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commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
3 points

it's not really something you can snap into, that's why taking little actionable steps every day is the best way i've seen to change how you feel about yourself and stuttering....

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commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

I hate the reality of this and the paradoxically simple solution of don't care so much. ...

commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
2 points

You're probably not thinking/worrying about your speech as much. As such, you dont trip yourself and likely have lower anxiety. Often, the more we care about our speech and not stuttering, the more em...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

I am much, much better in my native language than I am in English. Though, it might have something to do that I generally don't practice talking in English a lot....

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postr/StutterMar 26, 2015
2 points

Alcohol

Alcohol Why does alcohol rid me of stuttering ? Is it because all my doubts vanish ?...

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Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

I speak English and Chinese. I stutter more in Chinese, my second language. I feel like my stutter got better when I worked on a second language because I was working on speaking out loud. ...

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commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

Manifestations? I dont know if it really manifests itself with psychological abnormalities. Most manifestations would be behavioral I would say. Learned conditioning (often unconscious) for how to avo...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

I have decent control over my stutter in English, but when I try to speak Spanish, I have little to no control. Not true for me. ...

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commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

I had a coworker tell me he identified with me because he is a stutterer too... I said, "really? I have never heard you stutter once!" He said "oh, I don't stutter in English but in my native language...

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commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

English is my native language, and I speak Spanish and Arabic. I don't stutter on my foreign languages. Thankfully. Pretty bad with English though....

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commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

I was feeling just like you when i was around 23, then i went to a seminar on stuttering. It helped me realized that first, i have to accept that i stutter, second, stuttering is not that important to...

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Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

what would you say are some psychological manifestations of stuttering if I may ask?...

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Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

really!! ugh. the fights we have to have simply for what should justly be covered. :/...

commentr/StutterMar 26, 2015
1 points

Nope, I don't believe this. I learned Spanish in middle school and high school and stuttered about equally in both Spanish and my native English. My stuttering didn't change as a result of it. Interes...

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commentr/StutterMar 25, 2015
2 points

Not true. I speak German and Japanese. I stutter as much or more on foreign languages, especially early on. I tried Arabic, but the glottal stops were too much...

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commentr/StutterMar 25, 2015
1 points

Which is ironic, because when I try to bill insurance for stuttering therapy, I get denied because "speech therapists are not approved to provide mental health services." /facepalm...

Therapy & Professional
Access & Affordability
postr/StutterMar 25, 2015
1 points

Learning a different language helps people who stutter?

Learning a different language helps people who stutter? When I went to speach therapist yeara and years back one thing that stuck in my head was people who learnt a different language lost there stutt...

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commentr/StutterMar 25, 2015
1 points

Your process for speaking is a fluency nightmare. First don't think too much what you are gonna say. I've found talking "off the cuff" i am way more fluent. If I try and tell a joke or something that ...

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Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2015
1 points

>I've been stuttering for as long as I can remember and my speech and feeling towards it is hitting rock bottom. I do not enjoy life anymore. I often wake up thinking "great, another day, another s...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2015
1 points

I'm about the same age, and I take a similar approach. It was gradual for me. I knew I had to stop caring, but actually stopping that took some time. It doesn't matter what anybody thinks. Some peop...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideAvoidance & Substitution