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commentr/StutterJun 11, 2025
2 points

That sucks, don’t loose hope. Everyone is beautiful and worth everything with any disability. I grew up stuttering in a post communist environment, everyone told me I will fail, during internship ever...

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commentr/StutterJun 11, 2025
2 points

It definitely takes alot of mental fortitude to go on for years & years with this curse. But ppl still call us mentally weak bc the pain gets to us eventually. They cant comprehend what it feels like ...

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commentr/StutterJun 11, 2025
3 points

>1. The neurological mechanisms underlying stuttering are not well known to doctors, and even some speech therapists. So there's no surprise that that's what they mentioned to you. I hope for a future...

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commentr/StutterJun 10, 2025
8 points

Oh my god yes 😭 I see those videos of like those type of people stuttering for one moment, and everyone starts laughing at the, while the person who stuttered goes silent and they pause, or they star...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 10, 2025
1 points

There is no way to stop stuttering completely but there are ways to limit it. Strategies are important for doing this but call me schizo but the “stutter knows you” so you can try prolongation and no ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
postr/StutterJun 9, 2025
10 points

Why are some professors and instructors like that

Why are some professors and instructors like that I study at a university and my program is connected with languages, speaking and communication. I can’t say I was always looked down on, but I felt th...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingSchool & Academic LifePower Dynamics & Intimidation
commentr/StutterJun 7, 2025
1 points

I feel your pain. I vividly remember trying to say my name at an orientation program for college and got laughed at by 20+ people. It's horrible and inhumane. Nobody deserves this and we need to find...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 6, 2025
3 points

Sounds like shitty parents tbh. I would never let my kids get used to being disrespectful to ppl like that. What's going to happen is if the kids don't learn they're going to feel comfortable bullying...

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Stigma & BullyingTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterJun 5, 2025
3 points

Quite a few years ago, my own kids were playing with a whole bunch of other kids. One of the kids they were playing with started speaking in a very soft stutter, and everybody started making fun of t...

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commentr/StutterJun 5, 2025
2 points

experienced this from 5th grade. there were people who avoided me then due to stutter still do and kinda hate me for that. i don't know why the hate and being rude to me I'm such a poor dude I really ...

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postr/StutterJun 5, 2025
27 points

i hate my life. I can't keep on living like this anymore. even my friends hate my stutter. i’m not mocked, i’m just ignored and that’s worse. way worse. just a ranting post

i hate my life. I can't keep on living like this anymore. even my friends hate my stutter. i’m not mocked, i’m just ignored and that’s worse. way worse. just a ranting post in my school, everyone sits...

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postr/StutterJun 4, 2025
22 points

Customer's kids were making fun at my stutter and the parents did nothing about it.

Customer's kids were making fun at my stutter and the parents did nothing about it. So I was serving some parents at my job and I stuttered. Their kids started laughing and mimicking my stutter which ...

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commentr/StutterJun 3, 2025
2 points

Thank you! Frankly, the people around me aren’t very patient or understanding with me. Quite the opposite really. When I read in front of them it’s not because they wanna hear me, it’s because I’m cal...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2025
7 points

OP, a few things I want to say first before I get to the heart of my post. First I want to congratulate you on hiring a stammer. Secondly in reaching out to not only to educate yourself on how to work...

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commentr/StutterJun 2, 2025
1 points

Does anyone know why people sometimes fake it or want to have it. Because to me it's just very embarrassing. Even I (a stutterer) cringe when I see other people stutter so I really don't get the appea...

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commentr/StutterJun 2, 2025
1 points

I am 57 years old and recently ventured into online dating. Twice now guys have rudely told me on the phone that I speak as if I have a speech impediment or a head injury.  In my opinion nothing has c...

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commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
3 points

I think having stuttering is a kind of good thing too. Sure, it can be super unbearable and draining at times but it can also teach you many things that you won't understand if you live a stuttering-f...

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commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
1 points

He's right though, and I don't get the downvotes on the comment As a person who stutters of course I'm going to read all of it, and I believe my loved ones/family would as well But how am I supposed...

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commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
6 points

Hot take: I would rather take any disability that doesn't alter my character. I have developmental hip issue so I can walk a little "strange at times. I don't think people ever judged me by that but...

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postr/StutterMay 31, 2025
12 points

Why do people compare other disabilities to other disabilities like at the end of the day nobody wants none of em they all disabilities and can equally cause the same amount of mental pain

Why do people compare other disabilities to other disabilities like at the end of the day nobody wants none of em they all disabilities and can equally cause the same amount of mental pain ...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyStigma & Bullying