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postr/StutterJan 28, 2025
19 points

What was your most embarrassing moment ever?

What was your most embarrassing moment ever? I'm pretty sure everyone on here has some form of embarrassing moment, but, for us, we have "a few more" than the average human. Mine was giving a presenta...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2025
2 points

Some stutterers stutter so lightly that it is only heard in certain situations, or use fluency techniques to better hide their stuttering. Others have a covert stutter, and change/delete every word in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2025
2 points

>sports league I've actually been thinking about trying to join a sports league, but I just don't really know how I'm supposed to start a conversation. I do have friends and sometimes we'll talk to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation
postr/StutterJan 28, 2025
4 points

Help!

Help! So, I have a stutter, also really bad social anxiety, I guess the social anxiety came because of the stuttering and the stuttering became worse because of the anxiety, I find it incredibly hard ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
postr/StutterJan 28, 2025
9 points

Whats the best way to date as a Stutterer? (Dating apps aren't working for me)

Whats the best way to date as a Stutterer? (Dating apps aren't working for me) I (M20) need some advice, pretty much my whole life my stutter has stopped me from doing alot and I'm trying to change th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDating & Romance
postr/Stutter_remissionJan 28, 2025
1 points

Most stutterers do not stutter when speaking alone. Could this suggest that speech execution has been maladaptively conditioned in the presence of certain individuals? What are the strengths and challenges of this assertion?

Most stutterers do not stutter when speaking alone. Could this suggest that speech execution has been maladaptively conditioned in the presence of certain individuals? What are the strengths and chall...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringTrauma & Psychological+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2025
2 points

I used to think the same, that blocking was the automatic behavior, but when I tried to “unblock” and realized I could, and that beneath there is a repetitive stutter! I don’t know how to explain how ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
0 points

So in layman's terms. If stutterers add "My name is..." before saying their feared anticipated name. It can lead to fluency. Any ideas guys.. how we can replicate this fluency effect without actually ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJan 27, 2025
8 points

Adding "My name is..." before saying our name can create a fluency effect. How can we replicate this fluency effect to bypass stuttering (triggers)? That would result in tricking the brain or calming the alarm system—without adding a little phrase or other tricks?

Adding "My name is..." before saying our name can create a fluency effect. How can we replicate this fluency effect to bypass stuttering (triggers)? That would result in tricking the brain or calming ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/stutteringJan 27, 2025
2 points

I want to talk normally

I want to talk normally So I started to stutter not long ago. It came out of no where, and it's bc of my adhd. The thoughts in my head are going fast and my mouth can't keep up. I really wanna speak n...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
postr/StutterJan 27, 2025
17 points

Having a Stutter in College

Having a Stutter in College Having a stutter is genuinely so exhausting. I am currently in college and the introducing your self, group activities, class projects, never seems to end. I have reached t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPropositionality & Weight+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
1 points

Believe it or not, you are choosing to block. Blocking is 100% a learned behavior that is preferable to stuttering by stutterers and listeners even, but ultimately only reinforces stuttering. You blo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterJan 27, 2025
6 points

Peoples experiences with therapy? Need to find a new job but I don't know what I'm capable of.

Peoples experiences with therapy? Need to find a new job but I don't know what I'm capable of. First of all my stutter can sometimes go unnoticed other times definitely not. It's more in my head becau...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
36 points

I hear you. In my experience, i've had people tell me that "everyone stutters", which is not true at all. I'm pretty sure that everyone is *not* pre-thinking what their next sentence is going to be, a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
10 points

One time I told a friend I stutter because he realized I was avoiding certain words, he then proceeded to say “you don’t stutter” i responded “I do, you probably just don’t always hear it or can’t tel...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionGenetic & Family Factors+1 more
postr/StutterJan 27, 2025
44 points

The ignorance of stuttering to the general person is actually pathetic

The ignorance of stuttering to the general person is actually pathetic I find it kind of pathetic how ignorant some people are that I’ve met and spoken to before, some being less and some more intelli...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
1 points

You can always type what u need to say in your phone under notes try different things until you feel comfortable speaking for me I have a stutter block on my name specially during introductions so I e...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2025
3 points

It's just a dentist appointment. I know how you feel about the fear. But it's not a reason to check out. Usually it's yes or no questions they ask. But just try to keep a box in your head of words to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
postr/StutterJan 27, 2025
29 points

I have a dentists appointment in about an hour…

I have a dentists appointment in about an hour… …and I’m scared to shit. I’m 22(M) and I’m the biggest coward… I’m so soft. If you were to get to know the real me you’d see I’m the biggest pussy in th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+1 more
postr/Stutter_remissionJan 27, 2025
1 points

List of new research on: Stuttering recovery, stuttering remission and outgrowing stuttering

List of new research on: Stuttering recovery, stuttering remission and outgrowing stuttering # 1. "Fluency Disorders and Maladaptive Behaviours: A Comprehensive Investigation and Rehabilitation Strate...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+3 more