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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
0 points

The third option is stopping the war and winning the fight. For as long as stuttering is a problem to you, it will continue to be a problem. If you're always fighting it, you will always be fighting i...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
1 points

The phone call is hilarious. Great video. Love how lightly they have seem to taken their stuttering, which is a fantastic way to deal with it. I wish i could adopt this mindset....

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
2 points

Find a therapist who understands stuttering and work on accepting stuttering (that's how you lose the fear), not one that will tell you to practice techniques to teach you the "right way" to breath....

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
8 points

So I'm going to echo what I'm sure you've heard 100's of times before, but with a slight twist. You need to stop worrying about it so much. I understand this is really, really hard. I understand it ...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
1 points

I can't really comment on you liking your major or not. Do watch the movie "The King's Speech" if you haven't. It's related to a political leader who was a stutterer. All I'm gonna say that, move on....

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
3 points

Perhaps one of the worst moments of my life was in university too. I was in creative writing and we had to read out something we wrote. I just stood up before it was my turn and left the class, basica...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
2 points

I think you really shouldn't let it affect so much of your life. I am in my university right now and there are numerous presentation. Also I stuttet quite a lot, my professors do ask me first if I am ...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2016
1 points

Oh, okay. Nor did you tell the examiner about it? Maybe if you had told the examiner, he would have considered it slightly. Anyways, 7 is a good score for a stutterer. Congrats....

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2016
3 points

I've been there. I know you can't will yourself to not care. But you can will yourself to throw yourself into those hard situations. It's not easy but you need to build up that scar tissue. Stuttering...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2016
1 points

First of all, congrats! Second, I would recommend doing a live speech instead of a pre-recorded one. I feel like it will fell more personal in the moment. You shouldn't be scared to stutter around you...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2016
2 points

This man gets it. The people who will be at your wedding love you for who you are. They know you, they know you stutter. No one will give a shit. Own it brotha...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2016
1 points

First of all, definitely keep the mic. I don't know why, but holding something in your hands, particularly a mic, will help. Trust me on this. Secondly, just practice it. A zillion times. Say it in t...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2016
1 points

My SO has a severe stutter. He's been working on it. 2 years ago when we got married he was worried about the vows. He had a couple of blips but he got through them with no issues. If he has a microph...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2016
8 points

This is an example of letting your stutter control you, my advice is to try to not worry about it and say what you feel. Listen, you love your fiancee, right? You have all these words inside of you...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2016
1 points

People always told me that my stutter wasn't noticeable but I literally blamed every social interaction that didn't go as I expected it to, on my stutter. "That was so awkward, she probably thought I ...

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postr/StutterOct 16, 2016
26 points

I got a job working on national television

I got a job working on national television It's not a glamorous position at all (one of those 24/hr sales networks where you can buy knives and coins and shit), but I'll be speaking for up to four ho...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2016
2 points

I could say that confidence has greatly helped me. The less I'm anxious about stuttering, the more I forget that I stutter. Confidence plus sleeping 8 hours a day, though good sleep is just my opinio...

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postr/StutterOct 15, 2016
0 points

I know I can recover from stuttering plain and simple, you can too.

I know I can recover from stuttering plain and simple, you can too. If it wasn't possible to recover then how come many people have. Look into these people Anna Margolina, John C harrison, Sam Crowl...

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commentr/StutterOct 14, 2016
2 points

I have some friends and can also talk to girls (I'm lazy and a bit shy so I don't have great success but girls seem to like me time to time). Not long ago I talked to a girl and she asked if I'm a stu...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2016
3 points

Have you even gone to a speech group? Like a therapy thing? There are always people worse than you. It's all about not caring. Sounds stupid. Sometimes I catch myself trying to hide the stutter. This ...

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