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All about discussion! I looked up Joe Sheehan and avoidance conflict. Specifically this paper: https://www.stammering.org/speaking-out/article/short-course-diagnosis-and-treatment-stuttering-conf...

Absolutely. During the first year or two of my undergrad, at some point or another, I would get confused about something being discussed in class, whether it be a specific term or concept/ theory, and...

If it's gotten worse, get yourself to a speech therapist. There might be some techniques that'll help you. :) But yeah, a common avoidance tactic is simply not speaking. That's not a very nice feelin...

Mentally blocked my stutter for most my life

Mentally blocked my stutter for most my life Anyone else live most their life not facing your stutter and get over it by just not talking and communicating very minimal? It wasn't untill the last coup...

Do you voluntarily repeat words or sentences or sometimes pause your speech to get words out? I don't, it's just something that happens. It's a learned behavior that has become automatic. Avoidance be...

> A block is technically an avoidance behavior. This is untrue. An avoidance behavior would be a mechanism we purposely build to avoid stuttering. Blocking isn't something we choose or condition ...

I block all the damn time. I would begin a sentence, block awkwardly, and then immediately attempt to word switch....

I was responding in response to the statement overt stutterers generally don't do avoidance behaviors. A block is technically an avoidance behavior. ...

Overt stutterers have tons of avoidance behaviors. Anything we do other than just stutter that is not normal to speech is most likely an avoidance behavior. Muttly's post is pretty definitive. ...

I appreciate that my stutter can be seen as adorable in casual conversation. However, when on a conference call at work... I'm doubting people see it as adorable. I'm good at word replacement, but s...

Definitely great advice to be open with a stutter, I'm gonna do that with my new job if I ever stutter - thanks for the link! I brought it up in the interview, so head management know already. The imp...

This is an overt vs covert stutterer issue. Overt stutters do the repetitive starts, while covert stutters do the silent blocks. I'm a covert stutterer. I'm very good at it too. I'll block, word r...

I actually think most of us only 'block', and hardly ever stutt-ut-ut-er I think that (one of) the most annoying thing(s) about stuttering is that no one ever recognizes it as a stutter, and often pe...

Same here re: the expanded vocabulary and working in journalism. I've always got a few synonyms "in the bank" during interviews or stressful situations, but this had a knock-on effect where I was terr...

The literally only good thing about my stutter is that it means that I get good mark on the presentation part of any speech....

I stand corrected, and I'm sorry my opinion earlier might have come off as insensitive. Actually, it was very insensitive of me and my way of thinking was wrong. You and u/BristlyCat comments have m...

I've had this happen to me when I worked at Macaroni Grill long ago. I ended up just getting a job at Applebee's instead since I'd rather work for a place that doesn't make me feel like shit for a dis...

il be the odd one and say no bc there have been so many times where my speech impediment made me talk less and listen more and the outcome was definitely in my favor simply because i said nothing or v...

With all due respect, while I can see your point from a larger cultural perspective, I’ve had two jobs in my own personal working life that make it hard for me to agree (at least speaking for me, as a...

I’m sure he already knows that you stutter. I had this one teacher in college that knew I had a stutter problem when she asked me a question. Seriously I didn’t think I stutter that time. ...