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postr/StutterApr 7, 2024
28 points

Every day is a war within myself

Every day is a war within myself Sometimes it's hard to live like that, thinking every possibility of word combinations which can be said without stuttering... I feel like I am using 100% of my RAM al...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringAnticipating Stuttering+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2024
2 points

Hi, Nicholas. Did I send you the link to the most recent (2024) Ecopipan study? It’s also called NOE-105 in clinical trials.gov. If you Google NOE-105 or Ecopipan this all comes up. I hope I spelle...

Community & SupportAnticipation & Avoidance
Research & ResourcesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2024
2 points

I have been in your position- at least similar one. Have you ever noticed that there are times when you speak fluently when you shouldn’t have and be surprised? For example, maybe asking a question ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringCycles & RandomnessHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2024
2 points

I get this. some days I have worse stutter days than the next. I’m trying to figure out causes and triggers myself. It feels like when I analyze or think too much about my stutter it’s worse....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2024
2 points

Thank you so much! My summary: * 0:30: In certain situations, we can say anything * 1:00 Why do we depend on other people to say anything? (like picking up the phone, we get scared and block) Ask yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2024
3 points

I agree with you. I am a stammerer myself. But, you can look at it from another perspective. What if we work hard to get a job/set up a business to get from poor to rich hence ending the sadness? ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2024
1 points

You sound like me, I go through the same thing! If I think too much about my blocks I get stuck and that’s when I freak out. Winging it and speaking without thinking about it always comes out better. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2024
1 points

I saw it mentioned already, but Lee Lovett's book elaborate on this idea. Going off of memory, he explained it as your brain has memories of stuttering, so it develops an anticipation of stuttering, a...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Overthinking & MonitoringAnticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterMar 31, 2024
12 points

Anyone experienced speech improvement with vyvanse?

Anyone experienced speech improvement with vyvanse? I was pretty sure I had ADHD all my life, learning disability/forgetfulness/impulsiveness/inatentiveness/mind going 1000m/h... I was recently diag...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2024
4 points

Thank you for your kind words, thoughts and perspective. It’s appreciated. It’s also very comforting to hear from so many of you that I’m on the right path and not making things worse. I’m definitel...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2024
1 points

Its so weird how we have this sensation when we know we're gonna stutter on a word before even saying it. I tried explaining it to my friend and made myself sound crazy...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2024
18 points

What you're already doing is perfect. In addition, what I've personally noted is that I used to try to get into the speaking frame of the person I'm speaking with. So if I'm talking to you, and you'...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2024
2 points

Are you going to be the bitch of your fear or is your fear going to be your bitch? You won't be able to talk if you don't dissolve your shitty habits first. You speak fluently and are a capable pers...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2024
3 points

I had a stutter as a child and whenever I'm alone I speak a lot, I talk out loud all the time to myself and now that I'm an adult I don't really stutter much at all. I don't know if that would help yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceParent & Caregiver
Avoidance & SubstitutionHome SupportOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2024
1 points

People don't usually stutter when they talk to themselves. It is possible to stutter when you talk to yourself when you are imagining you're talking to someone, but if you focus and you are aware tha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringTrauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMedicationMar 29, 2024
2 points

Abilify changed my life

Abilify changed my life Long story short: try abilify (aripriprazole) I am 23 male, since about 2 years old I've been stuttering, but it didn't use to be a big problem until I turned 16-17, and si...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterMedicationMar 29, 2024
1 points

Abilify changed my life

Abilify changed my life Long story short: try abilify (aripriprazole) I am 23 male, since about 2 years old I've been stuttering, but it didn't use to be a big problem until I turned 16-17, and si...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterMar 27, 2024
11 points

Reasons for stuttering

Reasons for stuttering Hi guys! I am wondering if anyone has the same issue as me in regards to stuttering Every time I stutter it is ALWAYS when I know what I am going to say, like I can blabber ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2024
2 points

Teach her to be OK with blocks (I say blocks, because I consider repetitions a response to anticipated blocks.. sort of like a negative coping mechanism). We don't want to block because we perceive bl...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2024
5 points

It's interesting and warrants further study. I have a few thoughts about the phenomenon. When talking to yourself, whether alone or with other people in earshot, you're only talking to yourself; onl...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentPropositionality & Weight