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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2013
5 points

Thank you, it really means a lot to have someone who actually understands. I'm quite an emotional person and when I found this subreddit and read some of the stories I started crying. I felt so alone ...

Community & SupportSocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyLoneliness & IsolationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2013
1 points

Man this post summed up what I think so much. I mean if I wasn't a broke teenager I would have bought you gold; but since I am here is this: http://i.imgur.com/3RF2RPI.jpg...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2013
3 points

i hate to say it but:** THIS** every stutterers main goal should be loosing the fear of stuttering itself. i had this "whoa,dude-event" when my therapist stuttered through a therapy-session in a cro...

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2013
1 points

Yeah, I totally understand that, and I was a little drunk when I wrote my reply to you so I probably wasn't as articulate as I could have been :) I more meant that we were all kind of doing the same ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2013
1 points

There are a lot of ways to feel more connected to other stutters who are also looking to share. The internet as a tool is nearly unlimited. you can join FB groups and meet people and skype with them. ...

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commentr/StutterNov 20, 2013
1 points

I'm not a professional, but I'm pretty sure depression can have an impact on stuttering. I know anxiety causes stuttering for a lot of people. It seems like they would be directly related. I've alw...

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Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2013
2 points

Thanks for checking in! We had our second meeting last night and I was wondering if I should update here. Everyone seemed to intuitively let him finish his sentences most of the time, with occasional ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterNov 19, 2013
1 points

I dont know how far you are from West Lafayette, but see if you're close to this: http://www.westutter.org/find-an-nsa-meeting-near-you/Indiana/ It's the Indiana chapter of the National Stuttering As...

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commentr/StutterNov 6, 2013
3 points

Just the fact that you seem to be such a compassionate person is probably enough because it's a quality shines through. So Im not sure I have anything else to add except for you to not worry about it ...

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Validation & Empathy
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2013
2 points

If he gets stuck on a word, and you know what that word is, maybe say it? Sometimes that happens to me with friends, and they will usually just finish the word for me and I always appreciate that. Bu...

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postr/StutterNov 5, 2013
16 points

To those of you who stutter: what is the ideal way for someone you don't know well to converse with you?

To those of you who stutter: what is the ideal way for someone you don't know well to converse with you? I don't stutter, and have only known a few people with very mild stutters (I didn't notice that...

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Validation & EmpathyListener ReactionsAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2013
1 points

This was a fantasic reply, you gave all of us more useful information then I ever thought anyone would. I noticed you said that you are a fellow Brother In Iron haha, I'm glad you got into lifting, I...

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Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-PerceptionMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2013
1 points

> I believe that I stutter because I don't want to stutter. Interesting. I really find that insightful. I love people like you....

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commentr/StutterNov 3, 2013
1 points

Those friends are stupid.... okay so their not stupid, just ignorant. I know the interview was hard man, but there will be another, until then a good thing to do would be to try to get that out of you...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 28, 2013
2 points

Stuttering has made me a better person because it has given me a kind of empathy for people going through hardship that many seem to lack nowadays, it has forced me to be a better listener and I liter...

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commentr/StutterOct 26, 2013
3 points

It has made me more understanding of people that do stutter as well but also just more understanding of people that have any minor or major disabilities. Specifically for myself i think it made me mor...

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commentr/StutterOct 26, 2013
3 points

It gives my life much more up's, but also downs. On good speaking days I feel so powerful because of the lack of stutter, it's really intense. I also am very empathic....

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commentr/StutterOct 26, 2013
3 points

Honestly, I don't think it has made any difference to how I look at others or behave towards others. I believe who I am at the moment, I would had been the same if I weren't stuttering. However, I a...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Identity & Self-PerceptionValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2013
2 points

I'm the same way. I always try to hear the full story, or really get a feel for who the person is before I pass a judgment. I work on the philosophy that you get my respect until you lose it. It seems...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2013
15 points

I am more accepting of other people's issues, because, like how they don't fully understand my problem, i don't necessarily fully understand theirs. People actually say I'm really empathetic, and i th...

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