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commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2025
1 points

For most people who stutter, it's a true disability. It can't be fixed, just like you can't usually make a blind man see. It's an issue we have to manage our whole lives barring some miracle cure. It'...

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commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2025
0 points

You shouldn't be downvoted. This is the reality of our lives. The vast majority stutterers won't physically be able to truly overcome it. If there was a way to do this, everyone would. But we can mast...

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commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2025
2 points

I'm sure people have thought that. But once they find out I have a stutter or if they know I do, they won't use it against me if they are decent human beings. It's hard because my stutter happens at...

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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2025
2 points

Yeah some people call it a stammer if it’s less severe. I’m the same way. I mostly speak fluent but sometimes I have blocks and people look at me funny. There’s a big spectrum....

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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2025
2 points

I feel you, I'm in my mid 20's and have been stuttering (mainly repetition and blocks) since I was 5 years old. It can be a bit tricky in professional environments since there is no cure for it or a o...

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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2025
6 points

real world experience and working jobs. it was nerve wracking at first but after hundreds of hours of interacting with customers with a “speech impaired” pin on my shirt (which i decided to wear on my...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2025
1 points

Thank you for your kind post. I’m good. I enjoyed a 54 year marriage to an executive,the most amazing man I’ve ever known. We raised two wonderful and successful children. After a lifetime of attempt...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2025
2 points

I noticed this on myself too. When I feel relaxed, for example on holidays, I stutter more (or maybe I stutter as I would normally do - but precisely because I’m relaxed and I think my stutter should ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2025
2 points

Thanks OP. Yes, it’s only some people and certainly not everyone who experience the positive change at puberty. Wish it happened for 💯...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2025
1 points

That's fascinating, I had the exact opposite experience.  I stuttered all my life but it felt much more complicated and severe at times with age and after puberty into the higher education years, espe...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2025
3 points

Yes, that is an interesting difference for you. Typically it’s the other way around for most PWS….bad or not enough sleep results in worse fluency. Often when fatigued or at the end of the day stutter...

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2025
5 points

It’s literally a textbook disability. We can’t speak fluently. Maybe if you have a very mild one you would say it’s not but someone with a very severe stutter is impacted by it immensely and can’t eve...

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2025
3 points

Stuttering has a spectrum for severity. Depending on how severe it is, it is....

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2025
1 points

The treatment is psychology basically where it is no known cure but may be able to help you accept your stutter.  There's no real known be all end all technique so to speak and I think the best ones a...

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2025
5 points

For me, I think it depends on how severe it is. I’ve been to NSA meetings with people who could barely speak due to their stutter. Meanwhile I feel self conscious because I go “d-d-d-d” or “g-g-g-g” s...

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2025
36 points

It is a pure disability. We are in-between those fluent talkers and those who talk with hand signals. Big fluctuating speech depending on various situations is a tough challenge every stutterer face d...

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2025
3 points

that's the thing isn't it? In a discussion between non-stutterers they are constantly interrupting one another. but from what I’ve read in comments here, stutterers don’t like being interrupted, and...

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commentr/StutterFeb 6, 2025
1 points

The challenging thing about Emily Blunt is that we hardly ever hear her actually stutter. Of course, it's completely valid for a person who stutters to naturally have a lower stuttering frequency, but...

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commentr/StutterFeb 6, 2025
2 points

Even with in stutterers, all lifes are not same. I know a stutterer, who has better life than me, he is confidence with his stuttering and all, because he has strong supportive family since birth. I h...

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postr/StutterFeb 6, 2025
6 points

I try to record how i talk with people

I try to record how i talk with people The people as i hear them , i hear them in records But my voice , feel normal with some stutter and block inside me , but in records ..... Oh god , how goofy i ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations