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commentr/StutterMar 6, 2015
1 points

I agree, there are very few legitimate reasons to forego responding to requests regarding the outcome of an interview. Though its probably pretty rare, there are some companies out there who keep a po...

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commentr/StutterMar 6, 2015
1 points

I never used to worry about stuttering during interviews but lately my stutter has been far more extreme, and as it happens I'm looking for a new job and have had interviews. I've taken the same appro...

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commentr/StutterMar 6, 2015
1 points

I've had a few interviews recently, and my stuttering has come up in some of them. But it makes no difference: If they don't want someone who stutters, that's their prerogative. I like those who addr...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2015
1 points

Oh wow, see I picture Mexico as a paradise. That would've been an awesome childhood, growing up by the beach. But naturally I guess Canada is by and large safer and has more opportunities. I've heard ...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2015
2 points

Thank you for the reply. I'm with you in that I'd rather have an open stutter than the sentence blocks, it seems easier to manage and explain than random pauses. My mother is actually a speech therapi...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2015
5 points

I love going to karaoke with new friends that know I stutter but haven't heard me sing. They just look at me after a song like "How in the...?" I rap really fast and articulate too. Singing is very fr...

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postr/StutterMar 5, 2015
5 points

"But when I sing, it's the only instance where I'm truly fluent."

"But when I sing, it's the only instance where I'm truly fluent." Megan Washington talks about how her stutter helped her become the artist she is today. [Link here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2015
1 points

good point, accepting that it is okay that you stutter is very hard for most stutterers including me...

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commentr/StutterMar 4, 2015
1 points

Congratulations to you shrc91! Very inspirational and motivational. I find stuttering to be so damn mysterious. I could probably stand to learn more about it. I'm almost 32 years old and my stutter ha...

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commentr/StutterMar 4, 2015
1 points

" Having a stutter is pretty shit, but it has made me who I am as a person and honestly I feel the experiences I've had have made me a hugely better and more rounded person than without it. " It took...

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postr/StutterMar 3, 2015
17 points

dear /r/stutter, today is my "I can finaly say my age again" day.

dear /r/stutter, today is my "I can finaly say my age again" day. vierundzwanzig vierundzwanzig vierundvierundvierundzwanzig! pronounced: fear oond tswun tsig so much more fluid than d-d-d-drr-drdrd...

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commentr/StutterMar 3, 2015
1 points

I've tried Phenibut now and I cant say that it reduces stuttering, BUT it makes me totally not care about it when i do, which is great. I stutter more openly with people i usually hide it from. In the...

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commentr/StutterMar 3, 2015
1 points

Great read and well done getting this far and accepting your stuttering. Are you still a severe stutterer and has acceptance of your stuttering reduced it's severity?...

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commentr/StutterMar 2, 2015
2 points

Excellent post. This is what it's all about and this is what im trying to do. I'm trying to get my own breakthrough moment where I can just talk and stutter without much thought or worry. Where I can ...

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commentr/StutterMar 2, 2015
2 points

Congrats!! You should be proud. You worked your academic / professional ass off. And you reached a level of stuttering acceptance that is difficult to reach. I've done radio and TV too. Do you have...

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commentr/StutterMar 2, 2015
6 points

This sub gets a lot of "woe is me" posts. A lot of people come here looking to complain, and often times we embrace that and let others complain to us because *we get it* and others don't. But this......

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postr/StutterMar 2, 2015
32 points

Hey all, I just want to tell you about my story (I am a lifelong stutterer)

Hey all, I just want to tell you about my story (I am a lifelong stutterer) Hey everybody, I've posted on here a couple times quite a while ago but in the last month or so my life has taken a directi...

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commentr/StutterMar 1, 2015
1 points

Do you do anything to give yourself moments of fluency or does it just happen? If not, I might not be seeing where the credit comes from. Likewise, you're not doing anything on purpose to stutter, it'...

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commentr/StutterMar 1, 2015
1 points

Thanks I appreciate that. Yeah its best not to care what people think and surround yourself with decent people who don't make life more difficult for you. Good job working as a museum guide, wow that'...

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commentr/StutterMar 1, 2015
1 points

Well I guess that's a good question. I guess I say I give myself credit for moments of fluency, to remind myself that I am able to get my message across and its not all a struggle. But I guess the mom...

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