commentr/StutterApril 12, 2023

Content

I'm 44 (plenty of experience with stuttering lol) and would be willing to consider being a chat partner for such a thing. The best advice I can give to someone trying to evolve into a more fluent person is to attack anxiety head-on. Make it a point to put yourself into stressful speaking situations. Be proactive & maybe even angry about it...Don't settle for not engaging life due to fear. It's not worth it. I started this process in my teens (early to late 90's, roughly) when I was legitimately angry that I stuttered and couldn't communicate the way I wanted to. It would make me angry that I was hungry, but didn't want to order food...because I was scared to. I didn't have an app to order food with....No other option than to speak to a human either through a telephone, drive-thru speaker, over the counter...etc. It is this direct engagement in speaking that will wear-down the debilitating effects of fear & anxiety. Please do share your thoughts on this. It just occurred to me to look up this group about 20 minutes ago, and it's like looking at my past self writing anxious comments. I am you in the future, and I can help... :)

Themes

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability

Subthemes

Mindset shiftAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight

Codes (2)

ordering_service_encounteremotional_state