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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
1 points

I stutter severely too and it's totally okay to feel defeated sometimes, but don't let yourself feel like that always, we have good days and the opposite sometimes. Push on through with positive thoug...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
0 points

Many forays into macro and micro dosing. No lasting fluency changes for me. Established neural pathways are hard to reconfigure no matter what the intervention....

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Psychedelics & MicrodosingSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
1 points

I usually have a random week every few months where my stutter (block) is really bad. I just accept it and know it's going to be a bad week and get on with my life. I'm 36 so that's easier said than ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Severity & FluctuationMindset shift
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
3 points

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to helping stutters. My stutter growing up was FAR worse than it is now. Everyone has different challenges with it and varying degrees of difficulty and how it...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
11 points

Stuttering is a spectrum. When I stutter, I can do so without thinking about it as a potential issue. I'm glad you found something that worked, but don't tell people there is a "cure" for it. My stu...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
1 points

I'm in my 30s and still stutter.. as there's no cure yet, you can only manage it so much. I go days where I don't stutter at all, but still have days I stutter a lot. When you get older, people seem t...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
16 points

It's frustrating. Some days I don't stutter at all and on some I can't say a word without stuttering....

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2024
2 points

I used to stuttered so terribly in 10th grade that I couldn’t even order food. I’m 22 now and my stutter has immensely improved especially after losing weight and no longer being obese. Maybe a confid...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2024
2 points

I usually put it like this, for stutterers it’s like speaking against the current. Whilst for others it’s like speaking with the current....

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2024
2 points

“If you can’t afford to stutter, you will.” In other words, don’t put so much pressure on yourself to be fluent!...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterOct 15, 2024
9 points

Is there a way to help my stutter?

Is there a way to help my stutter? I have a stutter but it fluctuates, when I’m in good mental health it goes away but when I’m not I feel like I’m stuttering every other sentence. Right now it’s real...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
1 points

lol I’m a girl who stutters. I searched it up and it said something of how boys and girls are treated a bit differently when speaking or something, but I didn’t really understand....

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Identity & Self-PerceptionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
2 points

I've got kind of the same situation. I stuttered in my childhood and then by the time I turned 15 I mostly outgrown it. Last year October I started to stutter again very badly. Since then it has got a...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
1 points

Depends on the person i guess, i get strong blocks myself but i dont believe my life would be any different if i did not stutter, so in my case i dnt see it as a disability but more of a nuisance...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationQuality of Life
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
2 points

Are you a very mild stuttering in the range of 5 to 10% category. I myself in 25% category, tried to speak fluently for 6 months continuously and then I relapsed. If something resolves this almost, it...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
1 points

Yes, I have noticed some positive changes as well, I speak much more freely smoothly in most cases, sometimes when it’s purely subconscious I might stutter or when very very emotional, which is okay b...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
1 points

I don’t believe one can ‘cure’ a stutter but you can certainly beat it to the point it becomes undetectable to many, but it never truly goes away (look at Joe Biden as an example). That being said no ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
2 points

This was a very amazing story! I also heard that the reason people might not realize a stutterer is because a very large majority of stutterers are mild, some so mild you won’t hear it much unless you...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
2 points

Well done; eloquently put. It speaks to my experiences although I am more of a clutterer with occasional stuttering....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
1 points

I have been through the same. I just finished college, and during my time I had to hold a 2 hour presentation on some mathematical topic. It went horribly but I’m glad that I did it...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency