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> nodded and *paid* FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with ...

Give it a try and see how it goes. I’ve typed on my notes app before to order food. The cashier just read the order, repeated it back to me, then I nodded and paid...

I didn't mean stuttering, There was many reason that made me second think our relationship. <3...

I feel you. I always order food thats easy to say for me. Many times i have to ate food that i dont really want to eat lol. Its frustrating....

Yeah it's the anxiety, I can speak fine on my own, but around people I just cant string anything together, and going to the shops to ask for anything specific is a real trauma.... I've got a vi...

As a 38 year of PWS I might say it is the ultimate disability. I used to be a taxi driver. And I would encounter people with all manner of life's horrors. And when they realized the trouble I was in, ...

I believe its very common amongst us. One of the more universal situations. Phone calls have to be up there as well....

In the UK, it's considered a disability under the premise it causes significant restrictions to daily tasks such as talking to shop workers, using the phone, talking to someone at the door, etc. Real...

As a Canadian I agree. People don't understand how hard it makes your life. But it's not like we can go forever without talking, and when you do people look at you like you're an idiot....

Hes 11, hes probably scared as shit how it will impact him later on. I know i was. If you follow this sub you should know that there a very successful people here and its possible to manage the stut...

Yeah, I'm actually not shy at all. It depresses me to think that I could be funny and interesting and social if I could actually speak. Instead I'm always stuck awkwardly standing by silently listenin...

I always joke about how much easier it would be if I cut my tongue off. Funny thing is, it actually would...

I get the "energy drain" too. I felt it recently at a party I went to. Already dealing with physical health issues and the stuttering drains me so much. decided not to talk alot at the party, was much...

Im typically in the “be positive” camp of this subreddit. But above all I believe its totally our own choice to talk or not. If you’re tired and just not feeling it then don’t make yourself. I have ...

I stutter too and it’s totally a disability. I won’t even argue about that. I feel the same. I’d rather not speak or pretend that I can’t because it’s just so draining and exhausting and after that my...

I will enjoy nature and tranquility. The most annoying thing I found that I could not even speak properly, with relatives and friends. I still got stuck, minutes on the words I wanted to say. And I ju...

it’s not about fear. i sometimes choose not to talk even around my family and friends that i know don’t mind that i stutter, purely because speaking is physically exhausting and i don’t always have th...

Man, this is exactly what I keep saying. Sure the embarrassment is a part of why I hate speaking, but it's also just a hugely exhausting physical struggle even to say the simplest things. It's painful...

i’ve been through several speech therapists and tried several techniques. i most recently saw an SLP who told me there was nothing more for me to learn. fluency isn’t possible for me, and i’m okay wit...

if it were any other disability where someone *can* technically do something, even though it’s physically uncomfortable and exhausting, would you tell them they had to? some wheelchair users can walk...