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I actually encountered the first person, other than my brothers, who also stutters at Disney World last week. He was manning the lightening lane stand and of course I was having my wife talk to him t...

I sometimes feel its the person I'm talking to, maybe i stutter when he seems too intimidating, or they are speaking from a position of power, It's very complex when i think about it, i just can't put...

Am I a Stutterer or Not ??

Am I a Stutterer or Not ?? I will try to keep it short but I think its worth reading to make a judgement or anyone who can help. I was a brilliant child in my school, who loved to read aloud in class ...

Yeah, same here. I stutter more in front of my boss, colleagues I am not "friendly" with, different races, etc. The importance of each person plays into the anxiety and hence, increases the stutter, l...

Not bigot, just lack of confidence. (not true for all but for me it is) I use myself as a example. I started new job recently and we were 4 people. 1 regular and 3 newly employees. (new job in the s...

This is me. I’ll stutter with people I consider successful....

Stuttering based on a person’s status?

Stuttering based on a person’s status? This is bizarre. However I’ve noticed a pattern. I tend to stutter when I am interacting with a person of higher social status, certain races. At the same time...

They’re fu**ing idiots then. They don’t get it and they won’t until they’re in a corporate meeting with other industry leaders and they see you leading it. Stuttering away and not giving a fu**. Stutt...

Called out a guy who laughed at me today.

Called out a guy who laughed at me today. Felt pretty powerful for this one. I work at a rock climbing course at a university, and my marketing manager brought the student board people to do a promo ...

Feel lost. Inclined to believe the root cause of my failures is my stammering.

Feel lost. Inclined to believe the root cause of my failures is my stammering. I (27m) feel like a failure. I blame a lot of it on my stammer. It hinders everything....it's probably the worst thing on...

I was struggling to say my date of birth at a doctors appointment and the medical assistant said “ hardest question of the day right?” I have never wanted to cuss someone out so badly...

Yup. Heard that a couple of times. No, I didn't forget my name. Did you forget your professionalism and compassion!!!!!?...

This is a very common feature of stuttering: the stuttering 'anxiety' increases with audience size, and it also increases if the audience members are more 'threatening', i.e. higher social status....

Stuttering manifests differently in different people. When asked your name, many will panic, make odd motor movements, avert eye contact and say nothing. This would absolutely initially be concernin...

This has nothing to do with putting anyone on a pedestal… If a police officer isn’t aware the reason why you are speaking in a very odd, halting manner, are unable to say your name, it could quickly e...

My stutter always makes cops think that I’m nervous

My stutter always makes cops think that I’m nervous Like a week ago i was in the subway asking a cop if i can go through because i didn’t have money left on my fare. So when i ask he said no need to ...

I’m okay with criticism of him. This is more about the lack of use of an opportunity.. Maybe my view is skewed....

I am a stutterer, and I have a lot empathy for Biden. But he went into politics knowing he had a speech issue. So I think he has to wear the criticism. A stutter is objectively an unusual thing....

It is a software problem but I don't think my software is any more faulty than an average human. I mean consider this - A person jumping from the top of a tall building. He cannot do it. If he tries, ...

I'm 52 and I know the exact situation you described ! Nothing worse than a grown ass man feeling like a little kid in front of a room full of people. I've been in that situation all my life and thou...