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commentr/StutterJan 6, 2025
12 points

I dealt with that all my life..to be honest I know I do sound retarded so I can't get that mad anymore..as you get older you just get burnt out from all the BS that comes with stuttering...what sucks ...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
2 points

I've lost count of how many times that someone has said something along along the lines of "Have you forgotten your name, How do you forget your own name ," and " "Did you forget your name" I'm sorry ...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
3 points

Sorry that it’s so bad for you. I I never had to compete in mynprofession, social psychology. I lived at a time when being a homemaker was an honored ‘profession’ and it allowed me to avoid the career...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
11 points

OP, I feel your pain as being a stutterer as well. This year I will be 48 and been having a severe and debilitating stammer my entire life. I remember when I was in primary school when our instructor ...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
1 points

I was started on 1 mg and later(soon) will be increased to 2 mg. I’m a senior patient so we try the lowest possibility dose to be effective....

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
1 points

It’s such a weird life to lead having this. 75% of the time no one knows, especially if it’s a cursory or quick discussion. If I get into a deep conversation with someone it becomes harder and harde...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
2 points

Sometimes the closest people to us are the most ignorant. My mum when I was really young, told me to stop stuttering and she looked really angry after we had a school meeting about my stutter, as if ...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
3 points

I stutter sometimes when saying my name and someone once said, ‘ do you know remember your own name’ and then a teacher one time imitated me when I was trying to say my name. Probably the worse thing ...

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postr/StutterJan 5, 2025
47 points

Have you also decided to stop talking?

Have you also decided to stop talking? I feel like no one understands me. I'm embarrassed to stutter and I feel like as long as I stutter I won't be able to express myself the way I want to. My silen...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
1 points

I had severe stutter listed, had thyroid cancer, so full thyroidectomy as well, and have done everything I can to get an adult autism diagnosis, haven't been able to manage anxiety enough to function ...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
14 points

nothing make me livid like when people who dont know what its like to have a stutter tell me I'm overreacting...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
16 points

i know right, it's annoying when fluent people compared their minor stutters...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
2 points

It's so common, "have you forgotten your name". Maybe otherwise kind people do this to try and defuse a situation in which they feel awkward, without realising how damaging it is to the stammerer....

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postr/StutterJan 4, 2025
19 points

I wanted to talk about my experience stuttering

I wanted to talk about my experience stuttering It is harrowing to realize that my ability to communicate with other people is limited. I often can only speak if some arbitrary sound isn't included in...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
5 points

Dude, what you said about funny comments and having to sit on them then hearing someone else coming up with similar and getting all the laughs has been the bane of my existence as a stutterer. Loved r...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
1 points

I can relate to this.... Everytime I leave work, I feel defeated. Each day is a battle and I can't take it anymore. I have a very social job, most of the times I can make up for my bad speech in other...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
5 points

I wouldnt be able to count the number of times teachers and students have asked me this during introduction time. It's so annoying like are you trying to be funny? cuz it's not that funny you know? Bu...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
5 points

One day when i was laying on my dorm bed with just my underwear i got a knock on the door and the guy that came in asked me if i had seen his wallet, apperantly he lost it overnight and was now thinki...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
5 points

My mom has a stutter but she's always shamed my stutter. She thinks I stutter just to copy her. Anyways, I was on the phone with her the other day and I was doing my usual stutter. She then asked me i...

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
6 points

“I asked you a simple question and you can’t even answer that. Are you having a stroke?” “Did you forget your name/phone number?” “Did COVID cause that stutter?” (for context, this was in front of a...

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