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commentr/StutterSep 15, 2022
4 points

You can take this with a grain of salt since I'm still young and it's just my own experience. I'm homeschooled and I live on a farm and have a lot of unusual interests and hobbies and don't care at al...

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commentr/StutterSep 14, 2022
1 points

He also does free talks on Skype. Who more people don’t speak to him I don’t know. I’ve done it past 2 years, joined speaking groups, things improved loads. Never pay attention to this who say it can’...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2022
1 points

May I suggest to attend a (National Stuttering Association) meeting, if there is one near you. You would get your public speaking practice and not have to worry about what people think about your stut...

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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2022
1 points

Yeah i did watch a tutorial video but its still very new to me. Basically i just wanna have a few conversations to see how it goes when speaking english. And its def nice to learn more social skills a...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
2 points

immigrant student and PWS. i have started hitting local bars, gym and going to local park. i surely miss my local friends, it's really hard to chime in with American friends in school (its fucking wor...

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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
1 points

im sorry that happened to you 🥲 blocking in front of people is really a soul draining thing. did you manage to make any friends in the end?...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2022
3 points

people that like comprise a very small % of the population. I’ll maybe run into one or two people like that in any given year, which really says a lot about people....

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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2022
16 points

My freshman year in the dorms, I met some great dudes and we used to play a game along the lines of “guess the most absurd thing he’s going to say while he’s stuttering”. I’d be stuck on a word like...

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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2022
17 points

This is difficult phase. When I joined my university I found it punishing to meet people while avoiding my stammer. In the end, I've got only 2 friends who were my roommates and know me for more than ...

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commentr/StutterAug 31, 2022
5 points

It’s so great to have people who understand how we feel. So many of us don’t meet others who stutter in person!...

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commentr/StutterAug 31, 2022
1 points

Not exactly easy to find friends or a relationship when you have a stutter, from my experience....

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commentr/StutterAug 29, 2022
1 points

Two easily solutions - one would be to find another person that stutters, you would comfort each other and have an easy subject to relate to. The second thing would be to use dating apps so that you...

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commentr/StutterAug 29, 2022
2 points

well, I don't really have a problem with stuttering anymore and still zero friends so... I guess that wasn't my problem...

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commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
1 points

yup i feel that. i had a decent group of friends til i fell out with most of them. went from a group of 10 to only speaking to one of them. i spent way more time alone but it was a blessing in disguis...

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commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
1 points

Yep! That’s the approach I’m taking, pretty much diving in the deep end. I’m learning faster than I thought I would be, making friends and what not. Hasn’t always went my way but that’s life. I remem...

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commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
4 points

Thank you for sharing <3 Its nice to see there are other people still learning how to socialize just like me, for so long I was trying to find a person who can get and understand me, thinking that ...

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commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
1 points

I honestly think just do it. You’ll start learning cues as you go along. Start by talking to someone, try and see who’s carrying the convo ie are you talking more or are they talking more? If it seems...

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commentr/StutterAug 24, 2022
1 points

I think I would have been an introvert regardless, if you were forced into being an introvert due to stuttering, you were always going to feel that something is missing, and you wouldn't have felt con...

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postr/StutterAug 24, 2022
27 points

Learning how to socialize at 23

Learning how to socialize at 23 This isn’t gonna be me seeking pity but more so sharing my overall experience as a college student. I’m fairly out going as a stutterer, I try to generate conversation ...

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commentr/StutterAug 24, 2022
2 points

Yea I agree, I still have a few friends and a Family, but I don't worry about stuttering when I talk with them, of course having zero human relations is bad even for introverts....

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