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commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
8 points

We lost so many great people once were promising students (destined for greatness) due to stuttering as they try to maintain low profile life most of their time. So sad!; a mediocre normal people live...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyStigma & BullyingEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
12 points

acceptance might be the answer. But here’s the catch: acceptance usually isn’t the question people start with. If you look on Google or YouTube and search "how to stop stuttering" you'll find tons of ...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
1 points

Absolutely, I agree! Acceptance is like a two-sided coin—it might be the answer for both "the guy" and for yourself. But here’s the catch: acceptance usually isn’t the question people start with. If y...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2025
10 points

I really agree with your statement “everyone around me will look like a complete idiot every time you open your mouth”. This is my situation and it’s isolating you may have heard this from many other ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentLoneliness & IsolationSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
postr/StutterJan 11, 2025
4 points

Influencers or channels for preteen who stutters

Influencers or channels for preteen who stutters Hello! LMK if this is not the right page for this question. I have a preteen who stutters and she never felt self conscious for real but now that she’...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingSchool & Academic LifeFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterJan 10, 2025
1 points

That's the cancer of the modern world – why the hell using a language, playing an instrument, wearing a suit be cause you like it would ever be offensive? No, smart people will see nothing wrong with ...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 8, 2025
3 points

It teaches people that having a stutter means there’s something wrong with us. Society wants perfection and they cannot stand seeing people who are different....

Identity & Disability
Stigma & BullyingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 8, 2025
9 points

It makes our voices more palettable for fluent people if we “overcome” our stutters, so they won’t even give us a seat at the table in the first place if we choose to stutter freely....

Identity & Disability
Stigma & BullyingAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 7, 2025
2 points

Ignorance. People have no idea what stuttering really is and what it feels like to live with it...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJan 7, 2025
5 points

While I haven't had anyone make fun of my stutter in years, I do find other people think I'm dumber than I am. Unfortunately, perceived intelligence is tied to eloquent speech...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & BullyingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2025
3 points

Little_ thanks again. I finally got help and after resetting my phone I could see chats. You have educated so many of us. There stutterers in third world countries who have no idea about the condition...

Community & SupportIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Research & ResourcesStigma & BullyingQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2025
7 points

Had a friend who made fun of biden’s speaking, calling him “an idiot who can’t even talk”. This guy had confederate flags in his room and lived in a solidified union state. That tells me everything I...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2025
30 points

Anyone that I’ve met who has made fun of someone’s stutter or called them retarded was definitely not smart. They tend to be the types who can never understand something until it happens to them. Ge...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Stigma & BullyingValidation & Empathy
postr/StutterJan 6, 2025
44 points

Why do people think you’re retarded if you have a speech impediment?

Why do people think you’re retarded if you have a speech impediment? No one bullies me anymore since Junior High School but when I stuttered back people use to make fun of it which made me really angr...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
2 points

I've lost count of how many times that someone has said something along along the lines of "Have you forgotten your name, How do you forget your own name ," and " "Did you forget your name" I'm sorry ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
3 points

Sorry that it’s so bad for you. I I never had to compete in mynprofession, social psychology. I lived at a time when being a homemaker was an honored ‘profession’ and it allowed me to avoid the career...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
3 points

Did you know it may be linked to a gene most commonly found in West Africa? Some populations have an adult stuttering prevalency of almost 10%! (I’m biracial with West African ancestry) Be nice to yo...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & SupportIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsValidation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
2 points

Sometimes the closest people to us are the most ignorant. My mum when I was really young, told me to stop stuttering and she looked really angry after we had a school meeting about my stutter, as if ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
3 points

I stutter sometimes when saying my name and someone once said, ‘ do you know remember your own name’ and then a teacher one time imitated me when I was trying to say my name. Probably the worse thing ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
16 points

i know right, it's annoying when fluent people compared their minor stutters...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying