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commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
7 points

This is the exact mindset im on nowadays. I have a mild stutter, i can actually have a “normal” conversation pretty often. However ive noticed that it gets noticeable worse when im anxious/nervous I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
10 points

It's uncommon but not unheard of. I knew someone who started stuttering at 20. Will it go away to stay forever? Who knows. What I'd recommend is not to focus on that. What I would care about is unders...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
7 points

It's not the worst job but as a detective it can be hard sometimes but also the long silence is also sometimes good in interviews, they think it's some tactic, when really it's just getting my shit to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
3 points

One of the better posts I’ve seen on here in awhile. It’s all true. I went into the Navy and that helped me a lot. Lied to get in of course. I don’t lie much but it had to be done. I still recall my f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentBlocks & StoppagesEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
2 points

I have severe stutter and it lowers my confidence alot idk what to do...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
1 points

I never show it. I always finish my sentences even if I had thousands of blocks just to assert my dominance but still it just feels my aura decreasing 😭...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
2 points

Why don’t you speak with anyone else? Is it fear of stuttering? I’ve done that before and if I’m being honest that’s what probably hurt my fluency more than anything. Just over the past year I’ve take...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2024
11 points

I was super insecure and constantly embarrassed and traumatized about stuttering as a kid, but I was a little bit more confident by the time I got to high school because I found myself in a really sol...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & SubstitutionSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2024
11 points

I’m in my 50’s - much more fluent now but I definitely remember the heartache of stuttering badly at work. I did my best to be fluent - I spent most of my days hiding t stutter- it was so futile. Luck...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
5 points

26 M. I've noticed that the more I try to hide my stutter from strangers, the worse it gets. However, if I talk to them and I stutter, I disclose it and move on with the conversation. The vast majorit...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & RelationshipsSpeech & Stuttering
Hiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling OthersBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
2 points

I really don’t think of myself as brave. I’m just old and refuse to take anybody’s crap anymore. When I was young, I would have gone to the ladies room and cried. And then thought about it for a week ...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterJul 13, 2024
10 points

Please help! I'm really struggling.

Please help! I'm really struggling. I have been stuttering since I was 10 or 11. Now I am 29. I am really struggling with my stutter. it happens in the form of blocks. a block can last even for more ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2024
2 points

I've been doing more of it actually, been laughed at my whole life that I just didn't care anymore, funny enough that was when my stuttering disappeared almost entirely to a few short blocks....

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterJul 13, 2024
7 points

Obsessed by my name

Obsessed by my name Hello everyone, I've been wanting to post this message for a while. I have an issue that you probably understand very well—it's stuttering on my name. It started two years ago w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
postr/StutterJul 12, 2024
17 points

Stuttering is so incredibly exhausting

Stuttering is so incredibly exhausting I have tried everything to better my stutter and it just keeps getting worse and worse. My confidence has literally shattered because of it. I avoid people and s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
1 points

I never said ”it’s genetic”, although there is a well known hereditary element to the condition. Spontaneous recovery among adults isn’t impossible but extremely rare. People who seek out Discord serv...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideHiding & ConcealmentGenetic & Family Factors
postr/StutterJul 12, 2024
115 points

Shit happens!

Shit happens! Went to Chili’s for dinner tonight and when it was my turn to order, I had a very hard block on ‘chicken.’ The waiter actually laughed at me. I was hot, tired and stressed. It happens. W...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
2 points

I hate ordering pizza, yet one place I go to the waiter there is so nice and let me take my time and I can see that he truly cares. Try to forget about it and enjoy your pizza....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
2 points

I try my absolute hardest not to. I usually succeed but the longer I know the person they will eventually notice so it’s pretty short lived when I can :/...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2024
7 points

Don’t try to hide it. It makes it worse. The pressure of hiding your stuttering will ironically make you more anxious and makes you stutter more....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight