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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2015
1 points

I find this topic very interesting and have done some 'research' myself. Wondering if you have had any experience with Ritalin (Methylphenidate) or D-amphetamine? (both commonly used stimulant medica...

Community & SupportMeds & Substances
Research & ResourcesStimulants & Caffeine
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2015
1 points

I used to sell on eBay and would always contact them via chat but since they took that off, I would never call them :(...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
7 points

I love you, too. I hid my stutter for years, and so I hid myself as well. I wasted so many years being scared. I still am sometimes. Hell, I'm waiting for a date to show up to meet her for the first ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & Motivation+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

You *have to* endure and you *have to* push yourself each time further and further. And you will get there eventually, you just need to focus and find your specific way how to get rid of it. As I men...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
3 points

Maybe it's that you're playing some sort of role?... I remember rehearsing and performing a role in a play once, and I never stuttered when I was that character. I experience the same when I don a voi...

Causes & Variability
Roles & Performance
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

It may just be that you don't stutter due to being in your own comfort space at home. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Experiential AssociationSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

Just not talking wont get you anywhere. I will also have my 20th birthday this april and yes these escape situations are really annoying. I know I could do better, but I dont because of my stutter, f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

or u just dont care when you are in a game. the fear of stuttering is sometimes the greater foe ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJan 22, 2015
1 points

Digital versus IRL

Digital versus IRL Frequent lurker, first time poster. I'm 32 and like many of the folks here, have been stuttering for as long as I can remember. About a year ago I started sim racing on /r/iRacing ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJan 22, 2015
18 points

I LOVE YOU

I LOVE YOU It breaks my heart reading all of your posts because I can relate to everything. This is a BIG struggle. Stuttering is so intense that it's insane. What is it, why is it? I always ask mysel...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
1 points

Sure, people drag all sorts of beliefs around. But in the absence of method (more precisely, _the scientific method_), it's all just beliefs. I'm just saying doing drugs to get a grip on your stutter...

Meds & Substances
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
1 points

Touche....

commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

Yes, to do science, you have to actually do science. A sample base of 1 (so to say) isn't gonna cut it (note the context, as per the OP)....

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Research & Resources
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
1 points

Oh. I don't pretend to do science here. I called it a theory because it's my current guess of how it works. It's based purely on intuition, since I have no scientific framework to build on and I'm qui...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

And what makes someone a scientist? Must you have a degree with the word 'science' in it? Or be a member of a fraternal society? Wouldn't it be someone using the scientific method? I can only imagine ...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

I've ingested mostly just psychedelics. A little MDMA. And more than my share of cannabis. I really don't think any of them had a marked affect on my speech, positive or negative. As far as stimulants...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightSituational VariabilityMindfulness & Breathing+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
-1 points

Yeah, gotta be a scientist first....

commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
1 points

Some of the best scientists have carried out experiments on themselves....

commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
2 points

Shameless obvious advertising aside, "I know from experience, dude" and I know like 30 other people for whom fluency shaping doesn't work. In fact, I think i've only met one or two stutterers who have...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2015
0 points

Making your own theories, experimenting on yourself. I'd leave that stuff to the scientific community....