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As a person who has both ADHD and a stutter, I can sympathize with your frustration and your husband's pain. Communicating with a person who stutters requires patience which you clearly lack. His stut...
I'm going to make some very different recommendations to most of the people here. I do stutter, but can completely understand your frustrations with it - it's frustration we all have on this subreddi...
I have talked to him directly about this and we are in couples therapy. I do love him and I can agree that I am a lot more abrasive than I previously thought. I'm also not really sure what is going ...
Honestly the ADHD groups are great for a lot of things, but not this one. I've tried in the past and it basically boiled down to them empathizing with the attention thing and how it is so hard to list...
"But the way you’re expressing that frustration, the visible impatience, the asking him to repeat himself multiple times, the fact that you’re letting your facial expressions betray your frustration. ...
Honestly, reading your post, it’s hard not to see that you’re not being very kind to your husband. I get that you’re frustrated, but you’re treating his stutter like it’s a problem he needs to fix for...
Yup I have to learn how to relax my body. That’s the main problem, I try to force my words out and end up messing up....
The trick is to take a moment and pause and *actually* relax your whole body. Don’t keep continually trying to force it. Think of it as there being a short gap where you let go of all tension, let go ...
My son stutters and he has opportunity to work with the Stutter Institute in NY. But instead of using that while he is in college to help him. He won’t do it! So sometimes professors are irritated tha...
Yep I'm 62 now and ive felt like this many times, thinking it would be easier, less embarrassing than having this damn curse.. I gave up a career I wanted many many years ago due to it, all I've h...
I hate my mother…
I hate my mother… I don’t expect any judgment here, but I need to rant. I’m a man in my early thirties, and I know exactly how I feel. I’ve carried this pain for years and I just want to express it. ...
I think going mute would give you ever bigger anxiety for moments when it's time to talk. I feel for you on this and I hope and pray it gets better for you. Start by practicing everyday just speakin...
Stutter so bad to the point I want to go mute
Stutter so bad to the point I want to go mute Hi, I’m 20 and have a pretty severe stutter. I work in the horse training industry. I got a call today from a ranch looking to hire me. I declined the pho...
fake friends, pity parties.
fake friends, pity parties. recently ive been feeling like my closest friend is mostly just been throwing me a pity party, im getting these feelings by things he says here and there, changing plans, s...
That’s true. We have to be our own best defense. Being unable to protect ourselves with words like others do makes us feel like sitting ducks. I realize that males have different vulnerabilities and ...
Not to mention rationships. You can’t work so you end up homeless. So then you rely on others. But you learn you can never rely on others but yourself. But you can’t rely on your voice because… pretty...
Like for example you work and work and work. Then you save. But with stuttering it’s a downwards trajectory. Nothing improves because everything in the workplace hinges on communication....
Yeah but then you become reliant on others. And they leave. Or you form unhealthy attachments. Which I’ve also gone through. I just feel like a doormat for society. It’s a dog eat dog world. And when ...
That's honestly whats most frustrating about stuttering. At certain topics i actually have a lot of knowledge and im able to articulate it really well in my head or text but most of the time i pull my...
I'm in school right now but my stutter affects everything but most significantly my grades and social life. Having a stutter causes me to be sad at times which leads me to having a bad mental health W...