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commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
17 points

I get your intentions are good and I'm not trying to sound too high horse'y here but This is kinda like the equivalent of saying to a poor person "you aren't rich because you didn't want it bad enough...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
33 points

I mostly agree with you, but I mean, this is a stuttering support group so that's kinda what people are here for. Just to vent and get it out of our systems. I can't hide my stutter, and I can barely...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
1 points

This is the reason why is frustrates me when people here say “don’t worry about your stutter! Just be yourself!” Sometimes we physically cannot...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
2 points

Omg yes !!! I totally agree.. I cannot tell you how many times I have rehearsed and tried to say something in particular but once I open my mouth I know that I will stutter and I just find something e...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
2 points

It’s not really a bad habit. But trying to hide your stutter *is the thing that makes it worse*. You have nothing to loose by trying my suggestion....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
1 points

I got into the habit of mumbling because then it makes it easier to just completely leave out sounds that I really struggle with, but yeah, it's a bad habit....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
4 points

nice work, I'm also a developer that stutters. I don't stutter when I'm alone so not sure how this app would help me though. My stutter rears its head when I'm around other people, especially pe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Experiential AssociationSituational VariabilityAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
1 points

The “treatment” is to regularly start interactions by *telling people you have difficulty getting words out* Make regular eye contact. Start. Talking. Slowly. And. Enunciate. Every. Syllable. If ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
2 points

When I don’t stutter, people usally find my stories funny. But when I do stutter, they often don’t get it at all...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
4 points

I feel you. Honestly, most of the time I make the jokes about myself to hide my miserable insecurity about my stutter. It’s my defense mechanism I guess. It makes me feel like nobody can offend me or ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
2 points

My best advice is trying to imagine that you are not a stutterer. The less i think about it, the less it happens...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2022
2 points

I quit my job and was practically mute for 2 years. During that time, my heat/hot water broke in winter in New England, and I refused to call to address it for 3 days. I got a new job last week and...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAuthenticity vs. MaskingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2022
1 points

I had moments of struggle today, when i blocked, avoided….there were plenty of those moments, not that anyone knew I also had moments, many more I have to acknowledge when I said what I wanted to sa...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Authenticity vs. MaskingHope & Motivation
postr/StutterAug 24, 2022
34 points

Received two job offers even though I felt I sounded dumb

Received two job offers even though I felt I sounded dumb So, just as the title says, I received two job offers in a field I really want to work in and am very proud of myself and also slightly confus...

School & WorkIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Employment & CareerAuthenticity vs. MaskingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2022
6 points

Fuck yeah for choosing to say whatever the fuck you need to say whenever you need to say it! Reading your experience with picking up cues makes me think back to myself before I realized I had a cogn...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterAug 24, 2022
27 points

Learning how to socialize at 23

Learning how to socialize at 23 This isn’t gonna be me seeking pity but more so sharing my overall experience as a college student. I’m fairly out going as a stutterer, I try to generate conversation ...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Friendships & BelongingOverthinking & MonitoringAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2022
3 points

Your English is very good. I hope you go into high school letting people see your personality. Don't hide it and try to hide your stutter. Let them see you for who you are and if you stutter, it is ho...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-PerceptionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 22, 2022
20 points

I’m just out of a 8 month depressive period (it’s been on and off). One thing that i kept getting told was STOP COMPARING YOURSELF and I never listened. I kept on getting depressed because I could se...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionAuthenticity vs. MaskingAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 22, 2022
1 points

This is going to be unpopular, but if I got offended every time a girl smiled at my stutter I would have no girls like me. You stutter. People (girls, namely) are going to smile, they might even cra...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 21, 2022
2 points

They just see me as "boring" or "lame" but don't necessarily attribute it to my stutter. I also struggle to say what's really on my mind because of my stutter and will often drop words/phrases/senten...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking