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I always felt more safe with my mother . She always spoke high about me to others even though I was just a shy , anxious and (normal) kid . My dad stuttered also so naturally keeping distance with e...

I feel like this with my mother. She feels like I'm totally disabled just because I stutter and to her everything has to be perfect;Especially around others. I can tell she's embarrassed when I talk a...

Do you bring your stutter with Family or Friends?

Do you bring your stutter with Family or Friends? Title is fairly explanatory but do you often bring up your stutter and how you're feeling with family and friends or do you tend to keep quiet? I per...

Being a stutterer and having a child who stutters

Being a stutterer and having a child who stutters I’ve stuttered ever since I can remember, it’s mild/moderate, definitely has improved since childhood. Now I have a daughter and she is 4, I noticed a...

Just wanted to let you know you're not alone with having parents ridicule you for stuttering. I was mocked at home for stuttering, even though it was clear I was born with it. The mocking stopped afte...

When I was younger, I was made fun of by my family for stuttering. Not every day, but one the days where my stutter was bad, I would be mocked at home sometimes. It really crushed me, because it was o...

My parents never talk about it. However, I made a joke once how I wouldn’t want to be a cashier because I stutter (as a joke, I want to work over the summer lol) to my mom, then she told my dad. The n...

I've been hiding how i felt about my stutter for years and years. My dad used to stutter a bit but he overcame it somehow...I wish i talked to him about it before he passed away three years ago, i'm ...

My dad used to do that until I told him he's the only one in my life that makes it a problem for me and it makes me stutter far worse around him. I don't think he's ever mentioned it since ...

Is your stutter talked about with your family?

Is your stutter talked about with your family? My family has never mentioned my stutter to me, it’s never a topic of discussion. The only memory I have was in second grade my older brother said my mom...

I’m still learning how to do this. Usually I just let it go and get what I get. My boyfriend though has stuck up for me and will usually tell the person what I really wanted and they fix it for me. I ...

Bro, same here. If I hit a Taco Bell drive thru, I aint getting my mild sauce, just aint happening. And if im at a sit down and getting fries, I want some freaking ranch to dip it in, and thats someti...

Yup, I do occasiaonally get my wife to do the talking when I just can’t be bothered battling through certain words and interactions. The important thing to me is to know that if I did have to, I shoul...

This is really great advice and something I try to follow but sometimes there's a word I just KNOW I won't be able to get out so that's when I ask my husband to order for me. Having a super supportive...

As I mentioned earlier, I couldn't know less about you and your experience, so I can only share my experience with you and hope that it does something for you. In my experience, people's reactions of...

My son is very empathetic and just looks in my eyes supporting me as I go through a block. When I've completed my thought, we just resume our conversation. (I am truly blessed)...

I feel the same way. I’m no longer super hard on myself for my stutter as I was in school. I’m still on the quieter side but I don’t avoid interaction like I used to. If you don’t mind me asking, ho...

Is the guy Indian? Generally people will stutter less the more they are comfortable with someone. I don't stutter at all around my wife. Is there another way he can learn about her? I would say m...

Yeah. Considering that I had one when I was younger. They are still a person and if he was to love that person enough he would understand. ...

Indian and African parents are a trip! Optics are totally different. What a westerner sees as control, we see as extreme concern. His parents like her well enough and since she will be living primaril...