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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
1 points

There are a lot of people who have been in your position or had a harder time and did manage to change, so it's at least possible. Since it's possible, you clearly didn't try everything. So that's the...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
8 points

You've got electricity and Internet. You never had to churn your own butter or dealt with leprosy. If you are living in a modern place. You automatically have better amenities then royalty had 100 yea...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
0 points

The third option is stopping the war and winning the fight. For as long as stuttering is a problem to you, it will continue to be a problem. If you're always fighting it, you will always be fighting i...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
8 points

So I'm going to echo what I'm sure you've heard 100's of times before, but with a slight twist. You need to stop worrying about it so much. I understand this is really, really hard. I understand it ...

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postr/StutterOct 24, 2016
8 points

I successfully called my doctor by phone for a meeting

I successfully called my doctor by phone for a meeting I'm 15 and never called my doctor, my mom used to do it for me. But today, I don't know what happened but I wanted to call him myself So I calle...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
3 points

Perhaps one of the worst moments of my life was in university too. I was in creative writing and we had to read out something we wrote. I just stood up before it was my turn and left the class, basica...

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2016
3 points

I've been there. I know you can't will yourself to not care. But you can will yourself to throw yourself into those hard situations. It's not easy but you need to build up that scar tissue. Stuttering...

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2016
2 points

I was right there with you at 16. Luckily, my first "job" was working at an auto shop for a relative, just doing grunt/gopher/fetch the morning coffee work. I'd get nervous all morning just about havi...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2016
8 points

This is an example of letting your stutter control you, my advice is to try to not worry about it and say what you feel. Listen, you love your fiancee, right? You have all these words inside of you...

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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2016
2 points

Hey man. No its not as scary as it sounds. Just do your very best in the interview even if you stutter. And as for talking to customers, if you get through your first customer, it'll be easier and ...

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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2016
1 points

I dunno how to explain it. But I sort of start "acting" confident and it helps. It reduces the effect of my stutter for sure, but it doesn't remove it. Plus confidence is sexy ;)...

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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2016
3 points

I got my first job through a family friend. But I got my second, third and forth job on my own. Now making 6 figures I know that a stutter is a set back but will not stop me from climbing the corpor...

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commentr/StutterOct 20, 2016
1 points

Wow! That is quite an improvement! I would be happy with any improvement in my fluency. I have tried other drugs (klonopin, propranolol, buspar) with no luck. I am optimistic as well...do you thin...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2016
1 points

People always told me that my stutter wasn't noticeable but I literally blamed every social interaction that didn't go as I expected it to, on my stutter. "That was so awkward, she probably thought I ...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2016
2 points

You know that fear in your gut you get when you start to stutter? Change that to aggression! Be bold, be powerful stop being scared and putting yourself down. Harness that "nervousness" and transform...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2016
2 points

I could say that confidence has greatly helped me. The less I'm anxious about stuttering, the more I forget that I stutter. Confidence plus sleeping 8 hours a day, though good sleep is just my opinio...

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postr/StutterOct 15, 2016
0 points

I know I can recover from stuttering plain and simple, you can too.

I know I can recover from stuttering plain and simple, you can too. If it wasn't possible to recover then how come many people have. Look into these people Anna Margolina, John C harrison, Sam Crowl...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2016
0 points

My friend there is good news for you. You can beat stuttering. Plain and simple. Now u may have an occasional mess up but everyone who speaks does the difference is it won't be how you are stuttering ...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2016
2 points

Thanks for the update. Keep moving forward, stutter or not!...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2016
0 points

You can speak.If you believe that you literally cannot speak you won't be able to speak. There is a pretty good hypnosis video on YouTube give it shot it can't hurt it's a pretty chill experience. Har...

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