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It's so common, "have you forgotten your name". Maybe otherwise kind people do this to try and defuse a situation in which they feel awkward, without realising how damaging it is to the stammerer....

“Have you had too much to drink?” STFU!! And this is a long one. I had a “friend” who made fun of my stutter all the time. I was like 17 at the time so still figuring how to remove toxic people fr...

Yeah I get it. They try to be nice and give advice or just make small talk, try to prove they know about it or whatever else. But when its the thousand time someone's like : Did you hear abo King's sp...

I wouldnt be able to count the number of times teachers and students have asked me this during introduction time. It's so annoying like are you trying to be funny? cuz it's not that funny you know? Bu...

One day when i was laying on my dorm bed with just my underwear i got a knock on the door and the guy that came in asked me if i had seen his wallet, apperantly he lost it overnight and was now thinki...

My mom has a stutter but she's always shamed my stutter. She thinks I stutter just to copy her. Anyways, I was on the phone with her the other day and I was doing my usual stutter. She then asked me i...

“I asked you a simple question and you can’t even answer that. Are you having a stroke?” “Did you forget your name/phone number?” “Did COVID cause that stutter?” (for context, this was in front of a...

And then they laugh. I used to go along with it just to make the other person feel more comfortable? Then, one day at work this old man who was a regular asked me my name, and I always block when ...

But they talk like if we do it, stutter will disappear...

"Are you faking that"? "No". "You didn't stutter when you said no, you're obviously faking it"....

No he’s actually a pretty smart dude and very open mindful and respectful and even though it’s makes me angry people are this ignorant to stuttering, I can’t really blame them since I would be no bett...

Stuttering is pretty weird. People do that cuz they don’t know how to react, and figure saying something is better than ignoring it. Like you I just don’t respond it anymore....

I’ve always wondered why people say this dumb shit? Is it to be funny? I’ve learned to not even respond or show a reaction when people do this and it has helped tremendously....

I was working at a fast food place and took an order up front, and had a hard time getting the “hello what can we get for you,” and had them ask me if I was making fun of them. 1. I don’t even know t...

It was a couple weeks ago when I went in for a consultation with an oral surgeon. When he was asking questions during it I obviously started to stutter, when doing so he asked "What is this? Are you h...

Classic 🤦‍♂️. It's still hurts as much as the first time I started having trouble with saying my name. I always think of the same 3 options in my head when I hear that phrase: 1. Laugh it off and t...

I stutter on my name too and multiple people have laughed at me and one lady asked me the same question :/...

Asked if i had to use the bathroom, i said no i have a stutter, they laughed and proceeded to point me to the bathroom...

What’s the dumbest thing someone has said to you about your stutter?

What’s the dumbest thing someone has said to you about your stutter? Just curious. I’ll share one of mine: “Why not just stop stuttering?”. “Just try your best to not stutter”....

To be clear, stuttering isn't contagious. Absurd I even feel a need to clarify that. I'm sorry you mimicked someone so much at a key formative age that you developed your own speech impediment. Nobody...