commentr/StutterMarch 24, 2025

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For me, I’ve found that if I’m going to stutter, then it’s happening regardless of the situation or person I’m talking to. I’ve had people hang up on me and I’ve people sit and wait for me to finish. I use some therapy strategies that I learned in therapy about 50% of the time so I do stutter noticeably more when I’m not actively trying to manage my speech. I use the strategies in very specific contexts for a few reasons. I don’t stutter on R 100% of the time, it was just an example but there are certain sounds/words/syllable patterns I tend to stutter a larger amount more on compared to others. I don’t expect myself to stutter on every R sound because I don’t stutter on every single R sound or on the same word every time. It just tends to be more difficult than others at times. True for the other sound and syllable patterns I’ve noticed. My stuttering also fluctuates. I’ll go weeks where I can stutter maybe 1-2 times a conversation and then other times I’ll stutter 1-2 times a sentence. It’s consistent in the sense that situations generally don’t impact it (with exceptions obviously) but my speech does fluctuate. I’ve gone through a lot in life to be at the point where I’m comfortable with how I talk and I’ll say what I need to regardless of how it comes out. I get annoyed when I do it and I wish I didn’t but I don’t let it get in the way of me doing/saying something. It took a lot of work and time for me to get to that point.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride