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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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Iddhie, 15, Sri Lanka

My name is Iddhie.  I’m 15, and I live in Sri Lanka. My first language is Sinhala, but I’m comfortable in English. I began stuttering around age 10, and it got really bad around age 12, and under pressure I stuttered on roughly half my words. This caused me to...
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Brunel, New York

My name is Brunel.  I’m 23 and live in New York.  I speak Creole, French and English, and I’ve stuttered since I was 3.  I’ve had severe blocks to 100% of my words all my life. My mother, who died, was a stutterer, and so was my brother.  I never...
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Arthur, Florida

Hi all I’m Art, I’m 25 and live in Florida.  I started stuttering at a fairly young age.  I didn’t really pay any mind to it until I was about 10 where words I wanted to say couldn’t come out of my mouth while my peers were speaking with ease. It...
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Cassie, New York

Living with a stutter has been a journey. It is present equally in all the languages that I speak whether it be French, English , Creole or Spanish.  As I teach languages, this heightens my problems.  At the age of nine, I got acquainted with speech anxiety when my stutter appeared. I only spoke with a...
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Chris, Australia

My name is Chris, I’m 41 and I live in Australia. I have been stuttering as long as I can remember. All my life I have been searching for ways to speak fluently, and I have tried some very well-known speech therapy programs but I won’t mention their names here....
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Yuna, Mongolia/Virginia

My name is Yuna.  I was born and raised in Mongolia, but I live in Virginia now, where I’m pursuing my dreams.  I have a degree in Computer Science.  I enjoy learning, and I’m taking an intense Philosophy course right now.  I began stuttering at age 5, and I stuttered...
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Brian, Spain and Wales

Believe. The first thing that I gained from Lee’s book was the belief that I was able to stop stuttering. Then I transformed this belief into a reality! My name is Brian, I am a Sports Massage therapist from Catalonia and I am currently studying a BSc in Physiotherapy. I...
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Ciaran, England

My name is Ciaran and I’m 31 years old and I currently reside in Liverpool, England.  I have stuttered ever since I can remember, probably since around age 5.  I consider it severe, as I stuttered around every other word, and “pressure” to me was EVERYWHERE, strangers, family, friends, everybody. ...
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Cindy, Los Angeles

My name is Cindy. I am 26. I am a financial analyst living in Los Angeles, where I am required to do lots of stressful phone work and business presentations. I have stuttered since 1st grade, and, in some cases, on 75% of my words. I have now learned many...
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