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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
8 points

I wish I could give you a straight "do this" answer. The best I can say is just be smooth about it. Slip it into one of your online conversations naturally. Be casual about it, like it's just another ...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Disclosure & Telling OthersAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

Get them to know your personality first online, the real you that's inside, then just drop it in there, ... If they are worth getting to know then they won't mind,.. Back in my dating years there wa...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Disclosure & Telling OthersAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
5 points

Send an advance email letting them know that you stutter. Then remind them at the beginning of the interview. This will help to relax you a bit, knowing that they know to expect it -...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJul 17, 2023
15 points

Meeting partners

Meeting partners Did stutter change how people you meet for romantic interest see you? How should I tell someone I met online I stutter?...

Social & Relationships
Dating & RomanceDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
4 points

Or just say at the beginning that you have a stutter :)...

Social & Relationships
Disclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
1 points

Opening up and disclosing it beforehand takes bravery and you should be proud of yourself for that. As 25-year-old male who stutters since birth, I rarely disclose it before a conversation with strang...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Disclosure & Telling OthersAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2023
1 points

Honestly letting people know that I have a stutter has helped mine a lot. It's like I'm not hiding it anymore and for some reason that makes me more fluent....

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Disclosure & Telling OthersAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2023
6 points

And I know such actors exist. I wish they’d stutter in interviews so I’d believe them at least a little that they even have that struggle. My stutter has periods of highs and lows though, so I underst...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Roles & PerformanceDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2023
17 points

Stuttering has definitely affected the social aspects of my life. Navigating when to say and how to say takes practice, though I’m often hesitant and anxious to talk to someone without immediately giv...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2023
1 points

Thanks, that's definitely a good idea. I think I've discovered that being honest, open and accepting about my speech is the only way forward....

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2023
3 points

One advise you can consider is to tell them that you're having a bad day with your speech and that you keep stuttering throughout the day. Maybe they will tell you that it's fine or they will suggest ...

Social & RelationshipsCommunity & Support
Disclosure & Telling OthersValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2023
3 points

It seems like your friends really care about you. If they do, they won't care that you stutter, and being open with them about it might make you closer in some way, or they won't care about the stutte...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFriendships & BelongingDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2023
3 points

Hey friend, we all are in the same boat. I have felt just like you about opening myself to friends about my feelings, its hard and we men are so afraid about being percieved as weak. But I truly encou...

Social & RelationshipsCommunity & Support
Disclosure & Telling OthersValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2023
3 points

Yeah, you're definitely right, and I have thought that before, but the problem for me is breaking the wall and actually saying to people that I have a stutter. The whole acceptance thing to me is new,...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Disclosure & Telling OthersAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2023
3 points

Yes. But think about It this way, your Friends will not judge you because you have a bad day with your speaking. Just be open about it, they will support you and you will feel grateful for having goo...

Community & SupportSocial & Relationships
Validation & EmpathyDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2023
1 points

Hi there. She is doing ok. She has made a lot of progress already working with a speech pathologist who has experience with stuttering or disfluency. We are lucky though, she attends a county run earl...

Parent & CaregiverSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Home SupportSchool/Clinical AdvocacySchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2023
1 points

Finding ways to disclose as soon as possible in an interaction was the main habit that enabled me to decrease disabling blocks down to almost nothing - almost permanently. You c—c-c an begin with a ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2023
3 points

At this point I might think of walking around with a name tag on my shirts because being told “how can you not know your name” from non stutterers is unbearable...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2023
5 points

Wow, isn’t it crazy a lot of us have similar stories? I have met one person who stutters my entire life, and he was a kid I was in class with in high school. He still raised his hand and answered and ...

Community & SupportSocial & Relationships
Personal StoriesValidation & EmpathyDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2023
5 points

“Letting yourself stutter” openly and without shame really is the most profound way to self disclose...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideDisclosure & Telling Others