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commentr/StutterNov 23, 2015
1 points

For me I barely notice it unless the person with the stutter makes it weird. If they act uncomfortable or apologize for it, then it gets weird. But if you just keep going and act like it happens and...

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postr/StutterNov 20, 2015
25 points

Despite my stutter, I made my first unboxing video. I actually plan to keep uploading videos, and stuttering won't hold me back :)

Despite my stutter, I made my first unboxing video. I actually plan to keep uploading videos, and stuttering won't hold me back :) ...

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commentr/StutterNov 18, 2015
4 points

I agree with the tips hellodepression posted. It's ok if you stutter during the presentation, that's not a big deal, it's if you let it mess with you that it gets you. Easier said then done, but it's ...

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commentr/StutterNov 18, 2015
5 points

I was the president of a club in my last year of high school, basically presentations every single week haha. After a while, I realised that keeping calm and focused helps a lot. Because when you're...

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commentr/StutterNov 18, 2015
1 points

The first us to accept it like the first step is to just not care sad be confident. You don't just choose it and bam, you've accepted it. I mean if you can create a change and just say fuck it, that's...

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commentr/StutterNov 18, 2015
2 points

I was there.... I hated my stutter, asked myself a lot of times 'why do I stutter?' But I learn that it is what it is. Can't do much about it. I took me about 40 years and much speech therapy to acce...

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commentr/StutterNov 18, 2015
6 points

Hi, first of all, accept your stuttering, there is nothing wrong with it. It took me 20 years to realize that my stutter is not holding me back. It is the way I was dealing with my stuttering that was...

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commentr/StutterNov 17, 2015
1 points

The first step is to accept it. Maybe if I say it the way I was told you will get it. I accepted stuttering and I often talk fluid with strangers and people around me (teachers, classmates, friends, e...

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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2015
2 points

Haha, It didn't ;) How I learned to accept it? Don't know... sound strange?!?! Also for me. When I was around my 40s all what people sad through my whole life I began to believe. That I don't have t...

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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2015
2 points

You're from the Netherlands, haha, me too :) But it is hard to accept it... took me over 40 years.... And though it frustrates me sometimes! ...

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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2015
2 points

Apart from Hausdorfer, I've tried every single speech therapy available in The Netherlands the past 25 years. None of that had a lasting improvement on my speech. Now I'm trying the acceptance route,...

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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2015
2 points

It IS very hard. And I don't have a severe stutter, so I think that's easier. But maybe speech therapy? And try to take small steps. Trying to be yourself, with your stutter, with people who you feel...

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commentr/StutterNov 15, 2015
2 points

Try to be yourself, with a stutter. It is what it is. Easier say (lol) then done! Maybe go to a speech therapist who can help you? ...

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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2015
1 points

IMO the most important part is to just not be awkward about it. If they guessed right, just be like "yeah", and if they guessed wrong, just keep trying to power through that block....

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commentr/StutterNov 12, 2015
2 points

I know a guy from the NSA conference, he's a lawyer. I actually know a few lawyers from the conference but he has a very clear stutter, and does trial law. Well, he stands on front if a judge on behal...

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commentr/StutterNov 12, 2015
1 points

I'm not that mad about it. But you are right about a lot of things. That most people have no idea what stuttering is and what we feel about it. I learned that talk about it, explain some things, help...

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commentr/StutterNov 12, 2015
1 points

Yeah I agree. At this point its part of who I am and accepted that I will always be one. But im still trying to reduce it as much as possible. I know I sound cliche but im a type of person that doesn'...

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commentr/StutterNov 12, 2015
3 points

I regonize it that stuttering gets worse if I talk to people who I'm more comfortable with. Strange but true. I think I'm relaxt about my stutter, it's okay to stutter then, I can be myself. For me, ...

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commentr/StutterNov 11, 2015
1 points

I say something like "I stutter and I guess it's happening" and laugh and keep talking. If it's really bad and I don't feel like laughing, I say "sorry, I have a stutter."...

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commentr/StutterNov 11, 2015
5 points

I know how you feel man, have 4 presentations next week because I postponed them all. Not for my graduation though. Anyway, being terrified all week wont help, I know that you cannot just shut that of...

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