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anyone else seeing a lot of "toxic positivity" post in here lately?

anyone else seeing a lot of "toxic positivity" post in here lately? Bit of a rant and maybe I'm just getting bitter haha but I seem to be noticing an increase in posts minimising peoples experience h...

i'm too broke for a speech therapy

i'm too broke for a speech therapy I wish my parents give me professional help when i'm a kid. I rarely bring up about my stuttering to my parents so yeah basically I got 'not so much' family support ...

There are so many people here who downvote helpful articles. It's like they just want to wallow in their agony....

broke down and cried in front of my mom today

broke down and cried in front of my mom today This is the first time I ever cried to her about my stutter and what it feels like. She came to my room this morning and told me to tell my dad that my co...

If god exists, fuck him for allowing us to stutter...

I have two homes, I currently live in Bosnia and Herzegovina. My other home is in Serbia (if I remember it has lowest suicidal rate in Europe). I was suicidal since age 10-11 because of my stuttering ...

I totally feel you on this! I’ve felt the same some days. lately, it just becomes a sign that I need some rest and that is totally ok....

I was in some sort of speech therapy in school since kindergarten. None of it worked. This was back in the late 80s and 90s. It made me feel like an outcast because they had me in this tiny room with...

I realized when my mom went to live in Mexico for a year i was stressed. Ive stuttered my whole life and didn't grow up happy, always miserable and depressed but i didn't know any better so it didn't ...

I wonder how life would be for me without stuttering. Man.. my life would've been in a better place right now. No more depression. No more loneliness. No more endless dark roads...

Yes, I am able to speak to my parents okay, I do struggle to speak my mind when I am upset I just begin to cry and stutter so bad( I am such an emotional person lol). But they are patient. But it’s ju...

Yea. I was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder years ago. I honestly don't feel I suffer from that so much anymore or at least not nearly to the same degree but I'm still very hesitant to talk to p...

It is so depressing to not be able to speak, and have conversations with people, including with my own family.

It is so depressing to not be able to speak, and have conversations with people, including with my own family. Hello everyone 🥹 in a way I am glad this group exists because I do not feel alone. But a...

I feel you. Sometimes I think that not living would be better that living with a stutter 😐...

I’ve been in a similar place! When I was a teenager I used to pray I’d wake up mute or I told myself I’d become a monk who doesn’t speak. Your relationship with your speech *can* change very slowly ov...

This is my first ever post on reddit.

This is my first ever post on reddit. Hi, im a teenager from Poland, so I apologize if my english isnt that good. I downloaded this app just because I’ve found this group. As a person who stutters, I ...

Bro i'm getting really depressed

Bro i'm getting really depressed Every day I see people in general, sometimes friends talking to everyone and making a connection with them (sometimes flirting). And I say to myself "I could do that. ...

I can definitely empathize and relate to your frustration 100%. I’m not gonna give u the same old script about how to supposedly fix your situation because sometimes I feel like I’ve tried everything ...

Rough day

Rough day Currently sitting in bed chain smoking and with the words of an old primary school teacher playing in my head on a loop “speak properly” over and over again. Thought i was somewhat over it b...

I used to go to therapy years back. Maybe when I was 6 or 7 and I don't think it necessarily helped? It made me more aware that I was "different" in a way. And throughout school. I never had many frie...