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postr/StutterMay 23, 2025
16 points

Socially ashamed

Socially ashamed I’ve had a stuttering problem ever since I was like 3 years old and now I’m 25 and it’s gotten worse. I can speak three languages and my main language and home language was a problem ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterMay 23, 2025
7 points

Anyone know an awesome mental health provider who specializes in treating adolescents who stutter?

Anyone know an awesome mental health provider who specializes in treating adolescents who stutter? I'm an SLP and I have a teenage client who stutters. I won't go into too much detail, but their menta...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
1 points

NEW research [study](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1576681/full): *"The role of anticipation and neuroticism in developmental stuttering" (2025, May)* >"...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

Eye contact it hard for me. I have to make a conscious effort to keep it up. And most of the time i feel like i force the eye contact and it get weird. I cant find a happy medium...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 23, 2025
9 points

How do you be keeping eye contact while trying to talk to somebody?

How do you be keeping eye contact while trying to talk to somebody? So I just have a really bad problem of whenever I'm talking to somebody even before I started, I just can't keep eye contact with th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

What to do with stuttering

What to do with stuttering Hello, the text may have errors because I am writing through a translator. I'm in the 10th grade and I started stuttering when I was 4 years old. We have a test in English o...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

Well, I already tried. It's more of behaviour than a mouth mind motor issue. I don't stammer when I'm alone. It's the people facing problem. Something connected to people, talking, mindset problems. E...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
1 points

How to remove the complex from the mind. I feel others feel sad for me. That's the problem. I don't want them to feel sad. Guess a situation where they are kind and also make mistakes in the team. It ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
28 points

I know this likely isn’t helpful but I don’t think we should choose our profession based on if we speak a lot. Meetings might be hard but if you preface meetings with strangers with saying “hey every...

School & WorkSocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerDisclosure & Telling OthersAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
12 points

Yes. The lying seems easier. I understand what you are saying, I do it too. At times. The solution in a way would be to work on the anxiety that comes with speaking...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
1 points

But I can't able to tell it also...it make me more stutter......

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
4 points

I always start by telling them I have a stutter. I say "I have a stutter, so please let me know if you need me to clarify anything." That why they're less likely to think I'm just nervous or somethin...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
2 points

For me, the more I tried not to stutter, the more I stuttered. I made this post about it yesterday if you'd like to read some of what I've gone through: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7f8GEhjc0/?igsh...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Cycles & RandomnessAnxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & Pride
postr/stutteringMay 22, 2025
2 points

Nursing as a PWS

Nursing as a PWS Hi all, I’d love to know if anyone here is a nurse and their experience as a person who stutters? I have a prominent stutter that gets worse when I’m anxious, and I usually am always ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
2 points

I've started beginning phone calls with "just to let you know, I have a stutter, so if it sounds like I'm not talking I'm probably actually trying to say something", then 9 times out of 10 that reliev...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
2 points

I want to be a lawyer. I’m exploring different career paths right now but I’m scared I won’t be a good lawyer because of my stutter and then freeze up in the court room...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
2 points

Yes! I personally don’t stutter all that often but I can block really hard in certain situations. It’s always on my mind 24/7 like you mentioned - that I don’t want people to find out and see me strug...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & ConcealmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
5 points

Thank you for writing the second paragraph, you gave me a whole new perspective. I feel like for stutterers, the thought of not trying to stutter is on our mind 24/7, so whenever we have a conversatio...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterMay 22, 2025
20 points

Does anyone just laugh after realizing how badly you stuttered after a conversation🥲

Does anyone just laugh after realizing how badly you stuttered after a conversation🥲 Just got done with an interview, and now realizing how stupid I sounded/looked😭 everytime I stuttered, it looked ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
1 points

So growing up talking to girls I noticed when I stuttered, I always observed their reaction. The worst reactions were those that turned away or tried to ignore the fact that i stuttered. When they sta...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentListener ReactionsDisclosure & Telling Others