Let's just admire the fact that this young lady is more eloquent with her stutter, in a second language, than many native English speakers. What a star!

as a person with speech impediment, this truly inspired me to not let others get to me. I am a human being just like everyone else! I love this girl

I stutter and I was on summer camp and some kid told me: I love talking with you, sometimes I don't pay too much attention to what other people are saying or just don't understand some words, with you I don't have such problems cause I know you will repeat it a few times. I still laugh when I remember it.

Who cares if you stutter, you're a bright and beautiful person inside and out, love your character! ❤️💜

As a person who suffered from stutter I can really feel you. Keep strong!

This illustrates how strenuous stuttering is. The anxiety inducing moments are irritating and isolating. You do learn to embrace it eventually. But inevitably it's easy to revert back to being extremely introverted. Her attitude and tenacity is admirable. You have a lot of fortitude...bravo 👍

Here in the Philippines if they see symptoms of Social Anxiety and Stuterring..They will Judge you as Drug Addict. Wish I could have this kind of interview and spread awareness in my country..We're very Ignorant in Mental Health

10 years ago I had a mathematic teacher who stutters a bit. I was very very admirative of his tenacity. He had always wanted to teach to others, and he managed to realise his dream. He is very passionate by his work and feels concerned by students' difficulties. That's why he is one of the best teachers I had in my life ! :)

When someone stutters, it just means what they're saying is so good, it's worth repeating.

This women is warrior, it takes guts to deal with these conditions. She is admirable.

Im 31 years old, and i have stuttered my whole life. There are times when the stuttering is mild, and there are times when it's very severe. It has affected me in many ways, but it had the most impact in my professional career and my relationships with many people. It is just very hard to communicate, and i can't blame them if they do not have the patience to listen. But i got used to those things e.g. when a person im talking to suddenly ignores me and turn their back when im still speaking, when a person would repeatedly ask to the other person in the room what did i say, or when people say things that hurt. If you're reading this, know that you're not alone, and don't ever feel bad. I have actually failed tests, dropped courses in college, failed job interviews and other opportunities. But after i have been diagnpsed with a really bad health situation, i have come to realize there are many other problems worse than stuttering.. and it is best to appreciate and be grateful that at least we are now alive. Being able to breathe at this very moment is enough to say you are still blessed, and you can always choose to be happy.

Ive suffered from the same, I can say she’s simply a strong girl!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Men I don't stutter, but i feel their struggles by just hearing them... Keep strong

I'm also a stutterer and watching you opening up about your stutter gave me confidence. Thank you

I have a stutter and I feel so much better just watching this video

Very brave girl cause this is a tough one to deal with. The world as a whole is so " hurry up..no patience..get out of the way if you're moving slow" mentality.

this channel just showed up in my recommended, so i clicked on this video and i was smiling the whole way through! i wish willemijn the best!

Willemijn looks like an amazing friend to have! So happy that she can overcome her anxiety, she is very brave and mature for that. Her willing to live happy no matter what is amazing. ♡

Willemijn is so strong and I love how she uses her art to give a platform to people who have a stutter. Continue doing what you do and Im glad I got to know you!

I admire her courage so much. I also go through phases of not stuttering at all and then suddenly it happens in every sentence. I can usually tell which word I'm going to stutter on, so I often try to find a synonym but it's not always possible. Stuttering makes me feel deeply ashamed and embarrassed. I truly admire the fact that she just pushes through with life and doesn't let it get in her way. Very inspiring!

Great video! As a person who also stutters, it's great to see her speak with confidence and strength!

I’m 26-years-old fresh university grad. With immaculate credentials, however naturally struggling to overcome the interview stage due to my moderate-to-severe stammering. Let me share my conclusions through years of therapy, years of working with my psyche and years of failure, embarrassment and (speaking) anxiety - that stuttering is our curse for perfection. Only when we reach our perfect-self, that is, through vigorous exercise routine, balanced diet, strict sleeping schedule and discipline in every area that we can moderate the dysfluency. The closer we are to “perfection”, the more confidence we gain and the less stammering is present. Last but not least, before any job interview I would read aloud for 5-10mins to exercise and relax my jaw/lip/tongue muscles. This routine can be implemented daily and does help both physically and psychologically, because stuttering is a combination of both.

She's so beautiful. I love the way she talks. Keep your head up!

My Dad used to stutter. Especially, with his last name and a few other areas. He had joined a professional speaking club in the U.S., this group helped him a lot. Unfortunately, he started reverting back to not talking well. He passed shortly after that time. I have two kids who have speech issues. I think this young woman is doing a great job of working with her stuttering!

So brave! I had a stutter growing up and I understand the frustration and anxiety during social interaction.

Your absolutely gorgeous with your stutter. The people who don't except you just the way you are, they DON'T deserve you. Your a beautiful person, and I love your accent, keep your head up hun.

You’re an inspiration, Willemijn! I would love to have a friend like you! Thank you for sharing your story!

I gotta say, stutters have never outright bugged me. I got patience, and what you have to say is more important than the time I tale to hear it. The most valuable thing in existence is a perspective, so take the time you need, Miss. What you say when you can is more valuable than gold, at least to this old hermit.

Hoi Willemijn, wat moedig om zo je verhaal te vertellen. Nu kunnen we eindelijk wat onder je video schrijven. Ik heb je aflevering gezien toen het net online kwam. Het heeft veel indruk gemaakt, dus ik wilde meteen even van de gelegenheid gebruik maken om hier wat te schrijven. Je bent een fantastische jonge vrouw en laat niemand je iets anders wijs maken. Ik wens je veel kracht toe om om te gaan met ongeduldige mensen, zoals ik eerlijk gezegt ook wel eens ben. Je straalt enthousiast en hebt ons allemaal veel geleerd. Dank je wel.

Sending you so much love ❤️❤️❤️ today, tomorrow and thereafter, YOU GOT THIS!

I once saw a quote that said "You have a problem, but you're not the problem". I've tried to live it since then.

To be honest I have stutter too but sometimes I can talk fluently for a whole hour, just watching this inspires me to not get anxiety all the time when im talking to people.

Beautiful warm soul that’s all I see with a big heart you’re doing a great job and you are very strong and brave. Thank you for sharing your story and feelings with the world 😇🌺❤️

Wow, what a lovely person, I appreciate you exactly as you are! You will always be accepted and cherished!

I really like the message that you can be successful with a stutter :)

her art >>>>>

The worst thing about stuttering is when I know that it will happen before it happens. I'd like to know if other stuttering people experience that. What I do is that I try to say another word instead, which presents a lesser pronunciation problem . Then I'm upset that I wanted to say something else, but I saw a stutter coming, so changed the wording last minute.

I stutter myself and I find Willemijn very nice and inspirational. She's a sweetheart. 💕💕🌺✌️

I love this girl so much. Very warm personality. I hope you can success and rise up more than normal people.

This inspires me so much, I’m 18 years old and I stutter and I’ve been bullied so much for it and I’m so glad to have people who also deal with a speech impediment❤

i’d totally be friends with her if we went to the same school or something. she has this authenticity to her that’s rare to find nowadays

I used to stutter a lot as a child, luckily it went away with therapy. It’s so hard but you have to keep going. This girl is awesome!

Thank you for this inspiring story and for giving a voice to so many wonderful people. Congratulations to this young lady for being brave.

This woman's got more courage than I ever will. Good luck with your artistic career, ma'am.

You said so many things i can relate to, i am stuttering myself. This was really encouraging to me because i think many people who is listening to me is feeling the same joy that i feel when i hear you talking. Keep being yourself and good luck with the art!

Living with a stutter and social anxiety is tough. I also have autism, which makes me so far away from the social life I want. I'm isolated at home with a severe social anxiety that I've had for 10+ years since I was around 16-17 together with a depression and life is so boring. Going alone to the grocery store feels death threatening, I hesitate and almost never dare to even send text messages to my internet friend and so much of the regular everyday stuff are gone. Anyway all I can say is that support you and what you did is inspiring.

The comic in the end is really good 🤣🤣🤣

i've always known that i wasn't alone, but me and my brother were the only ones that i've ever known that had stutters. seeing someone all the way from the netherlands who has the same struggles as me, and also creates things that i can share with others to show what it's like to have a stutter, it's amazing. i've always struggled with speech, and recently started to become afraid of conversations because i don't want to ruin them by stopping in the middle of it to try and get a word out. but i'm actively trying my hardest to become social and not worry about if i start stuttering or not. it's a process, but it's a process i want to be on. thank you for sharing this, stuttering should be shown to others so people know how to be respectful to those with it ❤❤❤

What an eloquent and wise individual. This was a joy to watch. I love your art as well.

That comic at the end that she made about the interview is so cute!

Her art is pretty good ! A creative and intelligent person, with a beautiful smile too.

What a brave, intelligent, and creative person. Very inspiring!

Her comic at the end is so sweet!

My 5 year old Daughter asked about stuttering and I found this video. She was engrossed and interested. Thanks for your bravery.

I was a welder for many years and I breathed a lot of heavy metals welding smoke. Nickel, Manganese, cobalt etc.. Back when I did hard plate Tig welding, (hard surfacing of internal safe components). It eventually started effecting my fine motor skills. I began having trouble picking up coins with my fingers, also my speech became slurred, I had a mild random stutter and sometimes had to really concentrate on forming my mouth and tongue in order to sound out some words. Mostly words that started with, or had R, W or M in them. It was really frustrating because it's like my mouth and tongue just refused to cooperate with my brain and wouldnt operate correctly at certain times. It was due to improper ventilation, inadequate smoke removal system. I quit the job and my issue slowly, gradually went away for the most part. Not totally, but mostly. It was almost like getting regularly fumed in a closed car with the exhaust hose ran in through the window. It wasn't uncommon for a welder to fall asleep at his station while welding and accidentally touch his tungsten electrode to his welding tube ("rod"). Which would sometimes blow you back in the chair and slam you against the wall behind you. Just from the sudden electrical shock. We used to joke about it. But now days it makes me think of the Townes Van Zandt song "Lungs."

Im also struggling but i have to Praise this lady 🙏

She is so precious

She is the greatest person I’ve met with a stutter online! I love her accent aswell!

Goed dat je je verhaal hebt gedaan bij SBSK en super dat je een platform opzoekt om ook andere te helpen

One of the worst things about stuttering is when people look disinterested in your opinion because they know you stutter. Even some of my family members dont value my opinion.

I love her art! I'm so glad they shared it!

I have a friend at school with a stutter and people will get impatient and I really just want to scream at them

Ah, she's amazing! One trick you can do to stop the stutter from coming is changing that difficult word with a synonym, or making pauses and not trying to pronounce that word, or speaking fast, or imagining that difficult word in your head, too. These tips really work for me! 😅😉

My best friend in high school had a stutter. He was awesome and so are you.

Very nice young lady. I love seeing people overcome fears and put themselves out there for all to see how they live and the adjustments they have made to keep going on

Seeing someone else with a stutter just makes me feel a lot better about myself because I stutter and people make fun of it, but seeing someone stutter just as much as I do makes me feel like I'm not alone

Even Isaac Newton stuttered but who cares, I want to say that our thoughts and actions are far more better than our talk.

It also makes getting a job hard, we get discriminated and judged.

Also, as a note from a linguist... I imagine being Dutch, English is not your native tongue, so it's impressive you had the courage to speak it here with a stutter, given the unfair confidence debuff you can develop from stuttering. Many kudos!

I know this is kinda off topic but I really like her name. Like that is a really cool, badass sounding name. Again I know its kinda off topic to the video but I wanted to mention it!

I love this because I have a stutter

Thank you for this x I have a stammer too and have had lessons and exercises to help but it's still embarrassing... Reading in front of the class is especially hard for me x

This girl is beautiful :)

I have a stutter to and I would agree totally with everything you said.

Hi everyone: It's so nice to see you all again on KZfaq. I want to meet you all one day. Take care and stay safe.

10:04 "what else do you do besides stuttering" bruh💀

She's got more courage than I do, keep kicking butt💪

I stutter and let me tell you!!!!! It’s a struggle day to day!!! Makes u not want to talk to people or interact because of it. Finding people that accept you cause of it is hard cause u try not to show it especially wen it comes to dateing. I’ve came to terms that this is me and I just have to make the best of my life and not worry bout people accepting me.

as a person who also stutters and face the same issues she does, i really appreciate this video so thanks for posting

Iv been stuttering all my life & for some reason i laugh at other peoples stutter i know some of you might think its wrong but what makes me laugh is actually that moment of relief that im not the only one 😂😂. So even when i run into a stranger who stutters i dont try and hide my stutter, we both stutter heavily while laughing at each other while we Talk.

So much love to this beautiful soul!💛

I am just like you with social anxiety and stutter....its the worst combo disability ever.

It really helps if you are this beautiful. The fear of stuttering is the main cause of stuttering. with age comes confidence or not being as self conscious.

Awesome and cute comic👍 She was great!

You are doing a really good job speaking another language with stutter. Sounds a lot better than many people without stutter.

I wish this girl all the happiness in her life! 😍♥️

I also have a stutter. There are several letters that trigger stuttering. In my case the letters "A, T, P" at the beginning of the word. If these symptoms appear, I usually replace them with words that are easy to pronounce

She seems so nice❤ I hope everything goes well for her

Didn’t finish my comment. Dad would drop first letter of last name saying the rest then tell the person to add a D to the front. Anytime he needed help on the phone he would motion for me. His brother and sister also had a stutter (my Aunt and Uncle). My Aunt HATED if anyone finished her words or sentences for her. I was in such a habit of helping Dad it was 2nd nature to help anyone with a stutter. Some people appreciated the help, some didn’t want help. And it is physically exhausting for the person with the stutter. It takes a lot of breath and holding breath to get out their words. Bless this girl for taking in her fear of this interview.

Her comic strip at the end is just brilliant😆👍👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏

I stutter about the same as her on my bad days, and better on my good days. I’ve found being well rested helps dramatically, and mustering confidence is key. I’m actually a complete extrovert and work in a heavy speaking profession-presentations, negotiating, reading portions of docs to audiences. No one cares as there are a surprisingly large number of good people, especially in educated circles. Only idiots and bullies from highschool make fun of stutters or people with disabilities/weaknesses, and 9/10 bullies usually don’t go very far in life.

She is beautiful

Much love for Willemijn

Thanks for your motivational words, you are a great soul!

Wow, this girl is amazing, I want my daughter to listen to her!!!

More videos please! So inspiring! 🙏

I stutter too. I think it's because i have anxiety. And I'm very shy too. Is there a way to manage stutter, because my friends get impatient with me when i stutter. So should i like use single words to communicate more?

Yes the comments are back 😍😍😍

Damn watching things that affect you is no simple, maybe because I feel a little bit ashamed and watching someone else struglling like you is hard

I gained a stutter during covid. Nothing is more embarrassing than stuttering during a presentation in front of classmates. I still get anxiety attacks just thinking about my last semester. It's so bad and new to me since I used to be very confident. I get the struggle. I hope to build up my confidence this year