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postr/StutterAug 28, 2024
35 points

“Don’t speak to me Send me what you want on WhatsApp”

“Don’t speak to me Send me what you want on WhatsApp” I don’t know when this pain will ever end. Im tired of constantly worrying about everything. Working a job I have just because you don’t have to s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
3 points

It’s likely almost completely mental - it’s essentially a mini-panic attack. The physical manifestation comes from an unwanted valsalva maneuver. Check out my profile for a long post with more info...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterAug 26, 2024
4 points

The Complicated Relationship With My Stutter

The Complicated Relationship With My Stutter Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of my stutter joining my life. While I have always had a little bit of a stutter throughout my life due to my cerebr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
0 points

Yes, stress for stutter is just like oil to flames....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
17 points

Yesss exactly this, my mum does it all the time and I’m like ‘no, sometimes you get excited and talk fast. I stutter every day.’ It’s a different thing people! ...

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterAug 25, 2024
52 points

Wish I wasn’t here tbh

Wish I wasn’t here tbh Who else feel like this stuttering stuff is a curse like I honestly wish I wasn’t born in the first place like everyday is a struggle and it’s messing with me mentally and real ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
-1 points

You’re very welcome. Now put on your big boy boxers and help yourself by checking out various online help. I googled ‘online stuttering help’ and got over 100 hits for online therapy programs. I di...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideHope & MotivationStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterAug 25, 2024
26 points

Hate having a stutter

Hate having a stutter This stutter ruined my life , I dropped out in 9th grade and was smoking weed to not think about it everyday for 10 yrs and I'm 24 now with no money, no more job, I worked at Mc...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentNeurological & Brain+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
7 points

That's terrible, sorry you have to deal with those things but I get it, back in high school my stuttering was terrible. It got better over time though I'm in my late 20's so it's mellowed out a bit. G...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
2 points

Don't talk too fast and take a deep breath when you are about to stutter. Being stressed out worsens stuttering...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightFluency Techniques
postr/StutterAug 24, 2024
4 points

Let slip my stuttering again!

Let slip my stuttering again! Hey everyone, I’m 24 and I stutter. I always try to prep a day ahead for big events like my master's thesis seminar, but I end up scrambling to fix my stuttering the day ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+2 more
postr/StutterAug 23, 2024
1 points

(Continued)!!! Tomorrow I have an important final thesis....

(Continued)!!! Tomorrow I have an important final thesis.... Due to my master thesis seminar I was not prepared for any of today except my thesis presentation, and sometimes life wants to test your ex...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentSuicidal Ideation & High Distress+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2024
0 points

Idk when you graduated but I'm trying to become a data scientist now after recently graduating and the job market is so bad. I was hoping to go through a few interviews, which I thought would be easy...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2024
15 points

Sing everything. Tap a rhythm with your finger. Tap a rhythm with your foot. Talk slowly. Talk quickly. Breathe. Spit it out. It's just a habit. It's about confidence. You'll grow out ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2024
41 points

Slow down, take a breath, stop being anxious, you don’t need to be nervous, try to talk slower… endless list...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2024
3 points

Awesome to hear! Well done! I have a similar story that I shared on this sub. Not gonna go into it again but the only way to overcome it is to face it head on. It’s counterintuitive and scary but it...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & MotivationStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterAug 22, 2024
5 points

Tomorrow I have final thesis presentation and its getting me anxious

Tomorrow I have final thesis presentation and its getting me anxious This is Live long stutterer of 24 year old, and I dont know how I survived till now being elder child and a cronic public speaking ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 22, 2024
4 points

I, too, have months of fluency and months of anxiety-inducing stuttering. My mindset during tough months is usually self-destructing, and I'm trying to be kinder to myself and, most of all, to face th...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 21, 2024
2 points

The simplest was I can describe stuttering is 1- neurological difference + anxiety/avoidance= stuttering. For some the neurological side is primarily the cause. There are young children who have n...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 21, 2024
1 points

Thanks for sharing this. I can understand and see how/why emotion has an effect on stuttering. Explains a lot of posts here....

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/Flight