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Has anyone ever tried to use your stutter against you?

Has anyone ever tried to use your stutter against you? I work at a department store (have only been here for about 2.5 months now) and the managers in my department encouraged me to apply for a manage...

Does anybody else feel super marginalized at work?

Does anybody else feel super marginalized at work? My stutter has been a strike against me with pretty much every employer. The worst thing is that unlike racial or gender bias, it’s much less recog...

Felt empowered at work today

Felt empowered at work today Hi! This is my first post to this sub (i think), and I had a great day at work today!! Most people think that stutterers are not intelligent as most of you would know and ...

My story i guess

My story i guess Ive been lurking this subreddit for a while so i guess it’s time to post. Okay so i have stuttered since i was little but it hasn’t really been much of a problem until last year when...

Everything I hate about stutter.

Everything I hate about stutter. I hate stutter. I hate that I cant order something I like because of shame and end up ordering the first thing on menu that sounds easy to say. I hate that I cant ...

I'm nervous about starting a YouTube channel.

I'm nervous about starting a YouTube channel. I really want to start a YouTube channel because I really love talking. But I can't even get through a video successfully because of my stutter. I always ...

Any other stutterers have trouble ‘finding’ words or describing things?

Any other stutterers have trouble ‘finding’ words or describing things? I mean, disregarding the actual physical inability to speak sometimes, do any other stutterers here just have a hard time expres...

Well, I mean, there are a various tracks we could follow in this topic. • One is how we do often tend to be most harsh on ourselves, but that's probably understandable, because we're the ones experie...

I have the same thing i cant explain how something work to other students while yes i do know how but i dont bother to explain to an person who doesnt have the attention span...

My stutter makes me sound stupid

My stutter makes me sound stupid Does anyone else feel like their stutter makes them sound stupid? I don’t want to be big headed but I’d say I’m an intelligent, creative, articulate person. I don’t ...

Oh, you want good luck do you?! And you think I'm just going to give it to you?! Do you?! Do you really think that?! Oh. OK then. GOOD LUCK!...

Exhausted

Exhausted I'm done with trying. I'm done with all the struggling I've to experience in order to say a few words, sometimes ending up with different words even if I wanted to say something else. I rea...

I am currently in a country that speaks the language that I a very beginner at. Like, I know what I want to say in my head but it's so hard to get it out and I begin to stutter. I am not sure why - is...

I stutter a lot when I speak in second language. In my first language, it’s easier for me to substitute a word with its synonym to avoid being blocked. I guess it’s harder for me to find right substi...

I'm the exact opposite, English is my first language, Chinese is my second. I can get by in English, but people think I'm shit at Chinese because I can never get the words out and always downplay my ...

Same for me. I speak 3 Languages. One is my mother tongue, another I have an advanced level of, and the third you can say beginner/intermediate.For me, the amount of stuttering is related a lot to the...

Yes I stuttered quite often. It seems being under pressure is difficult for me. Like reading aloud at a class. However I’ve often found that when it really matters, and if I’m under pressure it goes. ...

My mother says i first started stuttering as young as 3. It hindered me in terms of reading and general conversation. I was able to hold conversations with little stuttering at about 14 but reading wa...

Something my parents once told me when I was a lot younger: >"Focus on the people you are having a conversation with and things you are talking about, NOT how you are talking / if you are fluent. ...

Does Stuttering Improve When You're Happy or Excited?

Does Stuttering Improve When You're Happy or Excited? Hi! I'm new to this subreddit. My stutter is pretty minor/average and it first started in kindergarten but it went away for a while during element...