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commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2025
1 points

I have felt the same too sometimes. Some kind of pressure not to disappoint them. My mother interrupts a bit and say the words for me - especially when I was younger - which is not helpful at all....

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
1 points

We each could have written what you wrote. Our lives have been altered by this condition in every way. Fortunately, I married a wonderful man whose love and respect made up for a great deal of my earl...

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
2 points

I’m also a girl who stutters. Now I’m an older girl who stutters. 78f. I want all of you young girls who stutter to know that your future can, will be bright. Regardless of my mild/moderate stutter, I...

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
2 points

As someone said before in the comments, your father wants the best for you and he does not understand the issue you have. My brother is the complete opposite of me tall, amazing speech (Gave speeches...

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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2025
2 points

I’m here because of my son. His stutter is almost every single word. I’ve lived a super f’d up life. Most people would crumble under the things that I have been through, and the things I’ve seen....

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commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
2 points

My husband is 42 and has a prominent stutter. One of our 2 children also stutters and has just started therapy. It sounds like you have a loving family who will support you no matter what you decide...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
1 points

I’m here because my husband and I have a son who stutters. Neither of us do. I wouldn’t change a thing about him, he is perfect just the way he is. I know the stutter will cause him to have a few chal...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
1 points

I stutter 25m I have 2 daughters and a beautiful wife who accepts that I stutter. Don’t give up...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
3 points

LOL, you are so young to be making such proclamations. Life will have twists and turns for you. I am a 72 yr old woman who stutters, 2 marriages to men who didn't, my daughters don't stutter but oddly...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
10 points

Two kids and neither one stutters. Oftentimes upbringing and environment play into things so just because you stutter doesn’t mean necessarily that your kids will stutter. No need to make any concre...

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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
57 points

Just turned 30, still stutter. I have a wife and 3 year old son and honestly there’s nothing I’d change. I’m actually more fluent talking with my son than anyone else. If you don’t want children that’...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
6 points

Yes, it’s that perfection thing. In my case, my parents only valued me when I had no blemish. My stuttering caused them shame and I internalized guilt for destroying the pride they enjoyed by having a...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
4 points

Guilt for ANY medical condition at all. Stuttering, especially, because that’s what I sensed removed my parents’ love. Before my stuttering began at the age of 4, I was their precious little treasure....

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commentr/StutterJan 16, 2025
1 points

You sounds like a great mom! I am 31f, stuttering my while life but have worked on my speech and improved significantly over the years, to the point where some people in my life don't even know I have...

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commentr/StutterJan 14, 2025
3 points

He probably has had the same happen to him & has empathy...that's a horrible thing to hear honestly..have you told your how the impediment has affected your life and how hard/painfull it is for you?.....

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commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
3 points

That's sad. Parent's has to live with stutterers majority of their life as stuttering is brutal. Supporting their child emotionally is highly important even in their 40s...

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commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
2 points

Absolutely correct ,college is the major barrier and biggest barrier than anything in life for stutterer. You need complete support and motivation from parents ,if possible stay with parents. Hostel l...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2025
27 points

Ma'am, you gotta change your mindset ASAP, for your son. It's not healthy for a kid to grow up with a trait their parent is ashamed to share with them. You don't have to be proud of your stutter, but ...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2025
2 points

But like you, i did dread the possibility of having kids who stutter before my son was born, so it wasnt as easy or straightforward as my earlier comment made it seem. thinking back now, a large amo...

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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 ...

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