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commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
3 points

Please don’t believe everything you think. When you overthink things, it’s detrimental to your state of mind. Go in, take a deep breathe, and do your best....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringMindfulness & Breathing
postr/StutterNov 16, 2025
11 points

Looking for Advice: Dating/Socializing Someone with a Stutter

Looking for Advice: Dating/Socializing Someone with a Stutter Hi everyone - I recently went on a first date with someone and when they arrived they started stuttering a lot. It was a first date and I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
2 points

I try not to think about it but when it happens, I think about it and all the negative thoughts which come along side it; which then in turn makes it worse....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringSeverity & FluctuationShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
2 points

Well speech fluency tends to ebb and flow I’ve noticed my stutter is worse or at least I feel like it is compared to a few years ago but I think it’s mostly because I think about it more now...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringCycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
2 points

*Sorry for the grammar. I'm exhausted from work, and not in the mood to nit pick my writing or whether I'm doing you vs me writing.* I'm an adjunct professor of respiratory therapy and a practicing re...

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Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
4 points

It used to for like almost my whole life (I’m 27 lol). I was doing a first semester at a community college and had to enroll last minute, ended up in a public speaking class. HA I was freaking tf ou...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
3 points

Before, I would have said yes, but now the problem is mainly finding the right words, gestures, and phrases for each social situation rather than just saying them. Few people have truly judged me for...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
1 points

i do this too and sometimes people think that the "my name is" is part of my name, because i want to get it over it as fast as possible. so i sometimes need to repeat myself which leads to stuffering...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
7 points

I have learned to control myself during situations in which most other people would have lost their shit, because I know the moment I allow intense emotions such as anger or frustration take over me, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterNov 15, 2025
40 points

I scrutinise people's faces for any hint of a negative reaction to my stutter - perhaps this is unfair and we need to give people a chance to be human?

I scrutinise people's faces for any hint of a negative reaction to my stutter - perhaps this is unfair and we need to give people a chance to be human? I'm not talking about tolerance of bullying or t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterNov 14, 2025
6 points

Not a stutterer ...

Not a stutterer ... Hey, I am not a stutterer but have a very specific and uncommon speech impediment. Anyhow, I had a client who stuttered and was unclear if I should unlock eye contact when he was s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterNov 13, 2025
27 points

Finished My PhD, Landed a Job, Still Stuttering - My Rollercoaster of a Story

Finished My PhD, Landed a Job, Still Stuttering - My Rollercoaster of a Story Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to share my story. My stuttering comes and goes. I’ve had days where I felt amazi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
postr/StutterNov 13, 2025
5 points

I feel dumber than before

I feel dumber than before It is often said that if you are intelligent or cultured, it shows in your language, but... what if the other way around also works? I'm not saying that if you're stupid yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/Stutter_remissionNov 13, 2025
1 points

In my opinion: Part #3: Sanjeeva stated: *"I do not stutter in new situations such as speaking to a stranger at a bus stop, or in a critical situation such as angrily arguing with a landlord. So I b...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/Stutter_remissionNov 13, 2025
1 points

In my opinion: Part #2: Sanjeeva stated: *"Sanjeeva did not remember experiencing any moments of anxiety in his pre-teens while he stuttered away."* **My reply**: When a toddler learns to speak mor...

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Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/Stutter_remissionNov 13, 2025
1 points

**Part #1:** **Sanjeeva also discussed:** Sanjeeva also mentions problems faced by stutterers during video conferencing. In the absence of body language, it is difficult to inject your self into the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2025
1 points

I haven’t overcame it or even think it’s a thing at this point to overcome sadly, but as I got older (24) I kinda can extend the breaks between my cycles. I would say that reading aloud to myself slo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringSituational VariabilityHope & Motivation
postr/StutterNov 10, 2025
10 points

Mentally ruined

Mentally ruined Hello everyone , good morning . I just wanted to share a personal thing. I had a presentation for a device which we are manufacturing, I am currently in college and my stutter was ext...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
postr/StutterNov 10, 2025
4 points

Seriously, how do you guys network?

Seriously, how do you guys network? So a little backstory I’m in an online graduate program trying to get a job in entry level IT/cyber intern for about a year. I started Summer 2024 and quit my part ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterNov 8, 2025
10 points

Speech Impediment Tips and My Story

Speech Impediment Tips and My Story I am currently a nineteen year old college student. I was not born a stutterer, so my cause and experience may not resonate with others here. But I will still share...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more