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commentr/StutterMar 24, 2014
6 points

The best thing about my stutter is sometimes it keeps my mouth shut when I'm about to say something stupid! ...

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commentr/StutterMar 24, 2014
1 points

It used to when I was younger but then suddenly, I am able to participate in discussions. Although, I choose words that I won't stutter on or sometimes I just talk and I don't stutter. It's an off and...

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commentr/StutterMar 23, 2014
1 points

Sometimes. Depends on if I think I will stutter. For example at school I like to join in on discussions, same with work as well actually, when my coworkers are discussing something I usually like to j...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2014
2 points

The worst is when i have something great to say then have to wait to speak. Then i start thinking "oh i could have a problem with such word". Then it turns into, well i better just not say anything. T...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2014
5 points

Oh yeah, absolutely. All the bloody time. Sometimes I have a great joke but I am afraid to deliver it because I know I am going to stutter and everyone has to awkwardly laugh even if they didn't under...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2014
3 points

I’m kind of the same way. Pretty funny that it should show up in online discussion, where the stutter itself should really have no impact. But when you have a fear that you will be unable to defend y...

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Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2014
2 points

All the time. I often have stuff to say about a particular topic, but I stop myself for fear of stuttering. ...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2014
8 points

Constantly. It also has an impact on my joining online discussions. I think this is self esteem related - I don't want to come across as an idiot. ...

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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2014
1 points

Where are you from? You dont need to let others allow you to finish to let yourself finish your sentence....

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commentr/StutterMar 19, 2014
1 points

I'm 23 yrs old and I have had a pretty bad stuttering since high school. I didn't let my stuttering define who I am, mainly because I really didn't care or thought much of it........... Until I got my...

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commentr/StutterMar 18, 2014
2 points

Something that helped me when i knew i was approaching words i had difficulty with was cutting the word up. Specifically i used to have a hard time with words that have CH in them. so like the word ch...

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commentr/StutterMar 18, 2014
1 points

21/m here stutterer for 12 years. I never really went to a speech therapist, just that one time when I was 13/14. My parents where concerned that sometimes I had blocks and stumbled upon my words. Ba...

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commentr/StutterMar 17, 2014
2 points

I don't know if it was being afraid of missing anything but i knew that no one was going to make it easier for me on purpose. My dad always told me the squeaky wheel gets the oil and here i was just a...

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commentr/StutterMar 13, 2014
0 points

I am 24. I have been a stutterer my whole life. I am not able to life my life to full due to this. Mine is very extreme. Every word that requires the tongue touching the roof of my mouth, I just canno...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2014
4 points

Hey, listen.. all of these people are saying what I'm about to say but hopefully i can put some stuff into perspective. The best thing i could have ever done for my stuttering was to put myself into s...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2014
1 points

I can honestly say, "I've been in that boat." I am still floating across the Atlantic but I am doing so with a destination in mind. I personally took up working out to increase my confidence. Which ma...

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Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 12, 2014
13 points

First of all - any sort of communicating and talking about your problem is a ~~good~~ great thing. Even this could be the first step to make your life better. Stuttering is horrible, but isolation i...

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commentr/StutterMar 12, 2014
1 points

Realise what you have and work with that. I generally dont consider flirting straight up , since first impressions are very important then and if I get stuck on one word for 5 seconds im basically fck...

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commentr/StutterMar 11, 2014
1 points

Thanks for your reply. "If we had just met and you struck me as cocky" made me laugh! :) I understand what you're saying, makes perfect sense. I guess it's better to get to know someone first before s...

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commentr/StutterMar 10, 2014
1 points

Thanks. Would you also mind sharing some of the other nails? I've consciously never really cared thaaat much about what people thought. I know who I am and I know my worth and if someone reacts negati...

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Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & Pride