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It doesn't feel frustrating. It is frustrating. It literally complicates an essential human function. Can you read aloud by yourself? I thought I could turns out I can't. So I read aloud daily for mon...

My job requires excellent communication skills and I have a severe stutter. Communication is about more than just speaking. I would struggle if I took a job in a call centre. In person there are plent...

Stuttering should be regarded as a disability because it hinders the daily life activities of an individual. It is high time that the definition of 'disability' be widened from only physical disabilit...

Absolutely agree!! I cannot work specific jobs and when I have bad days, I feel so incredibly drained from just simply trying to speak. I get laughs too....

Yeah I mean I dont really see the argument of a stutter not being a disability. Speaking is such a basic human skill and its hindered, sometimes nearly disabled for some of us. Not just jobs, but norm...

If I can get away with it my response is. I just say nervermind or Nothing. It is easier, especially if it's a long sentence....

Some random difficulty’s of having a stammer

Some random difficulty’s of having a stammer 1. Somebody saying hi to you, knowing you’re going to stutter so you just smile back but they don’t see so you just seem rude af 2. When you wanna tell a ...

It's normal at an early age. Never make him believe that there's something wrong with his speech or he will grow up with a social disorder. Like a baby elephant trying to master the 40,000 muscles in ...

Tips for a stutterer.

Tips for a stutterer. so i am 16 and have stuttered pretty much my entire life. It primarily happens when I'm trying to start sentences and it slows down conversations and just basic talk in general. ...

Dear members of the Stuttering community, how do you deal with it ??

Dear members of the Stuttering community, how do you deal with it ?? My heart feels heavy as I type these words... everyday is just the same as the previous one .. there's no improvement but just deg...

It’s infuriating. No offense but we legitimately have to respect unicorns now days and the stuttering community just gets laughed at. It’s crazy.. stay strong out there everyone...

What if you want to join a book club and it's a requirement to read in a group, what then? Are you supposed to avoid what you want to do, avoid these "artificial situations"? Like I said before, stutt...

"there's less situations", if you need to rely on less situations just for you to be comfortable, then you've really missed my point. It's about freedom....

I have realised that I don’t care

I have realised that I don’t care I don’t know how to explain what I mean by this. For a long time, I really wanted to be rid of it. Then, I finally accepted that it probably isn’t possible to be rid ...

It sucks, and it’s not fair, but don’t let it define you. Would you rather be blind? Paralyzed? So many people have it worse....

An accountant would be a great (and high paying) job. I’m a group insurance underwriter and it’s fairly stuttering friendly, as you basically never talk to strangers, only internal employees, and most...

I’d be happy as a parking attendant lol. It’s not about pride with me it’s just the having to constantly speak to the public, which leaves me out of breath and about to pass out sometimes....

How occasional writing instead of speaking drastically reduced my anxiety

How occasional writing instead of speaking drastically reduced my anxiety Hi fellow stutterers, I would like to share my fairly new strategy that I've been using for the last 2 months, and it has re...

Can't even have a normal convo when I stutter, it's very frustrating. Im very jealous of the 99% people who don't stutter. But it is what it is. I don't even have much interactions with women because ...

26F here. I started to have a mild speech impediment during my young adulthood. I know for a lot of people it started as a child. Idk if I developed it because of trauma or from me getting older or an...