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commentr/StutterFeb 26, 2024
4 points

As a stutterer, a gf really helps with confidence and anxiety overall... It really decreases the stutter, wholesome fact to me...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2024
11 points

Does it work for people with get blocked or stutter out of nervousness or ptsd in certain situations? Like I can be fluent with strangers in certain situations or saying certain things. But saying th...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2024
1 points

My speech therapist says when you have a disposition you only need a trigger that start the stutters. My das also had a stutter so I always have that disposition. Mine started after a really stressf...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringTherapy & Professional
Genetic & Family FactorsStress & Fight/FlightOnset & Life-Stage Changes+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2024
2 points

Fellow stutterer. I feel you and see you. I'm now 47. The world does change for us. An immediate solution is the mantra and reminder "now is not forever, and I feel free." We know what's come ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftHope & MotivationVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2024
2 points

I began stuttering at the age of three when my grandma commenced to teach me to use my right hand for writing (it was common practice in post Soviet countries). I remember I was angry with this and th...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesTrauma & PsychologicalSchool & Academic Life+3 more
postr/StutterFeb 21, 2024
8 points

Stuttering and mental health

Stuttering and mental health Yo hello everybody , i need help with my situation. In fact , i have a lot of blocks while pronouncing especially in french ( when i am alone i didn’t stutter at all but...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2024
7 points

Maybe you don't feel comfortable and that gives you anxiousness and anxiety. Funny thing is when i KNOW im about to stutter my throat feels like its tightening...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2024
3 points

When you get drunk, your inhibited subconscious censor gets inhibited and you don't/can't control your behaviour so the factor making you stutter when sober is faded if you are drunk. Better avoid it...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Harmful Med OutcomesStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2024
1 points

From what I remember, I wouldn’t have a problem saying my name to people. Up until a few years ago however, I’ve started to have problems saying my name and meeting new people. My name starts with the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & StoppagesStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2024
1 points

Already considering doing that, but sometimes the stress & stuttering combined can lead me to slightly scratch myself to force myself to talk & keep the conversation going....

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2024
1 points

I had a stutter in kindergarten, worked on it, then as I got older It came back in college when I was about your age. Had it all through college and went and got an mri after college then saw a neurol...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesNeurological & BrainStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2024
6 points

I think there are 2 processes at work here. First, the words ‘stutter’ and ‘stuttering’ are emotionally charged, and speaking them often leads to at least a momentary increase in stuttering. Second, y...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2024
1 points

Mine has bad when I was a kid, then basically went away at puberty. It has come and gone since then, coming back pretty good now in my 30s. When I’m tired or anxious is when I stutter now...

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2024
7 points

I'll be 39 in a few months and stuttering since i was 5, i would say that in the last 4-5 years it has faded away to a point where i stutter only when i'm **really** tired/stressed or when i am shallo...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2024
2 points

I reguarly speak to myself out loud and the moment I speak to someone... blocks appear. Quite annoying...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 19, 2024
2 points

I’m going through the same exact thing, my stutter has been worse since November, I can hardly breathe when talking anymore and I can’t participate in class. It’s been draining me and I don’t enjoy sc...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 19, 2024
1 points

I feel like there is another entity in me that tries to pause my speech at wrong times and makes me do secondary behaviors and various tics like frowning, eyebrows raising. I feel like I am possessed ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 19, 2024
2 points

Just because there are strengths associated with diagnostic criteria doesn’t mean it’s a product of evolution. There’s a huge crossover between PTSD and ADHD. And, anxiety over a tiger killing your ki...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterFeb 19, 2024
1 points

I tend to agree that the benefit of stuttering is not clear from an evolutionary perspective but some other psychiatric “disorders” such as ADHD do have a clear evolutionary benefit. People with ADH...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2024
1 points

Is this why you tell others to take a deep breath, because they have been saying it to you your whole life? Wow, how ironic 😉...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/Flight