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commentr/StutterJan 3, 2025
5 points

Try skipping the r and just saying eceipt. You shouldn't use this everytime, only when you're totally stressed out and just want to get out of the situation...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterJan 3, 2025
2 points

is it any alternatives to ask for a receipt?

is it any alternatives to ask for a receipt? i struggle really bad with my r’s. i either choke up or it sounds like i’m trying to bark in a way when i say, “do you want a receipt? or would you like a ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2025
4 points

Reading through OPs post, I didn't see many examples of how their stutter affected performance. They mainly complained about not being able to find their way around the premises. I suspect blaming the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2025
4 points

It doesn’t seem to me as though it was your stutter that they fired you over, especially if as you say, your communication was 7.5/10 - I’d say that’s pretty good! Remember - no one talks 10/10 fluent...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2025
1 points

My dad had stutter for less than a year, when he was younger.  My friend (not a friend actually we just know each other whatever) got it because of his father, and I have seen a lot of people with the...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Genetic & Family FactorsAvoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterJan 3, 2025
15 points

Did I get fired because of my stutter?

Did I get fired because of my stutter? Hello guys. Today, I was fired from work, which I suspect was because of my stutter. It was my first shift today, working in an IKEA. But at the end of my shift,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2025
1 points

On busy days it goes very stressful and I can’t even sometimes say anything at all , I just point my hand out to ask for cash and just hand over the receipt . Sometimes I just tend to speak a lot...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical TensionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2025
4 points

I had a tech sales job and will go into business development again soon, just a different kind (financial planning). The first one was true phone sales, what’s called an ‘inbound SDR.’ Strictly for p...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & CareerHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 1, 2025
5 points

Damm for me it’s the opposite case, can speak great with friends and family and even new people, but public speaking is a nightmare...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterJan 1, 2025
3 points

I'm 23 now stuttering since 5 I'm so extremely shy and nervous that I have to admit I really avoid every conversation. Friends want to have a voice chat while gaming I avoid it. Even though I know, no...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterJan 1, 2025
36 points

My advice to young ‏stutterers

My advice to young ‏stutterers I am a person who has suffered a lot for years and learned two important things, and this is my advice to young stutterers 1-(Don't avoid social situations and occasio...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAdvice OfferedHope & Motivation+1 more
postr/StutterJan 1, 2025
18 points

I don't understand my stutter

I don't understand my stutter I can speak very well in front of large crowds of people, I am known in my school for my speaking skills. I can also speak perfectly in front of newer people, and to myse...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
1 points

I’m okay with either personally, If I can’t get the word out on my own I’m okay with having my sentence completed for me or the word come from someone else..in high stress environment though such as w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
1 points

What if I can’t say “I can’t say the word”. Seriously, not joking here… ohh and hhhhhhappy new year :)...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
10 points

College, he was my best friend before we started dating. My stutter wasn't very noticeable earlier, but off lately it has increased a lot. To a point where I think twice before speaking in social gath...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
3 points

Dating app! My wife didn’t realize I had a stutter because I kept it hidden pretty well. Since getting married it has definitely come up though, and she supports me through it....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
8 points

Just talk to people and get them to know your personality people will overlook you stuttering and wont even notice im telling you...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
11 points

Stuttered really bad growing up (now 25f) stopped and then in highschool about 18 years old started up again (really think smoking devils lettuce heightened it). UNRELATED anyways!!! met my bf/future ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentNeurological & Brain+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
4 points

You have to pass through and become strong. We have all went through this time of school and college. Make new friends and cut the ones who mock you. Start exercises of stuttering and improve yourself...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindset shiftFriendships & BelongingAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
6 points

https://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/English/book0012_11th_ed.pdf I read this book years ago and found it such a help. The most helpful bits for me were the bits that deal with the psychological an...

Community & SupportAnticipation & Avoidance
Research & ResourcesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment