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commentr/StutterJul 21, 2025
2 points

I certainly know how you feel. I am a lifelong stutterer as well as a speech pathologist. Communication is everything in my field. I was able to get through the days one day at a time. I always felt a...

Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Positive Therapy TechniquesIdentity & Self-PerceptionNeurological & Brain+2 more
postr/StutterJul 21, 2025
10 points

Struggling with Studying and Life – Feeling Hopeless

Struggling with Studying and Life – Feeling Hopeless Hi everyone, I’m a 22-year-old woman currently in my second year of pharmacy school, and I stutter. It’s not extremely severe — sometimes I can sp...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Repetitions & ProlongationsAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2025
3 points

You are strong enough. I have found that if you could say to yourself in your head that its possible thats enough. In time you will feel like it. I actually beat my stutter. I am 20 years old stutt...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-PerceptionGenetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2025
1 points

It breaks my heart reading this…. I have a “Block” stutter… I LOVE TO TALK INFRONT OF WHOEVER!!! The larger the group the more excited I am to share who I am with the world; hoping that between my two...

Speech & StutteringSchool & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Blocks & StoppagesPublic SpeakingFluency Techniques+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2025
2 points

Do you know what happens? I feel that my brain has gotten used to not stuttering with people who are not close to me and now it is VERY difficult for me to approach other people because basically my s...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-PerceptionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
1 points

You need to really concentrate on each word you speak. Every word needs to be spoken with airflow. Your brain needs to learn what you want it to do. Your brain is wired to interrupt airflow when you ...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Positive Therapy TechniquesSituational VariabilityIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
1 points

I avoid any media with a stutter! 1. It reminds me of myself. It's like someone is mocking me. Reminding me that I stutter. 2. It triggers my stutter behavior even worse. Being a stutter is not so...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
1 points

I started my road to fluency by reading the books by William Parry. You need to understand as to why fluent speakers don’t stutter. I observed many fluent speakers and researched the importance of air...

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Positive Therapy TechniquesSituational VariabilityIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
2 points

Interesting take on the cause. Scientifically speaking it’s not so accurate of why we stutter. I am completely aware of my surroundings but my muscles just don’t want to comply. Your assumption could ...

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Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJul 20, 2025
1 points

Do you stutter less when you're speaking another language?

Do you stutter less when you're speaking another language? My wife is trying to learn some Polish. I am Polish, she is from Puerto Rico (her native language is Spanish) we communicate in English but s...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityRepetitions & ProlongationsIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
1 points

I don't use "strategies, techniques, or even think about it at all." I was taught fluency. There were techniques that I learned, but they weren't a way to avoid disfluency. They were parts of a learn...

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Positive Therapy TechniquesSituational VariabilityIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
1 points

Are you really fluent though? Or are you just able to seem fluent to people listening? People who are born fluent are able to speak fluently without any strategies, techniques, or even thinking abou...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
3 points

Woah-Woah-Woah-Woah, STOP the discussion right there! Those so called childhood “friends” weren’t the type of FRIENDS who’d stand with you or behind you in any situation! I stuttered until the age of ...

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Situational VariabilityFluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
2 points

Embrace the stutter and change the occupation or your professional degree...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Identity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2025
1 points

That's relatable to what i observed. I stammer when i am not confident. I think stammering has became new normal for us and have to work on it to make it normal for us speak normally....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJul 20, 2025
8 points

What I observed as a Stutter in my early 20s, do you guys find it relatable?

What I observed as a Stutter in my early 20s, do you guys find it relatable? # About Myself >I have stutter i am 20M pursuing Computer Science, i started to notice my stutter at the age of 9or10, got...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringHelplessness & AgencyNeurological & Brain+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2025
1 points

This post is coming out of a black, depressed mindset and doesn’t have much to do with stuttering per se. I mean of course stuttering can cause these feelings, but so can lots of other things, and it’...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2025
2 points

Hi Static, I’d like to start by saying almost everyone in this subreddit experienced the same bullying and shame that you’ve experienced from stuttering. The differential factor is mindset. Choose so...

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Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2025
2 points

I can see that you are in a lot of emotional pain over your stutter today. I'm so sorry. Isolation can be so damaging and hard on the psyche. Life is hard, and can feel bleak sometimes. I am the mothe...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathySadness & HopelessnessIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2025
10 points

Funny enough I am autistic bi polar suicidal alcoholic and I stutter. I. Am 30 now and I never felt part of this world. And with all of my faults i know stuttering is the worst out of all of it. If i...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more