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commentr/StutterMay 4, 2025
1 points

Think any guy who has it is mostly struggling. Know I am. Shit I get ghosted before they even hear me...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 4, 2025
19 points

Does Anyone Else Struggle With Approaching Women?

Does Anyone Else Struggle With Approaching Women? I see a lot of beautiful women in my city. I really want to approach them, but my stutter always gets in the way. I know I’m not the only guy experien...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2025
12 points

GOD THANK YOU YES. Yesterday I posted here, asking for tips on dealing with stuttering, and you know what? All three people who answered me told me the same thing in different words: accept yourself. ...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Advice RequestsMindset shiftAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
1 points

Why don’t you think you deserve these things? Do you feel your stutter is a failing? I am so sorry this has been so hard for you. Have you considered trying to seek some therapy to try to find more pe...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Advice RequestsHope & MotivationTherapy Experiences+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
2 points

If you want this disabling condition to be less impactful, learn that your blocks are due to fear of others hearing your repetitions. Having a parent who can have repetitions without shame is the mo...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
1 points

Yeah. Don’t think it’s nerves. It’s a lifetime of all the negative emotions associated with stuttering. Hard to get out of it....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 3, 2025
50 points

Stuttering IS trauma

Stuttering IS trauma Something that I never realised was that I'm actually experiencing trauma nearly 24/7. I've always thought that trauma needs to be something huge like a big accident or smth but e...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterMay 3, 2025
9 points

Getting worse on video call

Getting worse on video call Whenever I do video calls I stutter so much more than I would do in real life. It’s extremely frustrating because ever since COVID and work from home, 99% of employers do i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
2 points

It’s terrible when I talk and stutter my teeth grind there’s wounds and bites inside my cheeks your out of breathe you almost pass out or you do pass out you hear other people interrupting you weed an...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Physical TensionStress & Fight/FlightQuality of Life+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
2 points

You've got 2 options: 1. Instead say "I'm \[your name\]" to bypass the "M" - but the chances to stutter on your name are a bit higher since the sentence is short 2. Build a ladder to the "M" startin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 2, 2025
2 points

Just exposing myself to situations I would typically avoid has increased my fluency at least 30% the past few months! It’s a way to sorta desensitize you, you realize the situations are not as bad as ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 2, 2025
1 points

Yea that's totally relatable.. during presentation i know that lots of people are watching so i try my hardest not to stutter and that results in worse stutter to the point i start making distorted fa...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension
postr/StutterMay 2, 2025
3 points

Banana Peppers and Anxiety

Banana Peppers and Anxiety Have you ever really wanted to order something at a restaurant but are too scared to stutter on it? I wrote a poem about that titled “Banana Peppers and Anxiety.” Let me kno...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Research & ResourcesAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2025
12 points

I can really relate! I ended up in a job in politics that has me speaking to so many different people every day and often in front of experts and really intelligent people making massive decisions. It...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerPublic SpeakingHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2025
1 points

This happened to me too. It’s gotten to the point where I have extreme anxiety when I know or worry I’m going to have to tell someone my name. I don’t understand why it happens and I know it’s super s...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & NamesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2025
3 points

Yes! When I am around my family I cannot stop stuttering, I don't know why, but I am with friends I stutter less...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Family Support & ConflictAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2025
2 points

Yea. I stutter most around the people I assume dislike me stuttering. As a man, I find I stutter the least around women my age. It's weird. If they're flirty with me or I can tell their vibe with me...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAudience Scale & Group SizePower Dynamics & Intimidation
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2025
1 points

Sometimes when I actually think about it, it baffles me how everyone around me can't really appreciate how effortless it is for them. I wonder what they wonder about us sometimes too....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2025
3 points

Yes it happens a lot! I stutter a lot around professors but barely around friends. Maybe confidence is the key!...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentPower Dynamics & Intimidation
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2025
5 points

I moved out at 16. Did residential speech therapy, got mostly fluent, then went to boarding school. Never lived at home fluent. For the next 25 years every time I'd go "home" I'd stutter. I'm a damn ...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Environmental TriggersPublic SpeakingAnxiety & Social Judgment