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postr/StutterSep 23, 2025
40 points

Many stutterers are quite attractive, I've noticed. (Anecdotal).

Many stutterers are quite attractive, I've noticed. (Anecdotal). The few times I've someone who stutters, they're usually fashionable and attractive. Is this just us compensating by taking better care...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StopStutterSep 22, 2025
1 points

Agreed - Lee’s methods work - after 60 years of stuttering I am now stutter free...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
1 points

This is honestly the first time I've talked about it, so I guess I'm making progress and moving past the cringe lol...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
5 points

I got my confidence back when practicing martial arts, even taught self defense classes in schools and stuff. I think it’s part psychological too...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterSep 22, 2025
8 points

Confidence is key?

Confidence is key? So in 8th grade I changed schools and I met a friend called Shawn. He was the class "clown" he was always talking and talking and talking and doing stupid shit. Well, that year for ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
1 points

What I think about a stutterer is the same as I think of anyone who is substantially different from me: I am much more comfortable around them if they have accepted their difference, don't beat themse...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterSep 22, 2025
3 points

Have other kinds of therapy helped?

Have other kinds of therapy helped? I mean therapy thats not speech therapy, like therapy for anxiety or self esteem, something that could indirectly help your stutter. Am planning to change from spee...

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Seeking TherapyTherapy ExperiencesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
2 points

I can tell you that i know why it seemed to be the "most humiliating" but i can assure you that young children not only do not care if you stutter, but many of them are going through the natural time ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
2 points

I’ve tried strategies and techniques to reduce my stuttering. They did not last long and my stuttering returned. I decided to study and research as to why fluent speakers don’t stutter. I discovered t...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
3 points

No, I have adhd i can't take 3 hours of sessions. I am also able to speak % of the 50% fluently without threapy. so I used to blame myself a lot for not trying therapy and feel guilty about it, aka ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterSep 21, 2025
19 points

Are we lazy?

Are we lazy? I recently had a realization about my stuttering. A while ago, I went to therapy. For about a month, I actually noticed myself improving, but I did not fully realize it at the time. Afte...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
1 points

I have a guy who stutters at my home and Ive noticed how its no difference between when he stutters and a non-stutterer talking to people. It has helped me to realize my negative thoughts are just lie...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentValidation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
1 points

For the most part, they think I am smart and good looking??? haha. I mean, they know it sucks for me, but, meh, move on. People are much more interested in how I am productive, kind, look out for my f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
1 points

Gaslighting? That implies malicious intent. I'm proposing to you that the abuse you suffer is of your own making, due to your skewed perspective. That the real world isn't at all as hostile as you in...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
2 points

You failed to answer either of my questions. I don't know you. I simply offered speculation because of your skewed perspective of how one might interact with people with disabilities. Not everyone ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
16 points

I have enormous sympathy for them because I understand what a terrible disability it is, reducing one to a fearful unconfident antisocial hermit with so much to give and no one to give it to....

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Loneliness & IsolationHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
2 points

I’m about a month into college and it’s been…. Something I’ve made a few friends, but they seemed to have slowly but surely split up into other friend groups while I’m stuck here. The first week was ...

Social & RelationshipsCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
3 points

There's a lot of PWS who experience difficulty with specific sounds or words (like their names for example). I don't think any sound is inherently "harder" to pronounce than any other sound. I think i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesPropositionality & WeightVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+2 more
postr/StutterSep 20, 2025
12 points

Ex-stutterers' club

Ex-stutterers' club I am a middle aged guy who had a stutter for most of their life.  I created this post because I am interested in others who had a stutter and overcame it.  I beat mine over a decad...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & CareerQuality of Life+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2025
1 points

Stuttering made me lose confidence which kinda of affected my life, I get this weird reactions from people when i stutter so i have to think twice before socializing, sometimes makes me feel like a lo...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception