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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2018
2 points

Very true yea i use to have the s s s stutter type but went to speech therapy when i was younger it sucks doesnt it maybe we should set up like a reading thing for eachother have like a skype call gro...

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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2018
5 points

Yep, that's one of the common effects of stuttering. Not everyone has the classic s-s-s-tutter all the time. Sometimes I'll elonnnnnnnngate a syllable to give myself time to overcome the block. But re...

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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2018
3 points

>stopped me from approaching girls that I normally would want to approach cause it's just so awkward Awkwardness is likely there regardless of your specific circumstance. What you need to do is fi...

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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2018
2 points

That’s a feeling I’m all too familiar with! However, I’ve tried to be less sensitive to my own stutter. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been blocked on a word, especially my name. It usually resu...

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commentr/StutterJul 3, 2018
2 points

thats cool you do this.. i started doing this just now.. wish i had known this earlier.. because if you think about it.. it helps you become comfortable with your environment...

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commentr/StutterJul 2, 2018
2 points

I like disclosing the first time i stutter. I can 'feel' when I'm about to stutter, so I say, "Uh, bear with me because I stutter, and this word's gonna be hard to say" or whatever, really casual-like...

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commentr/StutterJul 2, 2018
3 points

For the most part, my experience with my stutter has been 1. I care about it far more than the people around me. 2. People will be as uncomfortable with it as I am. So, I talk "normally" around peop...

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commentr/StutterJul 2, 2018
2 points

If you never said you stuttered in your whole life I would honestly believe you lol. It seems like you really don't even have a stutter anymore! I hope one day this can happen to me and everyone else ...

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commentr/StutterJun 30, 2018
2 points

My man! Two years and a half in and I can truly say: it's worse in your mind that it really is. For real, man. Before starting college I was fucking TERRIFIED. "What I'm gonna do?" "What they gonna t...

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commentr/StutterJun 30, 2018
1 points

I don’t use the technique anymore. But there are definitely some people who respond really well to the program. No I haven’t kept in touch but spending time with people who stutter helped to normali...

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commentr/StutterJun 30, 2018
2 points

Disclosing your stutter makes the interaction more positive and relaxing for you. There's no reason why you shouldn't grasp that as a mode of self-care. How would anyone even be giving you special tre...

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commentr/StutterJun 28, 2018
2 points

Thar one will work too just remember sure it's tough for us who stutter but it's what makes us unique. My motto sure I talk slow I also do other things slow too......

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commentr/StutterJun 28, 2018
2 points

I’ve heard many times that my stutter is cute — I don’t get it, but I’ll certainly take it :)...

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postr/StutterJun 27, 2018
13 points

I’m going to the NSA conference in Chicago and I am so happy!

I’m going to the NSA conference in Chicago and I am so happy! The National Stutterers Association has a annual conference and I thought I wasn’t gonna go, but my dad and I are :) I am excited but ne...

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2018
3 points

This is solid advice OP, +1 from me. Remember that lots of people have their handicaps. Some are short. Some have unattractive faces. Don't ever let yourself use yours as a crutch....

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2018
2 points

I'm probably not the best person to give advice because I am still trying to accept my stutter but I feel I need to say something here. I recently gave a best man speech at my brother's wedding. I don...

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2018
1 points

No idea. He came to the library because he was a former student of the school, i heard him talking to a colleague. He had no problem stuttering openly obviously....

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2018
2 points

Hi there, life long stutterer here in my 40s now. Never really went to speech therapy except for the useless public school sessions. I never concentrated on making my speech fluent. My stuttering isn’...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2018
2 points

I agree you have to own your stutter and be yourself. But fuck women who try and tear you down. You don't need shit people like that in your life. You need someone who wants to be there for you and wi...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2018
1 points

A good amount of us are also physically disabled so that puts the whole "be Adonis" suggestion off, but the rest of this is solid advice, if not a teensy bit oversimplifying ...

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