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commentr/StutterMay 18, 2018
2 points

Make those calls again as fluently as You can as soon as possible. Doing that you cancel out the bad phone call experiences and won’t stew over them. It’s not easy, in fact it is hard, but by making t...

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postr/StutterMay 17, 2018
5 points

Making progress, but made a few stumbles

Making progress, but made a few stumbles Hey, y’all! This is my first time posting in here. I started to have a stuttering problem about three years ago but, have made a lot of milestones since Augus...

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commentr/StutterMay 17, 2018
5 points

Hello, plz forgive me if I'm being intrusive. In a perfect world with no stuttering and you see a babe, how would you approach her that would end up with the desired results? In reality, you see a...

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postr/StutterMay 17, 2018
7 points

I am not a diagnosed with stuttering but I have same problems from time to time and I don't know how to overcome it.

I am not a diagnosed with stuttering but I have same problems from time to time and I don't know how to overcome it. I speak and I stutter on some word, cannot keep an even flow. I do it every 10th wo...

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postr/StutterMay 16, 2018
3 points

How do y'all deal with roasts?

How do y'all deal with roasts? I got roasted hard last night and didn't quite know what to do or say without it coming off as awkward. I can control my stutter for the most part but man when it comes...

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commentr/StutterMay 16, 2018
1 points

I tried therapy a lot when I was younger. I even tried out the earpiece device with no help.(forget what it was called) It's weird for me, deep down there are jobs i would want to do, but that's if I...

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commentr/StutterMay 16, 2018
1 points

That's right. Struggle can be without disfluency. I struggle all the time even if I appear fluent. Are you saying OP might stutter because they struggle without stuttering? That's a fair point....

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commentr/StutterMay 14, 2018
1 points

I'm not conversational. I speak Vietnamese like a toddler, in short sentences. When I stuttered, I didn't have complete control of my tones. Sometimes my "mother" would sound like "ghost" and my "chic...

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commentr/StutterMay 14, 2018
1 points

Ah I'm happy that you were able find a way out of Stuttering. Since I dont think that will happen for me any time soon, if ever, were you able to cope and still speak vietnamese jn an understandable w...

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commentr/StutterMay 13, 2018
2 points

I worked as a cashier once. The constant repetition of numbers really helped my speech. It was 99% saying the cost or saying a greeting. You'll get used to it quick and it will help you build confiden...

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commentr/StutterMay 13, 2018
3 points

I had a job where I talked to the public for most of the day. Just find a script and stick to that if you stutter doesn't worry about it. Most people are really nice. Just get into a rhythm and do ...

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commentr/StutterMay 13, 2018
3 points

Hey, I was considering making an individual post out of this topic to connect with stutterers starting new jobs. I wasn’t a cashier but I worked at Best Buy. I was sometimes considered the gaming supe...

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commentr/StutterMay 13, 2018
6 points

I did in high school at a grocery store. I won't lie, it was a little rough at first. But I adjusted, almost had a script that I followed. Then I started making small talk with people, some really app...

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commentr/StutterMay 13, 2018
1 points

I started doing this probably in middle School, but with the word "well", it does help sometimes, even thought most of my words have a w sound before them. Though sometimes I stutter *on* the w in "we...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 12, 2018
5 points

i am proof that is not true. i am on a lot of psych meds and my stuttering has basically gone away, for some reason. I don't even think about it anymore. I use the telephone now without a sense o...

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commentr/StutterMay 12, 2018
1 points

It’s so weird because I sometimes talk to my cat to and I don’t stutter and mostly in both I haven’t really developed a trick they tell me to slow easy speech but it’s kinda hard ...

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commentr/StutterMay 12, 2018
1 points

Did it hold you back a lot in your life? I'm only 17 and it's starting to stop me from doing things which if i would do instantly if i wouldn't stutter...

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commentr/StutterMay 12, 2018
1 points

Hey fellow Vietnamese-American here. My Vietnamese stuttering way worse than my English for a lot of the reasons you mention. Syllable timed speech will help if your Vietnamese is fluent enough. I f...

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commentr/StutterMay 12, 2018
1 points

Ah ok Yes, that is the part I think we all have the most trouble with. Have you developed any kind of fluency tips/tricks that help you? Do you struggle with your speech more in a work/school env...

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commentr/StutterMay 11, 2018
1 points

Ok in professional settings I try tapping my foot to slow me down. That's still a work in process though. I try to think before I speak and what I want to say before I say it. My experience is so...

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