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postr/StutterJun 11, 2025
3 points

My stuttering came back after 10 years

My stuttering came back after 10 years Hi everyone, i had a stuttering issue when i was about 7-9 that affected every sentence i spoke. I went to speech therapy and it completely went away-up until th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 11, 2025
9 points

A couple of things here: 1. The neurological mechanisms underlying stuttering are not well known to doctors, and even some speech therapists. So there's no surprise that that's what they mentioned to...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 11, 2025
19 points

It could maybe be argued that being anxious stems from having a stutter. These ' experts ' don't have a clue most of the time. Their solution for me was to speak slower. Didn't work. It's a lot more c...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJun 11, 2025
39 points

Why do non stuttering people think this?

Why do non stuttering people think this? Whenever soemone hears me stutter, even the doctors and speech therapists, they all just say I'm anxious. Like yes, it could stem from that but stuttering also...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterJun 10, 2025
7 points

did anyone else end up getting social anxiety?

did anyone else end up getting social anxiety? i feel like as i’ve gotten older my stutter completely went bad when i started having social anxiety and now when i stutter and im very nervous and anxio...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 10, 2025
1 points

I am in my btech and about to sit in placements.. back before joining college I was shortlisted for SSB three times but I could not make it becoz of my stammer at that time .. even though before any m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterJun 10, 2025
1 points

question about Prozac

question about Prozac Hey! So I have a mild stutter that is worsened when I’m anxious or have to speak infront of a crowd of people. I also suffer from anxiety. I was recommended a SSRI , Prozac , to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelpful Med Outcomes
postr/StutterJun 10, 2025
29 points

It is funny to see when "normal" people stutter once in a while and...

It is funny to see when "normal" people stutter once in a while and... They lose their shit and feel so down and useless for the whole day, just because of a tiny amount of stutter in a tiny lapse of ...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJun 10, 2025
1 points

I think my disfluency is rooted in a fear of being misunderstood, so this oddly tracks......

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJun 10, 2025
13 points

I get more anxious about speaking when the other person is far away

I get more anxious about speaking when the other person is far away Last week, I had to let my child’s kindergarten teacher know that we wouldn’t be coming the next day because of a doctor’s appointme...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterJun 10, 2025
1 points

Anxiety and fear are the main sources of stutter. I try to be calm in meetings and all but I couldn't and hence I stutter. In the meeting with clients, I really want to discuss the topic, I really wan...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
2 points

Sorry for your loss, since you didn’t stutter before DON’T think about the stutter otherwise you’ll create a pattern and you’ll make it worse...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJun 9, 2025
1 points

Sudden development of stutter/jumbled speech

Sudden development of stutter/jumbled speech Just a precursor: I’m hoping this is the correct subreddit to post to, if people can give advice etc… June of 2024 I started stuttering really suddenly, a...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
postr/StutterJun 9, 2025
20 points

Not crying, just needed to vent after a tough interview day

Not crying, just needed to vent after a tough interview day Hey everyone, I just wanted to let this out somewhere. Not crying, just a bit low today. I’m in tech and I have a moderate stammer. It’s som...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterJun 9, 2025
6 points

How to overcome stuttering in the job interviews?

How to overcome stuttering in the job interviews? I am from Pakistan and I have a stammering problem since my childhood. Whenever I give job interviews, I stutter a alot due to anxiety and pressure s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/stutteringJun 9, 2025
2 points

How to overcome stuttering during job interviews?

How to overcome stuttering during job interviews? I am from Pakistan and I have a stammering problem since my childhood. Whenever I give job interviews, I stutter a alot due to anxiety and pressure si...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
7 points

Sigh, that's me, it has become a real phobia. And the only way to overcome it is make the damn call anyways...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
1 points

I feel this everyday man. Wish I could speak properly. I love my job and everything I do but I can’t communicate to express my thoughts which holds me back in my career...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
1 points

Right, I too think that I have the capability to lead my team but this stammering is holding me back. I wish I could also share my ideas in the call or meeting so that I could also be noticed but I ca...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
4 points

Can we create a whatsapp group for our daily speaking practice? If we practice without fear of judgement then I think that would be helpful ...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Advice OfferedAnxiety & Social Judgment