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I think stutterers are better at being loners than other people. It takes alot for me to be lonely, I'm never bored. I generally like time to myself. But there's still that emptiness that comes wit...

I'd like to talk to you, in fact i would very much like to have a friend that i can relate to. Stuttering ruined my school life and now that school is over i'm stuck home 24/7. I play games to pass ...

I'm with you, currently no real social life other than saying hi to the check out clerk at the grocery store!...

After years of being alone you get used to it. I don't know any other way to live now. I don't have a single friend. Been like this for at least a decade if not longer....

In college, thought I made friends but they stopped inviting me to do stuff. Apparently they were too busy. It's hard b/c people don't understand my anxiety and awkwardness and I have trouble fittin...

Yea dude it sucks cuz very few people understand us. Many of the hardships we go through most people will not experience to the degree that we have. People are attracted to positivity and repulsed my ...

I texted someone about my social anxiety from stuttering and how people who just stop talking to me makes me feel shitty, but the person took it the wrong way, so not alot of people don't get it or a...

Honestly I agree with other people here. I wouldn't share this information unless the situation calls for it. College relationships are pretty transient and noone is going to understand what you're go...

Do you think people understand the "iceberg" of stuttering?

Do you think people understand the "iceberg" of stuttering? I just texted someone from a group of people I thought were my friends, but stopped talking to me this year. I told the person how I felt a...

Need to vent, it's so frustrating when people don't understand.

Need to vent, it's so frustrating when people don't understand. My stuttering isn't that bad the past couple months because of speech therapy, but it still fucking sucks. Social anxiety and tension f...

Everybody else seems to think that things get better with time and age, so hang in there man. One thing which helps me get through the day is the fact that I know I'm not alone. It's a real problem wh...

It's a permanent feeling of outside looking in. Everybody struggles to some degree with finding their own and becoming comfortable with who they are, but adding an extra element of physically not bein...

This is EXACTLY how I feel when I get depressed about it. Pretty much word for word. Seeing other people being able to talk so effortlessly, and realizing that you're never going to be able to do that...

"When I was a kid I always wondered how people without stutter or any sort of speech problem can be shy, that there was nothing to be shy about." Odd, isn't it. But that's from our perspective though...

I never have problems thinking of things to say in any situation and I'm genuinely both funny and charming. Fortunately I can't speak more than a word without embarrasing myself. At least I have the c...

I would be so social without my stutter, it's the only thing holding me back, even if I have social anxiety. When I was a kid I always wondered how people without stutter or any sort of speech proble...

stuttering definitely prevents me from striking up conversations with people or continuing conversations which makes me look introverted. i used to be extroverted but now i would rather just be quiet ...

I was a class clown extrovert growing up but then became an introvert. Now I feel over my stutter but am still an introvert. Socialization drains my energy. I do a lot of it for work though. That said...

Met 2 guys who stutter. But they were very introvert and shy so making conversation with them was a tough task....

We don't have a choice dude some people have it easy and some people don't. Stuttering has an effect on the quality of life and their is on denying that. The pit scene in the Batman trilogy is proba...