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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
2 points

Dude, wait till you meet other PWS in real life! Attending my first stuttering conference (not all countries have them unfortunately) was such an empowering, life changing experience. Being in a room ...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

Anyone who wants to stop stuttering and become fluent should try Lee lovett’s neuroscience science method. It works! I stuttered for over 60 years, and I became fluent in several months. There are pr...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
12 points

You have no control over others. It's none of your business what others think of you. Focus on you. That's your domain. That's all you have control over. Don't allow external factors to influence ...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
0 points

Yeah that part makes sense. Best I can say is speak naturally and how it comes out it comes out. Anyone that has a problem that isn’t worth your time or attention....

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I’m 22. I’ve just graduated and now I’m undertaking a masters degree. Like you I also have a severe stutter, exactly like you described. I majored in International Relations, a communications degree...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

I am 59 yrs of age, & have stammered since I was 4 yrs of age. Having been bullied for having a stammer, it had for a long time caused me to be very self conscious about my stammer, & worried about ho...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
7 points

Yes, you can achieve fluency. And a year is an attainable goal. For me, there were no jaw exercises. Breathing is obviously a key component in speech, so I was taught to use my breath properly. No ex...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

People are all sorts of ways we wish they weren't, in the same way they assuredly wish some stuff would be different about us. We can acknowledge that while still staying away from judgement that woul...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I am sorry to say but speaking from personal experience, none of it works long term or in a permanent sense. The thing is life doesn't accommodate the pauses/tricks/solutions needed to mitigate stutte...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I’m chillin bro tbh, it was a long journey for me tho and I know a lot of us are still in that hurdle. I stutter everyday in front of coworkers and customers etc. but I focus on the problems that actu...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

On the other hand, being prevented from saying something you later regret in the heat of an argument can keep you from getting punched in the nose or hurting someone with your words. A stutter gives ...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
3 points

Thanks! For all the nay sayers that want to say it’s ironic to have it… well it’s not for them it’s for me....

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
6 points

The idea that did it for me was just pretending to be confident. Everything just fell into place for me like this. Just ask yourself 'why not?'. I am currently stuying my dream degree and I have frie...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
3 points

Yes. Stuttering has no impact or relation to happiness. It is our desire to displace this speech pattern that causes discontent. Simple message, difficult to learn - takes years to understand. Mid 3...

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postr/StutterOct 11, 2025
17 points

A patient asked me if I'd had a stroke

A patient asked me if I'd had a stroke Context: I'm a nursing assistant in a hospital and I mostly work in the discharge lounge, i.e. the place patients go when they've been discharged but are still w...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
3 points

I enjoyed reading this and these are the type of posts we need more of so others can see that it’s still possible to have a fulfilling life with a stutter. The hardest part is believing that it’s po...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
3 points

Traits that might be traditionally perceived as negative will be perceived positively if you are attractive. For example, stuttering can be seen as “talking weird” but if you’re attractive it will be ...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
8 points

I have two higher educations, my own apartment in the capital in a northern European country and a well paid job as a project manager and stuttering has maybe held me up some times in my life but neve...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
9 points

I’m proud that despite of my severe stammer I rarely let it interfere in the things I want to achieve, especially in regard to public speaking and socializing. The eternal fight for getting out of my ...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
3 points

I want to provide some basic info: 1. I conquered my stuttering permanently- this means that I am fluent 97% of the time and even if I stutter it is mild and unnoticeable. I forget about it immediate...

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