I started to guess awhile ago that alot of the negative posts are the same person. They're way too similar in tone, content, and writing. I think at one point the person confessed that they were bipolar and used this reddit to express suicidal ideation. I think that's where I tuned out. If that was indeed a true confession, then Reddit isn't the right forum. They need psychiatric help that's beyond an online group of strangers. We definitely can't get this person to take medication nor do any one of us want the responsibility of an online stranger's mental health. For the most part, I ignore these posts. I answer the ones that seem genuine and aren't about spreading toxic ideas - like talks of life being over or that stuttering are fixes if you dump money into some program. We are highly intelligent group and aren't going to fall for snake oil salesmen. I agree it would be ideal to have a forum for stutterers for advice and to learn from elderly wisdom.