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Hmm. I don't have many friends. In fact, I can only call two people my best friends and they both live somewhere else, so I have no friends that I hang out with very often. I don't feel isolated be...

I'm in the military and with the exception of my friends back home, a guy who's stationed at my base that I went through basic training with (who I barely talk to anymore), and a couple of guys that I...

I'm in "high school" and I am kinda socially isolated, but that's mainly due to my stutter and me simply not knowing how to converse with strangers. I'm "coping" with this by simply affecting the fact...

Any other stutterers socially isolated because of their stutter?

Any other stutterers socially isolated because of their stutter? After I left highschool and went to college my group of friends fell apart and I've never been able to replace them. As severe stuttere...

It's unfortunate...

It's unfortunate... It's unfortunate how much people read into someone's ability to speak well. We are literally measured -our entire beings and lives- by how well we speak. We're judged and devalued,...

I feel really uncomfortable talking to others who stutter. It makes me want to rip my skin off, but I couldn't say why. I guess I just hate seeing what I probably look like on the other side....

I can think of a few things but one thing that stands out the most is talking to people on the phone, thus preventing myself from being able to take friendships to the next level. Texting doesn't exac...

I'm in the same rough patch as you right now. Are you on holidays or something atm? It sounds like you're suffering what I call "no work/school loneliness"....

1. Stuttering has made me less compassionate. It has really shown me how shitty people generally are. 2. I live in an area where there are no stuttering support groups. Only met one stutterer in my l...

My story or take on stuttering

My story or take on stuttering I have been stuttering all my life and only very recently I have discovered this sub-reddit and I think that it would be appropriate to post my shorter story. I was bo...

How does being a selective mute impact your social life? Do you still have friends you hang out with and what about relationships? ...

Thing is, I haven't had a conversation with a person of the opposite sex in nearly 5 years besides family of course....

I am the same. I get along with the opposite sex fine, and have plenty of friends, but dating...just no. Have no experience and now at 22 its like wtf do i do. Never going to happen. ...

My stutter has completely defined my life thus far...

My stutter has completely defined my life thus far... When I was a kid I decided the best way to combat my stutter was to simply not talk. If I wasn't embarrassed whilst speaking, I would never feel b...

It feels good to have found this community. I literally cried when i was able to relate to the stuff here. ...

As a 25 yr old who has stuttered all his life, I can say it does get better. Message me if u want to vent or even talk on the phone. ...

Thank you, it really means a lot to have someone who actually understands. I'm quite an emotional person and when I found this subreddit and read some of the stories I started crying. I felt so alone ...

Not at all. I feel that people without speech disorders will never truly understand what it's is like for us, well, not so fluent speakers. Hey, do what you gotta do. There's no way of ever making a s...

I am so glad I found this subreddit.

I am so glad I found this subreddit. I've had a fairly mild problem with stuttering all of my life and its caused so much damaged to my social life that its begun to cause emotional problems. I've ne...

I feel you man, stuttering tends to make one really introverted because you can never mess up speaking to yourself :) and that's fine! I took a lot of drama and public speaking classes as a kid to h...