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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2015
9 points

Realizing that people care a lot less than I thought they did. Nobody is perfect. Everybody has their own personal flaws. Once I realized that most people don't care about me stuttering, that made me ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2015
2 points

I got it when I was 16. I just applied online and got called in. I thought I was going to have an interview but they just had a stack of paperwork for me to fill out and I walked out with my nametag. ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2015
2 points

Hey Daniel, good on you for taking action! I'm doing avoidance reduction therapy where I work on eliminating all my junk behaviors and try to stutter clean and free. Through this process im also lear...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift+3 more
postr/StutterJun 9, 2015
1 points

Do you feel like Boomhauer from King Of The Hill sometimes?

Do you feel like Boomhauer from King Of The Hill sometimes? How you think people don't exactly get what you are saying but they get the idea sort of. Sometimes....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2015
1 points

stuff like the cussing is why I feel like stuttering is fucking stupid. I can cuss all day long just fine, but if i am using a "cuss word" but not actually cussing (relaying a message, reading, quoti...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStrategic Swearing/CursingStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2015
12 points

You'll pick an name that's easy for you to say and then shortly after, viola, it becomes difficult to say. you dont really get to pick your words. Pick a name you like....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2015
2 points

Try asking what names she is thinking of and try to pick out ones that are easier to say? It seems like you don't really care too much about the actual name, just the stuttering. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJun 5, 2015
1 points

At first man, just try to learn gramar, vocabulary and stuff like that. talk to yourself if u want to learn pronunciation, 99% ppl who stutter dont stutter while they talk to themselves. it will help....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJun 3, 2015
3 points

How to Learning a Second Language?

How to Learning a Second Language? So I'm an American trying to learn Spanish. I also have a very severe stutter. Bilingual stutterers who didn't learn from birth, how'd you do it? I use DuoLingo, but...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPropositionality & Weight+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2015
3 points

Stephanie or anyone with an "S" really. I typically let out a soft "eh" sound at first to get through names like that, or I'll just have to shove the name in the middle of a sentence....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterJun 3, 2015
2 points

24M. Late-onset (around 18) stutterer. Looking for a brief yet comprehensive book, video or article for helping me get over stuttering. Any suggestions?

24M. Late-onset (around 18) stutterer. Looking for a brief yet comprehensive book, video or article for helping me get over stuttering. Any suggestions? Hello there. I am a 24 year old male from Ban...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 1, 2015
1 points

When I'm at a bar, and I get approached, I always give my middle name. My first name is too difficult to say, and if I attempted it they would either think I'm drunk or stupid, so I just avoid it all...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterMay 30, 2015
14 points

Look, this is the bottomline: Something, like a stutter, by itself is not and cannot be a turn off. But what is a turn off is how you, as an individual that suffers from it, deal with it. This is ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2015
2 points

Pretty much the opposite of mine. I stutter more when I know what I need to say. If I am working off the cuff I can get by fluently. Anxiety is a main contributor, but familiarity with a conversation ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2015
1 points

I completely get you. I am really outgoing person, I enjoy talking to people, meeting new people, I even enjoy concept of public speaking but my stuttering is destroying that part of me. As much as ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2015
5 points

This bites me all the time. Think of a clever response but can't get it out in time and the moment passes..... *sigh* Or even worse, you say the clever thing and then someone says, "what was that?" An...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2015
2 points

Your from london just like me! Im in my 1st year of university, my stuttering didn't really affect me much when I started - infact I did a presentation afew weeks ago that I was shitting myself about ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2015
1 points

Good on you man, Im exactly the same 10/10 I turn up to a social event I forced myself to attend, have a great time and have a laugh Its useful to build yourself up for the evnt (eg. imagine yoursel...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2015
3 points

normally insults are flying so fast, I dont even think to stutter haha If I ever feel it coming on I humbly admit defeat ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2015
3 points

Makes it worse when you try and roast the friend who talks so fast and fluently and by the time you've finished your sentence he's roasted you 5 times over....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight