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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2019
2 points

My stuttering is pretty much gone. It was pretty bad when I was 8. It remained bad through the puberty and became worse when I was 18. Then it hit the max when I was 22 and left met at 23. Unlike othe...

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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2019
2 points

It is so destructive. If I can’t get rid of my stutter, the second best thing is to accept it. I can’t seem to do either. It is putting a big strain on my life, basically ruining it... I know you sai...

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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2019
1 points

It's kind of another world. You're in a place with 700 other people who stutter or know about stuttering. It's the only time in your life where you are the majority and stuttering is normal. There are...

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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2019
2 points

Sadly, there’s no ‘cure’ for stutter, but there are way to combat it. The problem with speech therapy is it takes a long time, and some people don’t have the time or money to do it. My stutter used ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2019
1 points

When you know you stutter like 80% less when you're alone, isn't getting out of your comfort zone THE best way to reduce stutter? It's a mental thing. You have to become naturally comfortable when you...

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commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2019
1 points

It’s not a disappointment at all. Going into it knowing it won’t be cured so I have to work my ass off with strategies to have good fluent speech. That video of Steve really pisses me off, not the bes...

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commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2019
0 points

for a select few people said it did for them. never said it will cure everyone. again you claimed that was said. if your stutter becomes virtually non existent after therapy, i consider that a win for...

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commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2019
1 points

i consider virtually invisible still a win for cured. if you go from from stuttering all the time to virtually or rarely at all. i think people who stutter badly would agree that virtually in visible ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2019
0 points

some people would have more confidence or maybe would have been outgoing. kind of like if you weren't born blind or something. maybe you would have been a engineer or teacher or famous athlete. yes yo...

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commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2019
1 points

for me no. I would be exactly the same. I wish majority of people who stutter had the same luck as me. honestly i was spared from bullies. i don't know why? i got teased a little bit here and there bu...

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commentr/StutterFeb 26, 2019
5 points

Here’s what I can tell you, straight up dude, everyone knows you stutter. Embrace it! I know it seems scary but, if you’re not a dickhead yourself you can make friends. Being quiet sort of makes you l...

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postr/StutterFeb 25, 2019
9 points

For those who want to laugh about their own stutter...

For those who want to laugh about their own stutter... So I decided to do something brave and create a 3 part (video) series talking about the humor of my particular stutter. i talk about the 3 main t...

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commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2019
6 points

My stutter has lessened the older I got and it is much better now I'm in my twenties. Confidence and maintaining a moderately good lifestyle helped me. It takes work but I pushed myself out of my com...

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commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2019
3 points

I also used to face these and it had ruined my school days. I am 21 now. Let me tell you that I used to read aloud articles and practice my speech quite sometimes. I didn't see results. But then, I ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2019
3 points

There are people who don’t stutter that hv anxiety and depression and are socially awkward. Also, there are people who stutter that have conquered it, learned to live with it and have became actors, d...

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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2019
22 points

I agree with the other comments. It’s like a disabled person wondering what they could do if they could walk. To be brutally honest, it’s a destructive behavior and you’re imagining impossibility. A...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2019
1 points

Our stutter isn’t the problem. It’s you accepting yourself for who you are and loving yourself. Medication doesn’t really help. You need coping techniques. Besides, it’s true that stuttering won’t hol...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2019
6 points

28 year old doctor here with a moderate stutter. Still have my stutter. My advice, as a stutterer, would be to accept it and live with it. There is no cure, that’s something you should accept early o...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2019
1 points

I’m 15 so only a year younger and I’ve just learned to live with it. I have also noticed that when I do stutter no one cares and if they do they’re not even worth the time. I try to participate as muc...

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commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2019
1 points

Opening up to family and friends was one of the best things I did for my stutter. Not feeling like you need to hide all the time and feeling shame, it can be liberating and your speech gets better as ...

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