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commentr/StutterApr 10, 2016
3 points

Those tricks will eventually stop working and turn into secondary stuttering behaviors....

Speech & Stuttering
Physical Tension
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2016
1 points

Hey! Yeah I would love to chat sometime! What platform would you like to chat on, I'm on Facebook but it's up to you! :)...

Community & Support
Validation & Empathy
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2016
1 points

I am god awful at accents haha, I wish I could...

commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

You don't necessarily need to do a full legal name change. I changed my name by just telling others to call me by the name I preferred. Granted since I didn't change my name legally I still have to go...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

i find it helps sometimes if i say uhhh if i feel a stutter coming on. if that doesn't work i go with a fake yawn and take a deep breath. hope that helps somewhat. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterApr 9, 2016
9 points

I had such an embarrassing day...

I had such an embarrassing day... Hello, I just recently discovered this sub and I'm posting here because I have a bad stutter problem and today it got so bad I didn't even tell anyone what had happen...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

Ehhh! I play D&D too and I can honestly say stuttering takes away nothing from your ability to DM. Extra points if you have creative accents you can pull out of a hat....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Roles & PerformanceIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
2 points

Well considering most slp's don't know much about how to deal with stuttering that doesn't mean much. But everything she's doing sounds like normal stuttered forward moving speech to me. If you mean t...

Identity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Medicalization / NeurodiversityTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

I have a Darth Vader voice changer app. Purely for academic purposes of course....

commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

I found the book enjoyable. I particularly liked the people she interviewed. It was a weird feeling realizing that my situation wasn't as unusual as I originally thought....

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Personal StoriesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
2 points

Or you say Y..................... Other person: Come on, spit it out! Are you shy? Me:............lvie I want to hit you. ...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

I stutter more when I say words that begin in vowels too, or soft sounds, like "m" or "h", so I feel your pain! As far as the name change goes, if you like your name, then don't change it. Maybe you ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

Method, that'd be something taught by SLPs. Tricks, that's the oddities and habits she's doing to get her words out. E.g. she's forcing air and skipping pronunciation....

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

What tricks is she using? And what do you mean by method?...

commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

Except she's using a lot of tricks to speak. Didn't you notice? I mean, it's not that I have a problem as such with her speaking the way she does! It's just that I wonder if she'd improve with actual...

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
2 points

What are you talking about? She's letting her stuttering show by not holding back. This is what speaking looks like when you stutter and don't use tricks. ...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
6 points

Me: "My name is T-...........revor" Other person: "Did you forget your own name!?" Every fucking time ...

commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
1 points

You can just cut out the middle man and speak in robot voice with a monotone to keep fluency....

commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
2 points

:| Maybe call them [_Speech-Language Pathologists_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech-language_pathology) instead, leaving out the "therapist" part. Or _clinicians_, as the text says. But I suspec...

Therapy & Professional
Seeking TherapyTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2016
3 points

I like the mini series I Claudius. Stutter becomes the last effective Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The Praetorian guard didn't kill him because they thought he was retarded, thus a pup...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Roles & PerformanceIdentity & Self-Perception