The Invisible Challenges of Stuttering | Ruban Pillai | TEDxFolkestone

36.9M subscribers but rarely someone wants to understand us 😂

failure is like gravity falling on my head like a big damn apple every time I open my mouth.

I just hate embarrassing myself I wish I could do that

Great video! Did you outgrow stuttering? 80% of stutterers outgrow it, only 20% continue stuttering

Thank you 🙏🏼

how happy to have finally gotten rid of stuttering with the use of doctor eromon herbal product. it stopped it completely and permanently

I'm 37 years old single man
I've never had a decent job or life partner because of stuttering.
I've been to speech therapy, but it never worked. Life is already difficult, imagine how difficult could it be with stuttering. 😩💔

Is sluttering or stammering or other speach related issues communicable?

Excellent! I had a severe stutter until I was about 35 and finally figured out wtf was going on. Growing up I was a human punching bag and a mental wreck throughout my 20's.

Im happy now, successful and 90% fluent. I speak better but that wounded part of me still exists, I don't know if the fear ever really goes away or if its a fight you fight forever.

I have a friend and I feel soo bad for him 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Pliz don't laugh at people who stutter

My love stutters. Here to understand more about it so that even unknowingly I don't end up hurting him.

Thanks Ruban to highlight this issue. I know how it is Painfull because I also have same problem till 2019, Infact i stammer so much. But, Then I know it is curable And I start working on that and by god grace i can cure my stammering😀😀

My best friend stutters and we analyze it to try and understand the logistics of it. I'm the only one who can joke with him about it because he know I do so out of a place of love.

My speech restored with Natural herbal treatment from Doctor Isibor, I can now speak fluently

Missed out on so much because of it 😢

I have a stuttering and stammering problem. It's true I do avoid a lot about life. It's sad but currently I don't have friends or a lover as I feel like I can't talk to anyone, even some times family.

i,m a 25 years old medical student.stuttering destroy my life,,because of stuttering i hardly talk with other people.

Lee Lovetts’ “How to Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking” will help improve your speech if you diligently immerse yourself in his book and WSSA program. I and countless others have found great success with it.

Just over 2 years on since this talk and I very much appreciate the comments that still come through. Keep going everyone, I still stutter very much but the key is to keep focussed on the outcome and less on how fluent you sound 💌💬

I’d be fully supportive of anyone with a stutter, but I really feel like if y’all had keywords to fall back on, you could snap out of it before it starts.
Like if you calm down enough to bluntly say something like “hang on, I gotta think”, you’ll be good.
Those who rush/assume your submissive response is an opp. Take note, but also disregard them. Bc everybody’s taking note.

Thanks for this

Tbh, I tend to stammer if I’m out of breath or tired of speaking

My son stammers ... I really don't know how to help him.. as a mother I understand his struggles...but at times I ask myself do I really understand... I wish I could step into his shoes for a day.. he is just 11yrs old

I am 23
People of my age are exploring
And i am still learning how to speak😣

Fluent or "normal" speakers can never fathom what it is like to live with this condition. It changes your life forever

Yes, I am swiming in this river😊

When i was in school my friends used to ask why i would i stutter. It felt so bad. Now i am into sales ,I have to fight every day with this

I'm more motivated from the comments section then video

Disappointing that he never stammered on a single word, and he talks about stammering and himself how it feels to have a stammer. Is he giving the impression to the fluent speakers that it is acceptable to be fluent and not acceptable to have a stamer. This would’ve been a perfect opportunity to show people with this, or does he himself does not like his ownstamer is desperate to be seen as a fluent speaker.

does stuttering concern with exciting?... i become excite alot and my breathing pattern become chaos and then i stutter when speaking with stranger

We don't need sympathy need a salutations

I am stammer nd also my brother nd father also stammer . when I am alone in home. and read a newspaper alonely at that time I have no stammer nd also when I am in 1st yr I gave my introduction and sing a song infront of my senior also at that time I have no stammer bt when I try to explain something to other i stammer How I overcome my stammer in 1 month ? my age is 22 nd I am from odisha. What should I do for this ?

The key is in calmed.

When I am alone I am not stuttering.

People don't understand what it's like when you can't even say your own name.

Very relatable

Imagine having a stutter and no one takes it seriously

I believe that no one truly knows frustration unless they stutter.

I js want to end it really messed my life. I don’t even know if this is considered stuttering but when I speak i tend to shake my head like a glitch. Can someone explain what’s wrong with me please

"I've stuttered all my days. I guess I'm one of those incurable stutterers. Everyone has his own personal demon and mine is stuttering. I found that once I accepted it as a problem and learned to cope with it by not avoiding or hiding or struggling with it, my demon lost its hold on me. --Charles Van Riper. My very favorite description of stuttering is from Van Riper, "Stuttering is everything that the stutter does to avoid stuttering." That's probably paraphrased. Great Description. It's right up their with Van's quotes.

Thank you for that insight. Im currently dating a girl with a bit of a stutter and trying to learn what exactly is happening. How to support and how to properly react. This Bridge analogy with the river really helped

My 7 year old stutters and I know that he will outgrow it. I have tears as I type this. God is great, and miracles happen

Man i just use hand gestures to communicate with other people than talking with my mouth. Cuz when I talk the heaviness in my heart increase and it starts to beat faster. It's so frustrating

So many missed jokes, so many missed witty one liners, which could over a period of time, shape my personality for the better and build my character, it is an unfathomable struggle for fluent speakers.

I'm 28 years and still suffering from stuttering, for me I feel better when I see laughter on people's face over my stutter, laughter makes me feel like it's a laughing matter. But the biggest enemy that triggers me more is when I see pity on their face, pity makes me feel so helpless. But I know we gonna overcome stuttering no matter how long it takes, let's keep working hard lads.

You were about to give me tears.
Thanks.
For the first time, I accumulated the courage to see the videos on this Topic. I am shy and suffer a lot, even to the extent that I've not talked about it to my parents nor have they talked to me on this topic.
I miss my late mother. I think would that I had talked about my condition for once with her. Because I got better at speaking to a greater extent because of my mother's effort. She made me to say English speeches in front of the whole school. It also made me win govt English speech competitions.
I'm 20 years old now.
And, I just want to say that, if at times we speak less, it is better than speaking excessively. And also the fact that it is about ACCEPTING the fact and sharing or talking about it openly. And, showing courage to Be Yourself.
Life is life, we must go on, with whatever we have.
My Love ❤ to anyone who stutters while speaking. Please, don't take it on your nerves and don't stress about it. Our God does not put burden a soul than he/she can bear (Its in the Quran, I read it, even remembered it by heart). In a nutshell, If there is Life, there is world, Live your life fully.