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commentr/StutterJan 10, 2020
6 points

Haha! I usually go down the route of pointing at the menu and pretending I don’t know how to pronounce it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 10, 2020
2 points

When I go out to eat, I usually just go for a patty melt. That keeps me from having to customize my burger. Don't have to say, "no lettuce or tomato." I can just say, "patty melt," and I get the meat,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
postr/StutterJan 10, 2020
15 points

Ssssssssausage fucking rolls

Ssssssssausage fucking rolls Anyone else order something they totally didn’t want just because they couldn’t say fucking sausage roll?! Sorry, just happened and came here to vent (and cry a little whi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 9, 2020
1 points

I don’t think this counts, but I go by a nickname that I have been called since childhood. I hate saying my legal name but I’m getting better at it. Somehow however I do sometimes stutter my nickname ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & PrideQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 8, 2020
1 points

Challenges when growing up, doing to speech therapy and taking IQ tests in school when your parents/school don't tell you what the tests are for. Mine's barely present, and my only speech impediment ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 8, 2020
10 points

The question was 'what motivates me to keep on living'?, right? I have two arms and two legs - they all work... Full set of teeth, that's great. I have had tumors removed from my body so I'm in remis...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2020
1 points

How it affects us and our everyday lives and how others treat us/ perceive it as a laughing matter most of the time. I hope to see this soon!...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2020
2 points

I usually order the thing I'm certain I won't stutter on, like at chilis I always order nachos lol. Another trick I use is I look for what I want, find it, tell a friend to order it for me while I go ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2020
1 points

My 11 year old grandson has had a severe stutter since he was 5 or 6. He recently got a cell phone and it is wonderful to text with him. He is a smart, witty young man and it makes me so happy that no...

Parent & CaregiverSocial & Relationships
Family DynamicsQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2020
3 points

I would cover the following: Stuttering for a kid: The struggles of being in school and kids laughing, don’t raise hand to answers you know, getting called out of class to go to speech therapy and ...

Community & SupportSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Personal StoriesSchool & Academic LifeEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
4 points

I always have a very hard time on the word medium. It's so bad I sometimes order my drink large or small instead. When I order chicken wings I get hot even though I prefer medium. Keep it up man. Tou...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
2 points

Yea I would agree, starbucks gets me feeling some kind of way. not relaxing until i sit down and have my drink in hand haha...

Social & Relationships
Quality of Life
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
4 points

Oooh i feel ya. Ya are stille ordering it so thats a big thing. Keep it up!!! I once had to order for 10 people and it took me 10 minutes to just order it haahaha. Its something about that setting....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
postr/StutterDec 28, 2019
47 points

It's the little things.

It's the little things. Just wanted to toss this out there. I'm literally standing in a starbucks after ordering a tall mocha. I stutter on "mocha" literally every time I order it. Every technique a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
2 points

1. My stutter in mostly blocks and repitions Blocks in p, b, q, k and have diffucilities saying letters l, s, ch, a, i Coming to talk first thing I feel is a hot sensation in my chest followed by rapi...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
2 points

1. a) Just how simple thing which other people do without much thought or struggle like ordering food, asking for directions, etc, knowing that I can't do them as easily as they do it B) I can commu...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of LifeIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 27, 2019
1 points

I really hope so, because I'll have to speak to clients as well. And I really hope they'll understand what I have to say....

School & WorkSocial & Relationships
Employment & CareerQuality of Life
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2019
3 points

Oh man I feel you so hard on that, it’s a cycle that just continues and continues, it’s never ending at times. Drinkings the same with me, and adderal comedowns are awful with the anxiety. Really hard...

Meds & SubstancesSocial & Relationships
Harmful Med OutcomesRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Quality of Life
postr/StutterDec 25, 2019
4 points

To what extent stutter define you?

To what extent stutter define you? Ever since I’ve been working on my speech (in one way or another) I was reminded by people that “stutter doesn’t define me” and so on. I could never truly correspond...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
3 points

I also had a mean teacher in KINDERGARTEN! She humiliated me because I didn't understand how to properly use scissors. She was telling to me in front of the whole classroom that she would glue a paper...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life+2 more