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commentr/stutteringMay 25, 2024
1 points

My situation is similar but is manifesting in different ways.  I was always the "party girl," active social life, active church and community life, public speaker, getting promotions at work, etc.  No...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterMay 25, 2024
12 points

Making progress!

Making progress! I finally feel like I’m a place where I’m making progress with my stammer. Hours and hours of practice and speech therapy and I, along with my friends, family and colleagues have all ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation+1 more
postr/stutteringMay 25, 2024
4 points

i feel like i’m dying.

i feel like i’m dying. i’m really suffering, and need to express what i’m going through to some people that might understand. for the past 10 months i’ve been stuttering progressively more, scaling up...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
1 points

Yes it happens like that to me. I get anxious about speaking so I stutter, i stutter because I'm anxious, i get even more anxious because I'm stuttering....

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
4 points

I basically achieved it for about 10 years now. I don’t know how… I guess I did speech therapy both as a child and a young adult, which helped and I removed myself from stressful situations which hel...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideStress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterMay 24, 2024
22 points

Tips to improve stuttering from the book: "The perfect stutter" (2021)

Tips to improve stuttering from the book: "The perfect stutter" (2021) The curious PWS (person who stutters) in me read [this](https://www.google.nl/books/edition/The_Perfect_Stutter/_u8vEAAAQBAJ?hl=e...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
4 points

Yes Stuttering made me hate life. Never been able to do what normal people did and its affecting my life really bad. Having to take anti depressant pills just to be able to talk and interact with peop...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkCauses & Variability
Sadness & HopelessnessAccess & RightsStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
2 points

I don't really stutter but I did have a period of time when I did quite alot when I was stressed. I think it can really be worsened by stress and anxiety and generally feeling unheard. Which can be a ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 23, 2024
7 points

IYO, How can the variable release threshold hypothesis - significantly reduce stuttering? And result in a phase closer to early onset stuttering?

IYO, How can the variable release threshold hypothesis - significantly reduce stuttering? And result in a phase closer to early onset stuttering? Below is an explanation of the variable release thresh...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2024
2 points

Yeah you guys are probably right.But in fact my stutter its gone worse in the past weeks and i think it’s because school and thinking really negatively about my stutter in the past weeks.I have to try...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindfulness & Breathing
postr/StutterMay 23, 2024
4 points

Does spending time on the phone makes your stutter worse?

Does spending time on the phone makes your stutter worse? What do you guys think,my parents are always saying that spending time on the phone is making my stutter worse....

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2024
2 points

Thank you for the feedback. Now I have a much clearer understanding! I absolutely agree with your statement that anxiety can also be affected by underlying genes/neurology/traits. For example, accor...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2024
1 points

Idk what came first the chicken or the egg. Its a cause of the stutter cause without it you would probably have alot less social anxiety. Do you people even look into stuttering? Or are you just co...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2024
2 points

It's crazy cuz people always tell me I don't stutter when I'm upset...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2024
12 points

It’s weird because I stutter less when I get mad. I think part of me likes getting angry because it’s cathartic in a way that I can actually say what I want to say...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterMay 22, 2024
64 points

Arguing with a stutter is exhausting

Arguing with a stutter is exhausting This morning I was having a serious conversation with my father. It quickly transformed into an argument because of the topics brought up and because my stutter w...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2024
1 points

Great question! From what I gathered, I have extracted a few key points and then I put them into my own words below. Perhaps it will be helpful for improving your stuttering also! **Here are my perso...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2024
1 points

The only thing consistent about stuttering is it's inconsistency. Literally, one of the hallmarks of stuttering is variability. Nothing is wrong with you. It comes with the territory of having a st...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsStress & Fight/FlightCycles & Randomness+1 more
postr/StutterMay 21, 2024
7 points

Bad loop

Bad loop I feel so badly stuck these days that idk how to fix it or what to do about it. It’s a constant negative loop where I’m constantly thinking about my stutter. I’m avoid interacting with new pe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterMay 21, 2024
7 points

struggle

struggle this is my first time sharing i just want to know that do U stutter when u are all alone or just when u are with people interacting , because for me i stutter when someone address me or whe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationStress & Fight/FlightSituational Variability+1 more