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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
5 points

My stutter is mild at worst now but when I was younger it was debilitating. As others have said, employment was difficult. But basically everything was difficult. Nowadays, I'm 46, it's people assumi...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
4 points

Whenever I have to order something/ask for something specific and I can't use any alternative word. Like vegetable and the amount of vegetable I want. I hate it....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
13 points

I would have to say, employment. Over the years I’ve had significant problems finding employment, when you interview for jobs and you stutter all over it most employers are already thinking next as s...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

Funny story man I have a mild stutter and like everyone else man we stutter all the time. But once I what to Spain( a place I been wanting to go for 4 years) I volunteered at a hostel though Worldpac...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I’m 22. I’ve just graduated and now I’m undertaking a masters degree. Like you I also have a severe stutter, exactly like you described. I majored in International Relations, a communications degree...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

Hang in there, I’m a stutterer too. Admittedly, mine is mild, but there are definitely times of life when I would consider myself in the moderate category. I’ve only met a couple of doctors with a stu...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

I am 59 yrs of age, & have stammered since I was 4 yrs of age. Having been bullied for having a stammer, it had for a long time caused me to be very self conscious about my stammer, & worried about ho...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
2 points

Yep. Works wonders for me. Been a stutter-er my entire life & benzos feel like the cheat code to stuttering & the anxiety that comes with it. But, I mean, there’s problems with that. If you feel you h...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

Senior Account Executive (Sales), Florida I’ve been fired multiple times for stuttering. Edward Jones was the most high-profile company that let me go. But I kept at it. I’ve been fired from insuranc...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
7 points

Yes, you can achieve fluency. And a year is an attainable goal. For me, there were no jaw exercises. Breathing is obviously a key component in speech, so I was taught to use my breath properly. No ex...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I am sorry to say but speaking from personal experience, none of it works long term or in a permanent sense. The thing is life doesn't accommodate the pauses/tricks/solutions needed to mitigate stutte...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I’m chillin bro tbh, it was a long journey for me tho and I know a lot of us are still in that hurdle. I stutter everyday in front of coworkers and customers etc. but I focus on the problems that actu...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
5 points

i fr have to know atleast three ways to say anything. its never as easy to say as "im going home" but i have to change it several times, change the place of the words nd play out a fucking play in my ...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

Yeess, but something that helps me sometimes is to nod my head, sometimes it's not like saying thank you but I feel like it helps me spit the "thank you" out...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
2 points

yeah those random acts of kindness really fuck me up bc i feel even more pressure to respond as nicely and quickly as possible😂. any situation that makes it seem like i’m unappreciative or rude reall...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
2 points

Yo same, not with the door case, but when I'm in the grocery store I sometime worry people would ask me if I want to get ahead of them in the line because I buy much less things....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
2 points

before i walk in or out of any establishment i make sure there’s nobody in front of me bc i don’t want them holding the door open for me knowing i won’t be able to thank them...

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commentr/stutteringOct 11, 2025
1 points

Helped you out buddy. Here is a version with natural breaks and paragraphs to make it more reader friendly as well as a TL;DR version. If you want to engage with the community and tell your story, ...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
3 points

I want to provide some basic info: 1. I conquered my stuttering permanently- this means that I am fluent 97% of the time and even if I stutter it is mild and unnoticeable. I forget about it immediate...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
1 points

I’ve been thinking about this lately. When I talk in a lower register, or almost different voice I tend to stutter a lot less. I’ve considered seeing a vocal coach to maybe change my voice, and thereb...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityFluency Techniques