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Thanks, but it's just so embarrassing, after all these years the embarrassment and shamefulness I feel has never gone away.. I'm one of those that has let my stammer control /ruin my life.....

Hey that’s me! Lol. People will always say whatever over a keyboard. I bet 99% of them wouldn’t say that to my face....

Maybe it is a disability but I currently do consider my stutter a disability. I refuse any victimhood status as cringey and cliche as that sounds. You can say I am high functioning since I work front ...

Go to a bakery and order a specific bread without feeling anxious and without stuttering....

I don't think much would change tbh. I do most of the stuff I want to do already.  I think I would just savour the lack of struggle in every day conversations. Might go through a drive through witho...

I wish the first lesson I could teach my fellow stutters is to stop caring about what other people think about them, esp strangers on the internet. I put same weight on their words as a dog barking at...

Thank you for sharing your experience. This has give me a lot to think about. Parents mean well (usually), but sometimes they mess up, even when they think they are doing the right thing. He does cu...

You deserve to talk in a way that makes you not feel shame for speaking that way. You deserve to be listened to even if you stutter when you’re saying it. You also deserve the patience and space to be...

Look, I’m not sitting here pretending it’s on the same level as being paralyzed or blind or anything. I get that. But let’s be real for a second: pretty much every major milestone in life is decided b...

For me it looked like confronting my avoidance behaviors over and over again. For example, I used to avoid the phone like the plague and would work myself up every time I needed to use the phone, and ...

It’s a good question, and one I often struggle with. Stuttering has changed my life and set me down a completely different path. With that said, I am well into my career as a senior creative director,...

Do you consider your stuttering a disability if you are high functioning?

Do you consider your stuttering a disability if you are high functioning? I know the ADA classifies stuttering as a disability when it’s severe enough to impact daily life. But for those of you who st...

Every damn time lol.. or when you are in public transport and people pick up their phones without hesitation and speak effortlessly. I ask myself so many questions....

This is what I do a lot when telling a story lol I envy those that don’t have this issue 😖😩...

one time when i was little i couldnt say my last name for a library card so i just pretended i couldnt remember it haha...

You cant compare yourself to normal people. Trust me if one of those people had your stutter they would be doing so much worse in life than you. Find some solo hobbies, get a dog or cycle. There are s...

You are not alone. I struggle with the thought of how other people have no idea how lucky they are to speak fluently and operate normally in society and wishing I was like them. I hate stuttering. I f...

Just try anything. 25 isn't old at all btw. I'm 33 and can remember when I was your age. I was in a similar position to you, felt extremely lost in life and physically disabled from health issues (and...

I once stuttered so hard at an airport bar that the server thought I ordered a totally different drink and when I told him it was the wrong beer he gave it to the guy next to me. So I got a guy free b...

Anyone who despite a moderate/severe stutter is charismatic?

Anyone who despite a moderate/severe stutter is charismatic? I feel trapped in my body I don't know how to put it. Everything is possible, for everybody else with a complete working body. There is th...