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I think we are quite similar. I haven’t really ever had friends, especially of a similar age. I just find it now a newly frustrating thing because I am now surrounded by many other people of my own ag...

I'm also a 16-year-old with no friends. I can handle being alone fine. I've had pretty much no friends in real life for over 3 years and I'm used to it. Plus, I have some much bigger issues in my life...

You need good people around you, and to take things one day at a time. To find those good people, you might want to look for a support group in your area, or one online - it will feel daunting at firs...

Growing up, the only people that I knew who stuttered was my father, who was nonexistent and my grandfather, who lived three states over. Recently, about three or four months ago I joined a stuttering...

Making new friends that are like me

Making new friends that are like me What are some for sure ways to meet other people that stutter, preferably in person? I have never met anyone like me, except for someone in elementary school. It ma...

I am far from being happy and cure stuttering but there is little something I can share with you. 1. Do whatever you need to finish a word/sentence. I started making pauses after first letter but nev...

I can relate to how you feel a lot. However, I think it is not always just the speech impediment that is a factor in this type of situation. There are many adults who stammer and have wives (or husban...

Socializing with a stutter is hard and painful (probably at first..or forever.. idk am not that old)but giving up on a social life and being isolated and lonely is MUCH MORE hard and painful. From wha...

What is the expected outcome of these free support groups? What will it add when in the U.S. the National Stuttering Association has support groups, and there are several other online/video based int...

In your case the most useful social skill is the ability to maintain a dialog with a bias toward the role of listener. Structure the dialog in such a way that \~75% of the time the interlocutor speaks...

Your suggestion to volunteer is very good - I would have never thought of this myself. My school actually has volunteering opportunities so I think I will ask for the list of available positions next ...

I do have very few social skills, you are correct, because I have in my entire life rarely spoken to anyone, and I think that your overall point is also true, to some extent. Which other social skills...

I've experienced this too. Really painful being excluded like this, even if not intended to be hurtful by the other person....

Thank you for sharing this. I can identify with much of what you say, and it is very painful. I don't think stammering and friendships/relationships, particularly for adults is talked about/ research...

Sounds like you need people to talk to. People who actually get you and can allow you to talk without pressure or judgement. And I think you will only get this from other stutterers. Being isolated is...

Maybe it’s similar to how people are generally more confident in groups than alone. A person complimenting a strangers shoes on the street will find it much easier if he was with friends than if he wa...

Yeah, and you put it into words pretty nicely . I don't have many issues initially talking to people, it's more making them want to talk to me again...

Trouble making friends, finding partners because stutter?

Trouble making friends, finding partners because stutter? Has anyone ever experienced this prevailing sense of… discrimination for lack of better words, when trying to date or make friends because you...

Hiking and being outdoors, bird watching, swimming, working on the farm, playing guitar, reading, history, wood working, playing chess, a ton of different things actually. Even though I don't have muc...

I have no friends because my stutter makes every social engagement extremely awkward. That's just the truth, no one wants to hang around a guy who cannot contribute to the discussion/jokes without com...