Things Not To Say To Someone Who Stammers

Whether it's people finishing your sentences, or being told to "spit it out", here are nine things people with stammers are tired of hearing...
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"Spit it out!"
**proceeds to spit in their face**

[kagitsune]

Teachers who publicly, intentionally embarrass or shame their students should be fired, and their pensions rescinded. Vile human beings.

[puglvr]

As a wife of someone who has trouble talking. PLEASE don't finish sentences and don't interrupt. It throws them off track and is also insanely rude because you are assuming you know what they are about to say. Give them the dignity of completing their thought.

[froggymans]

“DiD yOuR pArEnTs BeAt YoU?!”

*awkward laughing*

[mollyelliott]

I was born with a serious stutter and people always say to me
'Why don't you just write everything?'
BOI I'M NOT WALKING AROUND WITH A PEN AND PAPER IN MY HANDS AT ALL MOMENTS

[nikkimae]

I thought when talking to someone with a stammer I just talked to them like I talk to everyone else. I thought I'd just have to be a little bit patient at times?

[emma]

"well im not gonna burst into song in a chip shop" omg thats amazing 😋😂

[TheSongofaRhododobird]

"I'm not going to burst into song at the chip shop" 😂😂😂

[Mathius]

I HATE IT when they say "Owww, it's so cute!" or when my teachers say "BREATHE" and I'm like I KNOW I HAVE TO BREATHE DONT BE FUCKING STUPID

[iiamB]

I stammer on "th" "s" "w" "P" and "c" when Im in social situations. I have no idea why, it just happens. But I get so frustrated when people laugh, or imitate me.

[Marqkus]

"What happened to you?"

*"I was born."*

[spaceytree]

You guys should make a 'Things not to say to someone with a lisp'

[avahampton]

THE GIRL WITH BLUE HAIR IS GORGEOUS AND SO CUTE

[precumming]

I have selective mutism (basically if I have any anxiety I cannot speak) and it's weird that some people can get pretty annoyed when I'm talking and then I stop and can't continue and they have to have the burden of reading what I type; I live in a fairly small place and people I see regularly are very accommodating and I don't have to communicate more than a nod. People don't realise that when there's a fault in my brain I don't have control over it because the fault stops me from being able to stop it.
Being asked if I'm "retarded" is horrible and I don't want to meet new people because of it.

[j.ronnygibson]

Others: Does it stop when you sing?
Me:Yes
Others : So why dont you sing all the time?
Me: Cuz this isnt a freakin disney movie, thats why

[ilhan]

The thing I love most about this series is that the participants looks so comfortable because they are with someone who's going through the exact same thing as them!!

[roxannewaters]

I remember, I was in second grade and had just gotten over a tough period of stuttering in my life. When school started again I got a new teacher who I had never spoken to before. The teacher tells us to stand in front of the whole class and do a minor presentation of yourself. I was absolutely terrified so I hid underneath one of the tables. Nobody noticed me the first lesson, but the second lesson someone called out that I hadn't spoken yet. So the teacher pulled me out from underneath the desk and stood me up in front of everybody. I started stuttering and everybody laughed and laughed because she kept telling me to "spit it out". After I was done and practically bawling my eyes out, she told me to try harder and do it again. My stutter was gone before that and she made it come back. Idk why I wrote this, but thx for reading it if you did.

[lovinliverpool]

People are so cruel about those that stammer. Sometimes I stammer and I hate when people go "uh uhh uh".

[Olivia-bbnj]

Lord I stammer terribly and it’s quite embarrassing when people finish my sentences for me

[RegalCandy]

When I was twelve I had a sweetheart who had a stutter. He loved to sing. This just reminds me of how sweet he was.