commentr/StutterOctober 18, 2022

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1. **Has your stutter changed over the years? Did it get better/worse when you got to adulthood? When did it begin?** 2. In primary school I started mildly. In high school it became severe. In University it was still severe but I tried self-made techniques (opposite from speech therapies), some of them helped me to speak without stuttering (for example: visualizing that I'm alone while speaking to someone or 'choosing-method' where I choose for fluency acting as if) are techniques that are effective in my experience. 3. **What was your experiences being at school with a stutter? How were teachers/classmates?** 4. My experience, in primary school I had a lot of friends. In high school I noticed that classmates prefered to be without me. In University, whenever I spoke fluently, in my experience, people wanted me around. Whenever I wasn't able to utter a single letter, their attitude always changed unfortunately. 5. **How do you feel about your stutter currently?** 6. I'm currently a severe stutterer, but I feel that I can become a non-stutterer by changing my mindset and incorrect response. 7. **Has your stutter affected your relationships (platonic or romantic ones) in any way, even if small?** 8. Stuttering had a negative effect in my experience. In friendships there is always miscommunication in some form or another and in my experience this miscommunication will not be cleared due to stuttering, trying to correct will always escalate. 9. **How do people often treat you because of your stutter?** 10. People evaluate me and my message negatively at best: not serious, not important, not worth, etc 11. **What do you wish more people knew/understood about speech impediments and stutters, and what would you like represented more?** 12. I wish that the stutter community like people who stutter, therapists, teachers and colleagues didn't think int stigmas. Stigmas are in my opinion: "You cannot choose for fluency" "Stutterers don't have a reason to stutter" "Conditions do not change stuttering" "Acceptance means to justify stuttering" 13. **What do you dislike/like most about your stutter?** 14. What I dislike: Missing out on being a non-stutterer and its consequences. Choosing for and anticipating stuttering. What I like: Nothing. 15. **Has a stutter ever stopped you from doing certain things?** 16. Stuttering has prevented me from achieving anything that I prefer in all aspects in my life like study choice, career choice, personality and daily activities. 17. **What in particular do you stuggle with when it comes to a stutter? Any particular words, phrases or sounds?** 18. I struggle with: All letters. Stopping with anticipating/justifying stuttering. Dealing with my main condition "I can't move my articulators". 19. **What advice or tips have you picked up over the years to help with your stutter?** 20. The best advice I learned is: accept stutter triggers (like a feared letter) but don't be okay with it in order to make a feared letter less fearful / true in my mind. 21. **Whats it like to experience a stutter? What do you feel/how does it make you feel?** 22. In my experience, when I'm in a block, then it feels like that me blocking is unnecessary but I know that I justify it (incorrect mindset) so I choose to stop moving articulators. It feels like I have control over my articulators, but I prevent it by making the trigger real in my mind. 23. **How do you feel when people compliment your stutter? (Eg. “Its endearing/cute!”)** 24. I believe that I stop articulators because of my own choice. Therefore, if people think my stutter is bothersome or cute, then I don't mind. I shouldn 't blame others or grant others the responsibility (reassurance-seeking). 25. **Are there any stereotypes or negative associations you dislike about stutters?** 26. Stereotypes I don't like are "Stutterers can't become a non-stutterer" and "Anticipating will improve stuttering" and "Stutterers don't positively evaluate stuttering"

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySocial & RelationshipsSchool & Work

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationPropositionality & WeightQuality of LifeSchool & Academic LifeEmployment & Career

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