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commentr/StutterJun 2, 2024
2 points

This behavior tends to stop after high school. It did for me at least. I don't remember anyone making fun of me or saying stuff like this since. But it may also be because I have a mean resting bitch...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
2 points

I feel your pain (having been through something similar myself). But retaliating against a bully isn’t the way to go. A better approach would be to avoid them or confide in someone you trust, like a t...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
7 points

I felt no remorse but I didn't feel glad I did it. It's just something you gotta do to let people know you don't tolerate bullshit, so you gotta make an example of them. He switched up from then on an...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
4 points

No I haven't and this is obviously a bad idea. You'll find a lot more satisfaction in being the bigger person and moving on....

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
4 points

As someone that used to claim that phrase as justification for fighting/violence… Be very careful. Never give your power to your stutter or to any ignorant asshole for even a single moment. We might n...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
3 points

Kinda both reason, stuttering is kinda different trait and easy to notice so its easy to pick and young are savages, they will know you will stutter so gonna laugh again, if teacher dont help, hands a...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
10 points

Yup exactly. I remember in 10th grade I had to put 2 guys down who wouldn't stop laughing at me. First one was during class we were popcorn reading and he called on me knowing I would stutter and of c...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
4 points

I remember when a staff at the gym counter thought he could play around with me by giving these weird giggly looks at me. I came up to him, gave him a talk and put a grown man in his place then he did...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
7 points

This is actually the only answer. People will pick on you if you make yourself out to be weak. Don't be weak. Even if you lose. If you throw hands with bullies all the time. They cannot be bothered wi...

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
7 points

Was on the same boat. I have good grades and my record is clean, I want to keep it that way. When he as getting harassed, I just ignored it....

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2024
35 points

Sometimes you gotta throw hands to get respect. It’s not a first solution but if people are gonna be ignorant you need to shut it down immediately before it gets outta hand....

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commentr/StutterMay 31, 2024
3 points

You're not overthinking at all! I understand you perfectly and it's something that frustrates me a lot too. It happens to me frequently. When they do that, it's like they're invalidating a huge porti...

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commentr/StutterMay 30, 2024
3 points

Ohh alright. But other than personal conversations based on the interest of individual people, I believe there is a need to talk about stammering and spread awareness about it, because it is completel...

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commentr/StutterMay 29, 2024
1 points

Nah. I refuse to let people walk all over me. I don't get mad, but I definitely let them know I won't be treated that way....

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commentr/StutterMay 29, 2024
1 points

My stutter was very mild and I still got bullied all 12 years of school. My brother’s stutter is severe and he got bullied as well but got a good group of friends who stuck up for him and he became on...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2024
1 points

I've tired that as a younger man & all I can say is Good Luck with that 😂 You'll get burnt the fuck out pretty quick if you deal with alot of people and mustering up the anger to "put them in they'...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2024
8 points

That's a tough question. I've had speech therapy as a child, which didn't amount to very much. My stutter wasn't... /too/ bad, yet it conditioned me to stay quiet, and made me avoid social interaction...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2024
1 points

and there is so much abelisim in this world and racisim its all linked together or in general if your just different than others .. but that's okay obviously those people are not meant for us and we s...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2024
1 points

so we tell those people to fk off... i need to absolutley do that more... who gives a fk what they think anyways .. there are so many shtty people on this earth do you take up space and talk these are...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2024
19 points

Because not enough of us tell people to fuck off. Some people aren't going to respect us, and we need to command that respect when they treat us as less than....

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