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I have a unique take on your situation. I am an only child and of course I grew up with a mild stutter. I have experienced loneliness my entire life. Stuttering never held me back completely but it ha...

Seems like you’re down in the dumps man. I can sympathize with the feeling of loneliness because of your stutter. I stutter too! I’m 24, and I can’t say that ever feel lonely. Stuttering can make it f...

well, if it makes you feel better you said you have a career. So you are way ahead than some of us. Im 25 and fearful to even leave the house....

I'm usually the one helping others here but today I felt truly defeated. I can't take this.

I'm usually the one helping others here but today I felt truly defeated. I can't take this. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm usually the one helping other stutterers out and giving them advice. I ...

Shouldn't be an issue getting into a relationship since you're a girl. Having a *meaningful* one on the other hand is a completely different question, like you said how the hell are you supposed to ha...

Thought about stuttering and having conversations with people

Thought about stuttering and having conversations with people I noticed that sometimes my friends talk to others and not to me. Sometimes they look at me but I often felt ignored and lonely. I asked m...

I don't know I have to check and I don't have facebook. So yeah I want to have friends. I really do but I'm out of school and just stay at home so I don't know how to make any friends. Joining activi...

Do you have a NSA group near you? Can you join some Facebook support groups? What city are you in/ near? If you could find some safe spaces to make friends it might make it easier to branch out and ...

I don't have friends. and I think the major reason is bc of my speech. When I transferred to my college (before I was in CC), I tried to talk to people ask them to hang out but they wouldn't give and ...

I eat lunch at work alone. I hate small talk and find it annoying. However, sometimes I have to fake it and organize team lunches or some other social activities. I still hate it though. My stuttering...

I get what you mean when you talk about people taking fluent speech for granted. I used to (and sometimes I still do) be so frustrated and angry at all the people that could express themselves freely,...

I've been here before. I used to think about killing myself daily for two years. Work on other things besides speaking. ie. exercise, chess, video games etc. Doing this has brought me to the point of ...

Hey, first off I just wanna really thank you for taking the time to write all of this, it's amazing. But yeah, I just started school, the third week of classes begins tomorrow. A good group of friends...

Yes! If you can do this, it will change things more than you might realize. I just want to mention that MOST people in their first semester in college are kind of lonely. They just don't talk abo...

Feels like I am the only stutterer in this world

Feels like I am the only stutterer in this world Everyone else can speak flawlessly while here I am, a loser that can barely get a word out. I wish I had someone to talk to that doesn't look at me lik...

Yeah i go to a catholic high school so most of the kids can be pretentious douches so theys why i just dont really talk to a lot of people...

Just knowing we are not alone is soothing and calming. Our nightmares, our anxiety, our feelings are shared by others like us. We are not alone....

Did you leave your house a lot as a kid?

Did you leave your house a lot as a kid? I always felt locked up in my hoise because if I went outside I was scared of having to talk to someone, and not having too many friends made it really hard to...

I know, right?! This is one of my most feared scenarios. When people want me to explain something to them or narrate an incident, 99% of the times I avoid it. I have noticed that friends 90% of the ti...

Or when you work up the energy to say something on your mind, and you try your best to speak clear, and it takes a lot out of you. Then their response is along the lines of "...Hm.. Neat.." Not caring...