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commentr/StutterAug 4, 2020
1 points

I do, whenever the professor at my class would ask someone to read I felt like there was a killer shooting people at random, I dreaded it, the very sound of professors calling me would trigger my brai...

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commentr/StutterAug 3, 2020
9 points

I sometimes feel the same way cause, yeah it’s not a good thing, but I wanna try and make it a good thing. I want to see it as something that makes me unique in some way. Obviously I don’t like gettin...

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commentr/StutterAug 2, 2020
1 points

I’m currently going into 5th year of secondary school and I’ll be hoping to go to college in 2 years time, but I’m not sure what I want to do. I can do a lot of the courses that I’d want to but i need...

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
11 points

I also got lucky this way. I'm a senior, and the comms class is generally a freshman class but I kept putting it off. Then Covid and online comms class, I jumped at the opportunity. It was a 5 week su...

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

I know right. I had a pretty small class so I just did all of my speeches but I completely butchered them and it was not fun to watch. I thought I was done with all of that shit but of course in col...

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
7 points

Damn I wish it was like this for me lol I’m the exact opposite so I’m unemployed, terrified of job interviews and was the weird kid in school after I took my oral comm class 😂...

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postr/StutterAug 1, 2020
30 points

Freshman in community college and just found out my public speaking course won’t be face to face

Freshman in community college and just found out my public speaking course won’t be face to face Dude I’m so happy lmao. I was about to freak out because school starts in a few weeks and they announc...

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commentr/StutterJul 27, 2020
1 points

I would play in loud music in my headphones when I'm going to read something to lessen the probability of me stuttering, or better, record myself reading smoothly so I could easily follow along (i don...

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2020
1 points

My first year I don’t think I ever had to talk out loud in a class. I would imagine online would have even less interactions. Most first year classes are very large so the online portion would mostly ...

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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2020
1 points

I'm in the same boat as you. I just know for sure that I'll be a nervous wreck every time I'll have to talk over Zoom, and I'm not looking forward to it. Especially if there is a small group discussio...

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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2020
1 points

ok then try different speech techniques u could find online, stay calm try yoga or meditation if possible and practice talking slowly and loudly in front of the mirror daily in both the languages and ...

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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2020
1 points

so I suppose u aren't stuttering in ur first language for now. since you are new to stuttering I suggest you go for speech therapy in English, trust me stuttering can get way worse if not corrected at...

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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2020
8 points

I took Zyprexa, Zoloft and Xanax to help with my stutter. I can only speak for myself but these meds had so many horrible side effects and I felt like a zombie all day. I have chosen a holistic ap...

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postr/StutterJul 24, 2020
3 points

Any advice for me?

Any advice for me? Hi, im new here, sorry if im not following some sort of methods to describe whats happening to me. I am stuttering. My dad was stuttering, im not sure if he was born with it, i ne...

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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2020
7 points

I was a barista for a few years and loved it! It’s your first job so there’s probably going to be a little anxiety centering around the fact that you’ve never worked before. But with more experience w...

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postr/StutterJul 23, 2020
6 points

awful day

awful day I had to zoom a university counselor and because of my fear, I left the meeting. I hate myself so much. Also, my internet went off and I had to phone call in addition to that I had to make a...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2020
2 points

That sounds like a lovely small town tbh. I can't speak for all places, but college was easy for me; most people were nice and professors couldn't care less about how I speak as long as I passed the ...

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commentr/StutterJul 20, 2020
3 points

Maybe stutterers devote more time to solo activities including reading and studying....

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commentr/StutterJul 20, 2020
1 points

Hey! I took the TOEFL English test a couple years back and was also super nervous / worried that my stutter would have a negative impact on my score. The fact that you sat in the same room as the othe...

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commentr/StutterJul 19, 2020
3 points

i am an 18yr old from india, i stuttered from the age of 5. even for me it became noticable almost as it was overnight. till now i have taken many speech therapy sessions and the situation is mostly o...

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