postr/StutterDecember 29, 2025

I need advice..

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I need advice.. So, I'm 16 and I've been stuttering for 3 years. Before I started stuttering I used to talk a lot and be genuinely happy. Now I basically have no friends, everybody makes fun of my stutter, and overall doesn't take me seriously. Genuinely having no friends wasn't my biggest problem, because I used to go out by myself last summer every day, but now that it's freezing cold outside I basically have nothing to do besides going to school and home. I know some of you will tell me "you just shouldn't care", but when 90% of the people rather don't want to do anything with me or straight up laugh at my face, it genuinely makes me not want to talk to anybody ever. Also at school I'm starting to get bad grades not necessarily because I didn't study, but because I just start stuttering (on blocks) and can't say anything..

Themes

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsSchool & Work

Subthemes

Stigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & IsolationHelplessness & AgencySchool & Academic Life