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commentr/StutterMar 8, 2023
5 points

If you don’t want anyone’s help then why bother posting in the first place? If you want to hate your life and be depressed then keep on doing what your doing. Yes you can’t win the battle in terms o...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationMindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2023
-3 points

Alright let me snap my fingers and shove all my logic in a dumpster. Then I'll be on my way to "thinking more positively"...

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Mindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2023
6 points

c’mon man. You gotta think positive. I live a very full life and I have a moderate-severe stutter. Ik It can seem debilitating at times but having a bad mentality doesn’t help. I’m sorry if that is a ...

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Hope & MotivationMindset shiftValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2023
3 points

I’m 31 and have stuttered my whole life. I preach confidence all the time. In hindsight I wish my speech therapist in school worked on my confidence more than she worked on my stammer. I am actually...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2023
4 points

What OP said is completely true. Small success like saying a few words to people builds your confidence up big time !! But you just have to go outside and do things, find hobbies, even just go to a ...

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Hope & MotivationMindset shiftRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2023
6 points

Yeah telling someone to have more confidence without telling them how is frustrating. I believe everything starts in the mind and the mindset. You have a stutter , thats fact.. so embrace it. You hav...

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Advice RequestsMindset shiftAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2023
1 points

Voy a escribir en español porque sí. La forma que he encontrado de “convivir” con el tartamudeo es alimentarte del odio y resentimiento hacia el mundo para formarte como una persona que se sienta lo s...

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Mindset shiftVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2023
1 points

Then work hard to overcome your stutter. Focus on the solution instead of focusing on the problem. Search for ways to overcome stuttering, do the stuttering exercises every day, learn new things to sp...

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Advice RequestsMindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 4, 2023
4 points

Don’t give up that positivity. It’s a great step already to talk about it. That always helps. I guess everyone has their ups and downs, partly depending on your general mental state, influenced by the...

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Mindset shiftHope & MotivationMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterMar 4, 2023
10 points

Setbacks are hard. Especially since we develop negative thought patterns towards stuttering in our childhood, and it's a big task to reverse that thinking. I try to reflect on how far I have come in ...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationMindset shiftMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterMar 3, 2023
28 points

Don't focus on other people's reactions to your stutter. The more you anticipate people's reactions to your stuttering the more and more you'll want to control it in an unhealthy way. (hiding it, putt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterMar 3, 2023
1 points

>What is the best advice you would recommend a stutterer? I would advice: Re-label 'confidence'. Confidence is deciding/instructing to send command signals to the speech muscles regardless, wi...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2023
6 points

THIS!!!! Stop avoiding things. Your stutter is what it is. Don't let it be your life....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
postr/StutterFeb 26, 2023
50 points

Gone from not talking in class to teaching a class!!!

Gone from not talking in class to teaching a class!!! Big achievement for someone who has had a severe stammer my whole life and I’d like to share in hopes of inspiring someone else. I just finished...

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Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career
postr/StutterFeb 25, 2023
7 points

Tips to improve stuttering (a strategy to outgrow stuttering as an adult)

Tips to improve stuttering (a strategy to outgrow stuttering as an adult) **Introduction**: * Fluency occurs when we are fixated on "*choose articulating*" * Speech blocks occur when we are too fixat...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
27 points

The best feeling

The best feeling Is looking someone in the eye and talking, stutter and all, and giving no f$cks! It's a rare experience, but sometimes I can get there....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
1 points

Thank you so much for your response. I’m sorry those things happened to you. Your approach to recovery sounds very similar to the Drop-down through technique, and Timeline Therapy. I suggest you sea...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
1 points

This might sound harsh but please don’t live your life like that. You have to face your fears or you will never accomplish anything in life....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
2 points

Your absolutely right, The whole entire point is for me to make it better, Me not accepting the reality would make it worse because I’m giving myself false hope and telling myself a fairytale....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
5 points

Tips to improve stuttering to outgrow stuttering as an adult (don't avoid (1) blocks or (2) stuttering anticipation - instead of reducing the fear of blocks directly and instead of removing our triggers) (accept speech errors instead of 'freezing')

Tips to improve stuttering to outgrow stuttering as an adult (don't avoid (1) blocks or (2) stuttering anticipation - instead of reducing the fear of blocks directly and instead of removing our trigge...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more