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commentr/StutterNov 9, 2015
6 points

Hey, cool, a question I can answer. I don't stutter, but I have friends who do. I guess this is a typical reaction of someone who doesn't stutter the first time they meet someone who stutters severel...

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postr/StutterNov 8, 2015
2 points

Honestly want to know (preferablly opinion of someone who doesnt/not always stuttered) what does the person listening think off the stutterer

Honestly want to know (preferablly opinion of someone who doesnt/not always stuttered) what does the person listening think off the stutterer So recently ive started taking initiative towards improvin...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2015
8 points

Yes. There are too many times where I really want to answer questions I know, be a more open person, actually be able to tell jokes, and not be afraid to talk to girls for the first time. I'm managing...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2015
1 points

As EuropesNinja suggested, speech therapy is a option, MacGuire program is very good if you have the willpower. Also as far as ive seen here Europeans care a lot less about stuttering than some peopl...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
1 points

Yea man, your life sucks. Worst possible outcome. I mean, there are people out there whose skin hurts and peels on touch, people who don't have any limbs at all and God knows what else but it's nothin...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
1 points

I stutter and I find it funny. I'm still not comfortable with my stutter but ive worked a long time not to be ashamed of it anymore. Also why is it embarrassing? it's something we've all done. We don...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
1 points

Well that's strange, I stutter, and I don't find it insulting. I actually find it quite funny. Here's an idea, rather than getting offended or feeling insulted by every little thing, grow the fuck u...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
1 points

I'm sure that we all know that stuttering is fairly uncommon. The official number is 1 in 100 adults stutter which isn't all that rare. There's no need to call us freaks because we're dis-fluent. That...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
1 points

I know it is a kind of disability. But crippling? :O . Oh, and this "disability" occurs 1 in 100. So not so uncommon. I have met maybe 50 stutterers in my life....

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
2 points

1. We are not freaks, and that's kind of a shitty thing to post here. When you put yourself down because of your stutter, you're putting all of us down, too. Please stop. 2. An estimated 1 in 100 adul...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
2 points

I wasn't bullied in school (I got really lucky/fought people) but there have been tons of stutterers that have. Constant bullying like that at a young age can have lasting affects on people throughout...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2015
1 points

man that's a really inappropriate comment that that guy made... I used to teach, and when my new students made joking-but-not-okay comments like that, I got really good at taking a deep breath, making...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2015
4 points

Nah, i could understand suicide for some pretty petty things. But i feel like stuttering would only really be another factor or reason, not a main one for suicide. Unless its middleschool when everyon...

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Suicidal Ideation & High DistressStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2015
2 points

My mother still makes stupid sounds and insults me because of my stutter. You're right mancin, he's had it the easy way out yet he is pissed off about it being that way? I'm extremely baffled. ...

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commentr/StutterOct 2, 2015
1 points

Other than what other people said here, you know... some people are just jerks and jackasses, and there's nothing you can do about it. Some people are sensitive about stuttering, others aren't and wil...

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postr/StutterOct 1, 2015
15 points

I'm fucking sick of this shit.

I'm fucking sick of this shit. I'm so embarassed, I feel like crying. I've had a stuttering problem ever since I could remember. At times it was decent, and at others it was awful. Well, today was th...

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commentr/StutterOct 1, 2015
3 points

Hey another female Wooooooo! Only ever met another female stutterer in my life and she definitely did not share my opinion on stuttering! I understand the notion that people shouldn't feel bad for wh...

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commentr/StutterSep 29, 2015
2 points

As a stutterer myself, I can relate. I stutter the most when I meet new people or introduce myself to my teachers. One time, I couldn't say my name without the stuttering. Everyone mocked me for MONTH...

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postr/StutterSep 29, 2015
0 points

Being a stutterer means NOBODY will take you seriously.

Being a stutterer means NOBODY will take you seriously. In the back of everyone's mind, you will always be known as the "guy who stutters" and just like that, you have instant negative status in the ...

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postr/StutterSep 27, 2015
0 points

Why didn't our parents take responsibility?

Why didn't our parents take responsibility? They gave birth to us. They passed on these faulty genetics to us. They should be held accountable 100%. My mother and father acted as if I NEVER had a stu...

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