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postr/StutterJul 2, 2025
10 points

Own it?

Own it? I can't own it. I just can't. Ive tried. Ive spoken to a lot of strangers and even did a speech at school to 700 students and teachers. But am still still uncomfortable whenever i sound like a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
1 points

After 40 years of stuttering, the only thing that worked for me was to stop trying to be fluent. The first time I truly stuttered openly and confidently with someone without giving a single flying f...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
2 points

It is not easy to live with stutter,we all have been through that phase.You feel you are less human and all,but that is not who we are.Don't let stuttering define you.I am a Highschool teacher and i c...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
5 points

If that all doesnt work it might be time to accept you are never going to speak normally. Just like blind and deaf people need to accept they are never going see/hear....

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
4 points

For me I have totally accepted I'm in speaking-wise, handicapped. So I tend to let others see me in that way, with no misunderstanding. I am not normal, I have a condition that cripples my speech and ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
2 points

Exactly. I can’t see myself ever getting over this, or finding a cure. I think if I could one day stutter confidently, if that makes sense ? Just owning the fact it’s who I am, and not caring what oth...

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Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2025
1 points

You are over thinking it. The only thing that matters is what you both think about it. Life is too short to care what other people think. Some people are born blind or with incurable diseases. I’ll ta...

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Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2025
2 points

Well done! You have done a good observation and reflection. Keep it up. I was a heavy stutterer in my 20s and it has improved a lot now. When i accepted the fact that I was a stutter, it started get...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

I too embrace my stutter. I think it's good for us and for the society. But never stop working in improving stutter....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterJun 28, 2025
13 points

Viva examination.

Viva examination. I am a medical student final year, and mbbs viva are very demanding. As a person who stutters, it is torture as I struggle to give the answer while knowing the answer. These last few...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

Same, I’ve considered doing it so many times but it makes me feel that I’m admitting defeat by doing that. So I give my real one, no matter how hard it is....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
6 points

I have been thinking of it but tbh it just makes the stutter anxiety worse. I would suggest you not do it. It sucks stuttering but tbh I love when I can say my name regardless of how it comes out....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
1 points

This was so incredibly helpful for me to read. It helps me to see my speech from a different perspective…. To be able to reframe what I’ve typically seen as a hindrance into a strength. Congrats on...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
1 points

I did one of those programs too, in Geneseo NY, and I agree with you. What has helped me most of all is when I started not caring so much about stuttering and stopped thinking about it all the time....

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Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
1 points

Big smile and feel comfortable with them even if you stutter a lot in the moment.  Bigger fun loving chill smile.  Theyre all human, it is what it is.  No one actually cares what you say. If you know ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career
postr/StutterJun 26, 2025
6 points

A bit of truth!

A bit of truth! # Stuttering - is a way to speak! remember that!...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
3 points

There is stuttering in the sense of what fluent speakers occasionally do, where they involuntarily stumble on a word that they're otherwise usually capable of saying. And then there's COFD (Childhood...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & BrainStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
1 points

Reminds me of my first job where I worked as a software engineer in a small company. I had to answer all incoming support calls from clients. It was a nightmare! Work at it, you'll be able to slowly...

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Acceptance & PrideEmployment & CareerQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
2 points

working on your stutter is simply allowing it to run its course. stop fighting, stop trying to come up with ways around it and or hiding from it. Accept it as it is, allow people to think or laugh or ...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
postr/StutterJun 25, 2025
2 points

A part from my diary about Stuttering

A part from my diary about Stuttering This is what I have written for today : Is stuttering really a thing I should be ashamed of ? Is this something I control? Why should I see myself weak just bec...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride