commentr/StutterMarch 4, 2025

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I'm still on the path to acceptance so maybe I'm super biased, but although I consider my stuttered speech to be my natural speech, that I still speak quite often even with I stutter and it annoys me when someone expects me to be more fluent, I DO struggle when I speak. Although I try to reduce them and just let my stutter go, I have periods of blocks that make me force, thoughts "be fluent THIS TIME" that stress me out on certain situations like polite phrases. I sometimes still repeat sentences. In an exam where my stutter and anxiety go 📈📈📈, speaking exhausts me mentally. I don't see how stuttering could not be both the natural way of speaking for a stutterer, while also being a struggle for the stutterer. The presenter may have been a bit clumsy on a word, but no one knows exactly what to say/how to react to all the disabilities in the world (or even any other condition or social situation), that's why he asks how he can help, if he feels the need, and asking a question does not mean that one is not paying attention to the original point

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Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships

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Physical TensionAnxiety & Social JudgmentPropositionality & WeightListener Reactions