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people feel sorry for you and you sometimes get freebies. the police always let me get away if i broke the law on the road....

Humility. Getting picked on while growing up gave me some tough skin and made me somewhat humble. Too many of the people I went to highschool with grew up arrogant and entitled because they never face...

Folk myth about stuttering that you heard of

Folk myth about stuttering that you heard of **Post the myths you've heard of and let's discuss them. Here's mine** A folk myth that i heard of was that scaring someone added/removed stutter to/from ...

> I'd be interested to know how people react to this. your description is really positive and heartfelt. however, one of the reasons a stutter is such a pain in the ass is the concern (I am not s...

How it was presented is what I found demoralizing. I was being treated as a "stutter" and like it was a novelty. I could accept it being a fetish as long as I wasn't treated like a pure novelty act. ...

It's infuriating, and it diminishes stuttering as a serious topic. I have also been told that it is endearing. People who don't stutter do not have the right or capacity to tell people who have stutt...

You need to accept that stuttering is part of who you are. You are who you are today because you stutter and nothing will change that. But that's not necessarily a bad thing either. I like to think ...

Sorry, I was making fun of you. That because my analogy does not fit your life you got your undies in a bunch but that's mean and rude. So I'm sorry....

I'm not angry, your analogy is just terrible. And this post is also more bs, but I guess it makes me angry to point that out. How about a source for the employment claim? Employers are scrutinized ove...

Dang, who pissed in your cheerios? Try rage-a-holics anonymous. People with speech disabilities are given hiring and college admissions over "normals", they get scholarships, there are even have enti...

> Not having a stutter is like having white privilege Minorities are given hiring and college admission preference over whites (especially white males), are eligible for exclusive scholarships, ev...

The first step is to accept it. Maybe if I say it the way I was told you will get it. I accepted stuttering and I often talk fluid with strangers and people around me (teachers, classmates, friends, e...

My story

My story According to my mom I started stuttering after a trauma. I was around three years old and was playing with pearls. Somehow a pearl got stuck in my nose and we went to the hospital to take it ...

It's like a disability that no one takes seriously. People who dont stutter can't comprehend not being in control of their own body....

Either 1) you live in a really backwards country/city or 2) you're probably not a REAL stutterer like you think you are. Your teacher was probably unapparent that you have a speech impidement. In...

sorry to hear that man, it sounds like you have to deal with some very shitty people. I was made exempt from school presentations and I always assumed everybody else in the same situation would be too...

I hear ya. People care more about their own experience than those of the people around them. Not having a stutter is like having white privilege, people just don't understand until a true humble eff...

Stuttering is unlike any other speech disorder and unlike most disorders in general. The fact that it's so fickle combined with the fact that its also different for each stutterer just adds to the ple...

Rant

Rant One of the worst parts of having a stutter is the fact that nobody gives one shit about how you feel about it. The amount of times I've gotten bad grades on projects because of "poor speaking ski...

Hey thanks for the detailed response. The four points you mentioned definitely clarify alot of things anf i guess that is the most common reaction i have noticed as well....