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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2014
5 points

i didn't even _know_ there was a stuttering awareness day. we should have a day to make us aware of that day of awareness! >" it is in your head," "talk slower," or "breathe easy." yeah, i think ...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2014
1 points

Not really a story, but I had a girl in middle school who thought my stutter was the cutest thing in the world =P kinda helped me not give a fuck about it throughout the years. Your story made me rea...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2014
1 points

I've bottled up a lot of my issues too. I still can't verbalize how I feel about my stuttering and how it's affected me. I can only do it in writing. Once I started writing a post or two, it definitel...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2014
2 points

I think it's good you've come here for support. If you talk to enough people here online, they'll tell you about many other techniques and strategies we've used to cope. Suicide is definitely not the ...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2014
4 points

Well it's not about how innocuous it is, its about how we feel about it. There are some people who have learned (through practice and work) to become comfortable with stuttering, regardless of fluency...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2014
1 points

I had one of those bad stuttering day yesterday and I wanted to not feel sorry for myself. I decided to write about how stuttering has made me "me". I am nowhere close to being a professional writer s...

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commentr/StutterOct 1, 2014
1 points

I missed that one but come to Chicago! And you can always go back just to see who else has shown up. New members join up and can very well be seeking someone to help guide them....

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commentr/StutterSep 23, 2014
2 points

Yeah, brilliant advert from Nescafe. Stutters are usually shown, especially in India, as clumsy buffoons who are meant to be laughed at and provide comic relief. This advert is a breath of fresh ai...

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commentr/StutterSep 19, 2014
1 points

hm, i'm not sure we have one. i mean, i've never been involved with any, and can't remember any off the top of my head. there are speech therapists available all over the country, but since i've never...

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commentr/StutterSep 19, 2014
1 points

I don't really know of any successful stutter blogs really. But I can't really take on the whole world, which is why I'm more trying to find a niche of some sort to at least exploit for the time being...

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commentr/StutterSep 19, 2014
1 points

there generally aren't many "stutter blogs" around, are there? and not a lot of people know a lot of about it, either. i guess there are plenty of angles to work with, from the personal to the practic...

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commentr/StutterSep 18, 2014
2 points

well, i'm just _one_ voice. don't feel like you have to take the criticism, just because it's there. might just be the way _i_ look at things. like, [i was writing something for another OP over here]...

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commentr/StutterSep 18, 2014
2 points

I totally get what you mean and where you're coming from now. Thank you for clarifying that. I must not have wrote as clearly as I thought I did (a very common problem for me). I didn't mean for it ...

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Authenticity vs. MaskingPersonal Stories
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2014
2 points

you go ahead and post in whichever manner you like! :) feel free to refer to this subthread in particular, just so neither of us have to repeat ourselves (as we all now, _repetition_ can be... dull). ...

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commentr/StutterSep 17, 2014
2 points

So, if I can jump in here .... I think this is a very valuable discussion. I think you've both made some points that I would agree with and some that I would disagree with. I think this conversation...

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commentr/StutterSep 16, 2014
1 points

thanks for sharing! A fellow pakistani stutterer. I'm assuming your male since you didn't state it. ...

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commentr/StutterSep 10, 2014
1 points

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it and shared it, it really means a lot! And I've heard from a lot of people that they want to hear my story and what I really struggled with. I didn't realize t...

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commentr/StutterSep 10, 2014
1 points

I really enjoyed reading it and posted it on Facebook and Twitter. My daughter is 15 and stutters. She really enjoyed it also. It really helps to know you're not alone. We would both love to see mo...

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commentr/StutterSep 9, 2014
1 points

Thank you so much! It's been stressful to fit it into my schedule, but I'm so glad that I did. After you read it, feel free to send me any thoughts on the article! If you hate it, I want to know why....

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commentr/StutterSep 9, 2014
2 points

Just wanted to say thank you for doing this! I have wanted to for years and have not been able to find the time. I am at work now, but look forward to delving in when I get home....

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