commentr/StutterApril 13, 2024

Content

It's a hard question... One suggestion. Every time you consider your stutter, stop yourself from doing so. We often let our stutter make decisions for us. We allow it to be a huge influence in how we act and live. It will take practice and repetition. But when you find yourself acting, or stopping yourself from acting because of your stutter, shut down the stutter. Obviously, you can't shut down your stuttering. But you shut down the weight stuttering has on your actions and decisions. After you have a bad episode because of a disfluency, accept it. No recriminations. No reliving the events. No imagining how things could have been different. Don't let it rattle around in your head. I call this "wrong think." It serves no productive purpose. It only serves to harm you. Practice and work at this. TLDR; take the power back from your stutter.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy

Subthemes

Overthinking & MonitoringMindset shiftVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure