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John, Illinois

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John, Illinois

Hello! My name is John, and I’m a medical student from Chicago, IL. I started stuttering at the age of 8, which coincided with the onset of severe OCD (both stemming from my perfectionist and people pleasing tendencies). Over the years, I attended hundreds of speech therapy sessions, with little lasting impact. My SLP, although…

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James, New Jersey

I’m James; I’m 20 and a student at Fordham.  I’ve been stuttering since I was five.  Under pressure, such as speaking in class, I have stuttered up to 80% of my words.  It was horrible; that is, I was so embarrassed to speak; it destroyed my self-confidence and made me...
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Jay, Los Angeles

My name is Jay, and I’m from Los Angeles. I’m 36, married with a daughter. I work for CBS TV in the financial department, where I manage a group of financial analysts. I hold a B.A. and a MBA in finance. My first memory of stuttering was at the age...
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Jay, Maharashtra, India

I am Dhananjay from India and I am 22 years old. I have been stuttering since the age of 6 to 60% of the words. At that time my stuttering was not significant but with time my stuttering became prominent which felt worse. As I grew up I started to...
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Jinfeng, Beijing, China

  Mandarin is my language, and this is my story. I am Jinfeng and I live in Beijing, China. I am 21 and in college, in electrical engineering. Stuttering, for me, has been the biggest problem and barrier to a successful and happy life. I began stuttering very young, maybe...
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Maria, Poland

My name is Maria; I’m 25, and I'm a financial analyst in Poland.  My English needs work, but I wrote this myself anyway.   I have stuttered almost my whole life, from the age of 2/3 years old. Despite that, I had a quite happy childhood and was unaware of the innocent...
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Joe, Texas

My name is Joe.  I’m in my thirties, and I have a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology, and I’m a Leadership Development Manager for a very large company.  For as long as I can remember, I’ve stuttered when I speak. However, I have not had a “bad incident” (defined as appearing...
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John, San Francisco

My parents tell me that I stuttered severely from the time that I first began talking. I don’t remember any part of my childhood when I did not stutter.  My name is John, and I’m a corporate attorney. As is common with other childhood stutterers, I suffered the humiliation of...
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John, Scotland

My name is John Kerr and I come from Glasgow, Scotland.  I’m 48, and I have stammered since the age of 4.  When I was a child, my mother took me to numerous Speech therapists but that had no real effect.  I don’t believe that any of them had ever...
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Jonathan, Wyoming

I’ve considered myself to be a stammerer for 10 years. I remember when I first noticed myself stammering at about 11 years old and immediately attaching negative connotations to it. I thought that it was my special problem.  It was just beginning. My name is Jonathan.  I’m 21 and in...
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