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Also a 16 year old stutterer here. The thing I want you to know is that most people (I mean like 99.9999999%) won't care about your stutter and are mature enough to understand. You're your own worst e...

I've struggled with stuttering my whole life as well my friend. it sucks, but what helps me is to remember to breathe and fact is, all we have is time. people are often in a rush, and it translates ov...

I've been on holiday over the last 4-5 days. Finally got the chance to see people's responses to this. I'm glad that people like it and see this as helpful. That's the idea. For me to share with you...

Just wanted to say, before selling my soul to the devil and going corporate, I also worked as a journalist - for three years, on a tropical island off Africa. First I covered the general news beat and...

I don't have any sugary bullshit advice. Life will be more difficult, it will be depressing sometimes, the only thing you can do is to fight through it....

I know the feeling. School was hell for me. I stopped doing my homework because I didn't want to answer questions in class. You're only about two years away form the "real" world. School is a very pr...

You can definitely work in journalism, my friend! My only skills in school were in English, and at your age I took physics and chemistry in high school instead of advanced English purely because I d...

Hi, Ftus. Sorry to hear about your troubles. I know the feelings all too well. When I was your age, I had very similar thoughts of "when will this just go away?". I waited, waited and waited, and ...

Speech therapy is best thing to start with. A psichologist is good too, not for your stutter but for your self confidence and also to help you with your mother issue, wich I think is important for you...

Hi /u/Ftus. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm 26 and I stuttered from an early age, around 4, I guess. I still do. I hated to read aloud in front of my class and give a presentation to a large...

Hey, stuttering sucks. I had an incredibly supportive mom and dad and it still sucked every day, so I can't imagine how hard it must be for you. Have you tried talking to your dad about how it makes y...

I know that this will sound very cliche but you need to have confidence in yourself and try not to let your life be taken over by the stutter. I'm also 14 and I've found that just taking my mind off o...

Hey man, take it from me, it gets better. Maybe the stutter wont get better but your life certainly will. High school, especially the early years, are shitty for most. Those people who make fun of you...

I love making connections and, like you mentioned, listening to their stories. It's also a really nice feeling when someone trusts you with a close secret, or considers you a part of their inner circl...

If it wasn't for the Internet I never would have met my wife. It's a really good ice breaker for me. That way you sort of know someone before you actually meet. It takes some of the pressure off. I ...

I'm a natural extrovert (I have an introverted side too of course). I don't think it developed any particular way other than it being part of my personality. I've always been a talker and really enjoy...

I am very much so, almost the definition of an extrovert. Being around people is harder for my speech, specifically around strangers, but I love to laugh and smile and with every new person is a new p...

Sorry for the late comment, but I completely relate to this. I had a horrible stutter as a child, and I didn't exactly have the best teachers or classmates to help me with it. It kind of locked me out...

Totally agree with the root cause. It is 100% a sensitivity thing for me. HOW to apply this insight will depend on the individual, of course. I like to speak at a rhythm as though I'm singing. I take...

When I was in my teens and early 20's, I was a light to moderate stutterer among friends and family who quickly became a severe stutterer in stressful, public, social situations. Getting a girl to lik...