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commentr/StutterApr 30, 2025
10 points

Yes! Whenever I am around one particular sibling, I can NOT stop stuttering. It is awful. On the flip-side, I used to coach youth sports and never stuttered around the team. But put me in front of ...

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

Does anyone else stutter a lot around certain people but barely at all around others?

Does anyone else stutter a lot around certain people but barely at all around others? For some reason, there are certain people who I stutter way more around than other people. It seems to be complete...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2025
1 points

ummm no it usually comes from trauma or anxiety or something else but its a disrespectful way to think and not an accurate one ....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
2 points

Stutter appearing after quarantine

Stutter appearing after quarantine Okay so: as a child, I had some slight speech problems but never saw a specialist. I remember people being barely able to understand me because I spoke too fast, wit...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation+2 more
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
20 points

Stutter is destroying the dream I fought for

Stutter is destroying the dream I fought for Hi, I suffer from severe stutter when I speak another language than my native and its almost destroying my life. I have suffered from depression and abusiv...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
2 points

is there any hope for me

is there any hope for me currently crying in bed as i write this but i'm a high school student and i started out okay in my previous years in terms of social confidence and speaking to people despite,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
2 points

Speech advice

Speech advice Hey y’all, I have to give a 1-2 minute speech in front of my peers. I am not afraid of stuttering too bad, but I am afraid of losing my confidence when I’m up there. Almost all of them ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Preparation & RehearsalFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing+2 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
17 points

My life, my nightmare.

My life, my nightmare. Hello! I don't even know where to start so I'm going to start from the beginning! 😂 I suffer from stuttering since I go to high school at least that I remember, it all started...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying+2 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
1 points

making friends is impossible

making friends is impossible I've been trying to make friends but I'm embarrassed. Someone I've recently became friends with is a really good dude and is understanding of my issue. But he's wanting ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying+1 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
19 points

I can't take it anymore

I can't take it anymore Iam 25M currently pursuing b.ed course and as you all know.. b.ed course is full of presentation and its taking a heavy toll on me to get laughed at every presentation session...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
postr/StutterApr 28, 2025
6 points

Does anyone else get very triggered when someone brings up stuttering in a room full of people?

Does anyone else get very triggered when someone brings up stuttering in a room full of people? If I am in a classroom or in a group of people and some or all of them know I stutter, and say the teach...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & EmbarrassmentTrauma & Psychological
postr/StutterApr 28, 2025
5 points

Is stuttering just the way stutterers manifest their anxiety?

Is stuttering just the way stutterers manifest their anxiety? I believe that stuttering for most of us is an anxiety disorder. I believe that everyone has their own way their body manifests & releas...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoss of Control+1 more
postr/StutterApr 28, 2025
6 points

have I started stuttering?

have I started stuttering? I just finished a seminar about my masters thesis, and I was nervous and found it hard to speak. I have had this experience before too, but maybe not this badly. There was a...

Community & SupportIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Personal StoriesIdentity & Self-PerceptionFeared Words & Names+2 more
postr/StutterApr 28, 2025
3 points

Advice about sounds starting a word?

Advice about sounds starting a word? I have been struggling with stuttering for quite some time now. I'm in my early twienties, and after rather unsucsessful time at speech terapy I decided to take ma...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 27, 2025
5 points

Struggling with decision for Master’s abroad due to stutter and debt

Struggling with decision for Master’s abroad due to stutter and debt Hi everyone, I’m a working professional from India with 4 years of experience. I had a mild stutter in school, which became moderat...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 26, 2025
9 points

Problem is we really believe in our stutter?

Problem is we really believe in our stutter? I know it is, but i just dont know how to change it. Like if i had an amnesia, i'd speak normally again, but thats not an option :D I was at a wedding thi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
postr/StutterApr 26, 2025
3 points

Another problem besides my stuttering

Another problem besides my stuttering I have a problem I noticed alongside my stuttering. I’m trying to solve the stuttering by working on costal breathing, but I also avoid difficult sounds. I’m not ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical TensionAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterApr 25, 2025
46 points

“Did you forget your name?”

“Did you forget your name?” Genuinely, in terms of probability, when someone sees me stutter or say “ummm” after asking me what my name is, me forgetting my own name cannot be the most probable outcom...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & BullyingFeared Words & Names+1 more
postr/StutterApr 25, 2025
4 points

guys pls help me?how did u develop confidence after u embarassed urself?? and how to battle brain freeze and shaking of legs during conversations???

guys pls help me?how did u develop confidence after u embarassed urself?? and how to battle brain freeze and shaking of legs during conversations??? i dont know what to say......facing this problem......

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & StutteringCommunity & Support
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoss of Control+2 more
postr/StutterApr 24, 2025
4 points

stutter question: what can I do to stop evaluating for my freeze response?

stutter question: what can I do to stop evaluating for my freeze response? Obviously, when I was around 3 to 8 years old, the **fear of saying my own name** didn’t trigger any kind of approach-avoidan...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Loss of ControlAnticipating StutteringFeared Words & Names+2 more