glad to hear you’re going to the NSA conference for the first time. I remember my first time vividly - it really changed my life. I had never before met other people who stutter and I was 42 ...

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