postr/StutterJuly 15, 2025

Does anyone have any advice?

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Does anyone have any advice? Straight to the point, my brain works very fast, my thoughts feel like they're rushing and it impacts my speech sometimes especially when I'm nervous. For example, my dentist says "Hello, how've u been?" And in my brain i go through "ok what was i supposed to say, how did i tell myself i was going to word it, remember my practice,i should ask him as well but not forget the rest of what i should say ..." And more even just to be only able to say "thanks, good" which isn't what i want to say. Other cases ofc- stutter as well Or worst cases: I've had a whole long sentence in my mind and instead of saying it out loud so i don't forget it, i literally "say it" with 5 letters. Absolute mess Example: Hello, could i order a cold drink to go? What i say: hcid Or something like this.. it's so embarrassing I've heard people say that they've made themselves focus on other thoughts and slowing them, but when i do that i get distracted and hear nothing from what the other person has told me Does anyone have any advice or tricks that helped them with this? At least with the speech

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Anticipation & Avoidance

Subthemes

Overthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnticipating Stuttering

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