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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
2 points

You got this. The first thing is that you have to stop beating yourself up. We all have the unrealistic belief that stuttering is our fault. It is not. View it like using a crutch or being color-blind...

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postr/StutterSep 2, 2025
6 points

Any advice for my severe stutter?

Any advice for my severe stutter? I usually do stutter (been stuttering since I was a kid) but I’m stuttering more than usual … I think it’s from life stressors, social anxiety, or just general anxie...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
1 points

1. all my life 2. Gradually over many years 3. I did go to a therapist in the army. When i treated my anxiety, it did get a lot better. Just constantly putting myself out there in scary situations hel...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
1 points

Money. Invest half of it for the rest of my life. Build a nice 4 bedroom house next to the river. Retire early or take a nice little work from home job. I stutter, so what I make fun of it, I use it...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
1 points

money pls, if i'm rich idgaf if i can't speak, i can employ someone to speak for me if i want, or i can just afford speech therapy lol also being rich will 100% lower my stress level which in turn at...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
5 points

yea. I would be much happier. I would still have my education and without the stutter I would be able to land a job in a field I studied my whole life. I could go to dates and not see a cringing face ...

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postr/StutterSep 2, 2025
6 points

My experience as a stutterer.

My experience as a stutterer. I am 20M. And like everyone in this sub I suffer from stuttering. I am writing this because currently I am really angry with my myself cuz of the stuttering and that till...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
2 points

That's awesome! Getting in front of people really helped me too. I found that most people are really kind and patient. And the more I got lost in the work or helping the customer, the better things ge...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
3 points

Yeah, I get that it may sound like that since I'm just so over the moon about it. I'm in no way affiliated with the program by the way. Alright, I'll try my best to describe some key approaches of thi...

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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
1 points

I am 19 years old and I have had difficulties communicating. During my summer vacation I was working in customer service and I feel that exposing myself helps me reduce social anxiety and lose my fear...

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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
1 points

When I used to look at myself in the mirror when I stuttered it did look funny. Have you ever laughed at a clown in the circus. We laugh because it looks funny. We are not laughing at the person but r...

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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
1 points

I've had trouble with this too (I'm John). With introductions, I try to get it rolling with easier words. Deep breath in, and "Hello there" or Nice to meet you" followed by 'I'm John". Or I start by...

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postr/StutterSep 1, 2025
22 points

My experience up to now.

My experience up to now. I stuttered severely growing up and was terrified to engage with anyone not immediate family. Legos and animals were my best friends. Got teased too much to recall by classmat...

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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
6 points

I'm 27 and started stuttering when I was 3. I've found a lot of success with Lee Lovett's book "How To Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking". Now I can truly say, I never have to stutter in any situation -...

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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
1 points

Being high and euphoric kills my stuttering. But at the comedown I'm a nervous wreck. I was on Vyvanse but had to stop, in the long run it made me worse. And, I can't deal with the comedown so I just...

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postr/StutterSep 1, 2025
10 points

how do you stop stuttering (fr)

how do you stop stuttering (fr) honestly, stuttering is such a big problem, most especially when it comes to speaking- and making extraspontaneous speeches- which is what my teachers soemtimes do when...

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postr/Stutter_remissionSep 1, 2025
1 points

WHY do some people STUTTER more during loud sound (like in a bar, café), while others stutter less during loud sound? In your own words

WHY do some people STUTTER more during loud sound (like in a bar, café), while others stutter less during loud sound? In your own words https://preview.redd.it/z4t087ugghmf1.jpg?width=759&format=pjpg&...

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postr/StutterAug 31, 2025
11 points

Anyone else here kicking ass financially but rotting away from loneliness and isolation?

Anyone else here kicking ass financially but rotting away from loneliness and isolation? I am a single guy in my 40’s. I own a million dollar house, drive a $80,000 convertible, retirement accounts f...

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commentr/StutterAug 31, 2025
1 points

One of my biggest regrets is allowing it to control me all my life. I feel like im an extrovert that learned to be an introvert out of fear of stuttering. It saddens me thinking about how much differe...

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postr/Stutter_remissionAug 31, 2025
1 points

STUTTERING REMISSION FOR 10 YEARS. So, why did stuttering return after moving to a new country? What are your thoughts?

STUTTERING REMISSION FOR 10 YEARS. So, why did stuttering return after moving to a new country? What are your thoughts? In the book "The perfect stutter", the researcher Paul (PhD) said he had achieve...

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