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Same, really. I remember feeling such shame over it. I was taking speech therapy when I was around 18 years old, and I remember lying to my speech therapist about doing my speech therapy homework wi...

My stutter is more of a block to where I can't get out any coherent sounds when trying to say something sometimes. The word I've always blocked on the most was 'negative' so in math class when we star...

>my stutter has been tabboo Fucking own it man. Acknowledging and accepting it was the best thing I ever did ...

Same. Once I just started being open to people about it, and realizing they don't care as much as I do, and that the people who listen through your stuttering are the best people in the world, my life...

This is the single most important lesson I've learned about stuttering....

i agree with your views. for us all speech is the biggest issue.. it will stay with us forever even we think of all the positives about stuttering..... now and than everyone of us gets frustrated with...

>But, I somehow developed the courage to not care of what other thinks when I stutter. I try to maintain a friendly environment where the other person can feel free to ask me to repeat myself, if t...

I get it. It's really hard. This group is incredible. I'm very touched by all the comments to my story... You will get to the place where it's no longer overwhelming. You will accept yourself fo...

McGuire Programme is suitable for absolutely anyone that has a stutter and is a lot more successful than any speech therapist out there. The reason it's suitable for anyone is because it's an extreme...

The end game isn't 'natural fluency' it's about embracing and controlling your stutter...

My confident improved slightly

My confident improved slightly Last night I went to a stuttering support group for 2 hours. Since meeting others with stutters like myself or even more severe made me realize I’m not alone. I never me...

Thank you for sharing this thoughtful piece. I vaguely remember myself not stuttering when I was in my early days of school. To be frank, I exactly don't remember from when I started stuttering, but...

Thank you for sharing lovely story, im proud who i am because stutter teaches me how to be a good and kind person ...

After reading this, the one thing I learned is that you, OP, truly love yoursel (in a good way). This post was very graceful and couldnt feel more genuine. I am 25 and am starting to love myself too....

Thank you for sharing. You can't imagine how inspiring it is. I hope that someday in the future i will accept who am i and learn to live with it. But for now, it's just too much to bear with. Somedays...

I understand your anger at other people. We are all often caught up in our own lives to notice what is going on in others, especially when so many of us try to hide our problems from each other. Stutt...

I beat myself up, tell myself I am never going to achieve my dreams or goals. Act like I am total failure and just negative self-talk myself to sleep. If anyone talked to me the way o talk to myself, ...

My stutter certainly has played a big role in my depression, especially when I was younger. I have clinical depression for other reasons, but personally I know my stutter did make it worse at times in...

I think the only way is to accept its part of you and own it. Push through the things that are uncomfortable to you and over time they become more comfortable. Talking with strangers at work and stu...

In general, people are accepting of stutterers. It is mostly in our heads, and once we manage to accept ourselves the stutter fades. But, that seems like an impossible task. For me, just making smal...