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commentr/StutterJul 15, 2022
1 points

Do you actually think people have the ability to simply decide to be confident? If you do, that’s incredibly good for you… but I guarantee that the majority of us do not....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2022
3 points

Way to go! 37 year old lifelong stutterer here that has consistently experienced the same. Exposure therapy can be really great....

Coping & Advocacy
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2022
10 points

Software developer, lots of messaging by typing but I do have to take my turn running meetings and can have a fair amount of verbal discussion during the day. When I was in my teens I took a job in ...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2022
4 points

writing games! :D imma be real with you though, just as you said, all jobs require various levels of public speaking. but once you're comfortable with yourself, its really not that big of an issue, a...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Employment & CareerMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2022
5 points

I’m 21 and I say I’ve accepted it but I’ve really not. There was a guy at my work who had one and he would talk away to everyone and I never understood how to do it. I constantly tried to chase his se...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2022
5 points

Exactly! Who cares what other people think, they either accept it or they don’t life goes on. You can’t change what other people think but you can change the way you think about yourself....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2022
5 points

Why your confidence drains? Bcoz people might judge you? It helps to not think or give a thought of what people might think, the task should be simply to deliver mssg. They like it or not is on them...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2022
2 points

Of course! Yeah I was/am the same way. For years I obsessed over trying to get rid of it. I feel like I tried everything. I still stutter, I would say pretty badly. I still get nervous having to order...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2022
2 points

I wish I knew exactly how he got it over it. All I know is he did get past it, and he’ll still stumble over a few words here and there but I only pick up on it because I stutter myself, most people wo...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2022
10 points

To be honest, not giving a fuck and accepting it IS being free! That alone will boost your confidence many times over and thus reduce stuttering. The only problem with wanting to cure it is, there's ...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2022
8 points

You can totally get better and better at conversational skills, breathing and other skills that with reduce your stutter. Although part of that toolbox is not getting upset over your stutter and not...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2022
4 points

No I had an ex since high school but we broke up, ever since then I limited myself to talking to girls because of my stutter but I got tired of being alone and said fuck it, created a tinder and hoped...

Social & RelationshipsCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Dating & RomanceMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2022
2 points

Don’t think of it too much. Just relax and if you stutter then don’t try to hide it. Just go with the flow. If she will be interested in you, the stutter won’t matter much. Best of luck....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2022
19 points

Just do it. Stutter. tell everyone that you stutter. You’re 18, you’ll be stuttering a very long time. Accept it. Do not hide it. Your stutter does not define who you are. No one really gives a shit a...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 6, 2022
3 points

It's interesting and annoying how this darn stutter works. I recall at school the class was studying a play, so the teacher made us all take a part and re read the whole thing out loud together. I did...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationMindset shift
commentr/StutterJul 6, 2022
14 points

Yes. On bad days my face contracts and my eyes close during a block. This can happen every sentence. I teach at University so I'll leave class wondering and worrying about what the students think. Aft...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringMindset shiftPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2022
1 points

Hi there. I was asked to do a reading at a large funeral a while ago and another time gave a presentation in university …I placed a passport photo of my beautiful daughter on the podium to remind mys...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shiftFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2022
2 points

keep doing you man! we only got this one life to live thats it so why let stuttering get in the way...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2022
2 points

Hey men you are greater then that I find that If you just say fuck It and just accept yourself for who you are and start loving yourself and not caring It will get better start doing daily affirmation...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2022
1 points

You can't control how others react or think of you so... DEAL WITH IT ! since you are "happy with what you did". Excuse my honesty....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride