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commentr/StutterJan 27, 2026
2 points

Severe stuttering is not a "manageable speech impediment". I hope you leave ur mild stutter bubble and stop hurting other stutterers. Its never to late to become a good person....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationMedicalization / NeurodiversityHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
1 points

I’ve had a stutter all my life and I’m 39 now. My childhood was awful and my stutter don’t get much better in my 20s. Now, I hardly stutter anymore and when I do there are ways I can mask it by swappi...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
0 points

Its considered a disability if you have a medical certificate for it! If not then proly no, everything nowadays requires evidence or you can always make things up...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & WorkIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & CareerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
1 points

Mine got worse but that's just because of the prolonged isolation where I didn't really get to practice speaking outside my house. Now it's over it's gradually getting better but still a far throw fro...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
4 points

I had to present to 30 strangers the other day and I was stressed about it. I practiced my presentation about 15 times.  In the end it went fine. I said I had a stutter at the beginning, I took a fe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Preparation & RehearsalAnxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
1 points

Speech for me has always been "use it or lose it". When I am forced to speak more, my speech is smoother....

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
7 points

I used to try to prepare the entire script of what I would say, but that doesn’t work well (or it needs 10x more practice than normal) What works for me is to have the outline of what I want to say. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Preparation & RehearsalAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
5 points

Lets extend your analogy further. On the island, there's 5 people with different stuttering severities. 2 with mild, 1 with moderate and 2 with severe stuttering. The two with mild stuttering have ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
0 points

I believe it can be healed/managed/cured/reduced whichever word seems fit. Listen a lot of children stutter when there are young and statistics show 80% of them grow out of it. This happened to my bro...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationCycles & RandomnessNeurological & Brain+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
1 points

Stuttering can't be "healed" anymore than diabetes can't be "healed". Yet, diabetes can be managed. My question to you then is, why can't stuttering be managed? It can be....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
0 points

I believe it can be healed but not fully cured tho, cause if you think about it even Donald Trump or even the best speaker would also stutter. But the one we do in extreme can definitely be worked out...

Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Cure Claims / Alt-TreatsMedicalization / NeurodiversitySeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2026
3 points

After 45 years of stuttering, I managed to achieve significant improvement. Neurological stuttering can be reduced....

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationNeurological & Brain
postr/StutterJan 26, 2026
6 points

Did anyone else’s stutter get worse post pandemic?

Did anyone else’s stutter get worse post pandemic? I’ve stuttered since I was like 8-9 years old. Over time my stutter did become less and less, and during my senior year of high school I didn’t stutt...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2026
2 points

It’s really hard and painful to live as a stutterer. I just talked with a new friend I recently made, and he doesn’t know about my condition. It was really difficult for me. The silence that lasts sev...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2026
2 points

I definitely think there's two camps of stutters...those who get heavily drained from it and those who dont. I've got to experience both sides so I know why ppl who stutter have no idea how draining i...

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationEnergy & Biological Rhythms
postr/StutterJan 25, 2026
8 points

This will always keep me from reaching true happiness

This will always keep me from reaching true happiness On paper my life looks decent. I'm in my early 20s and by god's grace, I have a full-time job as a Security Consultant. where I speak with a lot o...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
postr/StutterJan 25, 2026
4 points

My experience with teaching and stuttering for 3 years (A bit long + venting)

My experience with teaching and stuttering for 3 years (A bit long + venting) Hi, I’m 28 years old and have been stuttering since I was a child. I work as an English teacher in my country. Although I ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightSeverity & FluctuationFrustration & Anger+1 more
postr/StutterJan 25, 2026
37 points

It’s very exhausting

It’s very exhausting I’m sure a lot of you feel the same way. But stuttering is extremely exhausting, almost to the point where it hurts. It hurts because I’m straining on every other word, on top of ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2026
2 points

Yall have to understand that stuttering is a really broad thing there are different types some more severe than others that are actuslly incurable...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2026
2 points

I think it's just mind blanks, or a very mild stutter (prob not tho)...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringSeverity & Fluctuation