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commentr/StutterApr 11, 2023
4 points

Whenever I want to order from a restaurant, I always ask for the menu, and point to things I want even though I know the item by heart. I have done this multiple times at the bakery I used to visit. T...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
2 points

Drop the "p" and just say rogramming. No one will really notice. And if they do they won't notice as much as you blocking for 20 seconds trying to get it out....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
1 points

Bro I was just like you till 2 hours ago. You gotta let it go. There is nothing wrong with stuttering why are you scared of a people judging you so much? And if they do they're is your perfect reason ...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
5 points

It's all in your head, my friend. Get over yourself. I have a stutter, and I also have a college degree, a successful career (of which I have to talk a lot) and am married. Sure stuttering sucks, but ...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
6 points

I bought an office telephone on Ebay to practice because the telephone ☎️ was my nemesis. I practiced for 6 months every single day practicing making and receiving calls. At the end of the 6 month...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
5 points

With more experience and time under your belt it’ll get easier. I practice what I’m going to say in my head and then every time the phone rings I answer with the exact same words every time. I’m 40 th...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Preparation & RehearsalHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
2 points

Keep trying. Exposure therapy can help you but it is painful when you're in a bad stuttering period. Keep working on it and don't be too hard on yourself....

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
5 points

Well I’ve had 60 years or so to have an arsenal of work arounds. It’s an issue like anything else in life. I have a friend who has no sense of humor. She has to look at the people around he...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
4 points

How in the Sam Hill do you get past the P in patty? Oddly though if I hated Patty Melts I could order them all day. :)....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
2 points

I don't know which I struggled with more, the direct mockery or behind my back by people I thought were friends. It most definitely has had a negative impact on my life, and I wish I had some secret f...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Stigma & BullyingHope & MotivationHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
1 points

That's the stupid thing right? Like how can it be incurable when I 100% don't stutter when by myself? Like what the fuck is that?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Overthinking & MonitoringHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterApr 10, 2023
7 points

Was any of you passive aggressively bullied?

Was any of you passive aggressively bullied? I never was really bullied. But I always felt like I was an easy target. And people/friends would just out of nowhere say stupid/rude stuff to me that I d...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
5 points

Tension comes from trying to control (aka trying to stop or minimize stuttering in some way). Part of this is conscious and part of embedded from years of reinforced behavior. The good news is tension...

Speech & StutteringCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
3 points

I have this same problem as of recently. At work I have to constantly speak on a radio and I have to speak my last name which starts with a E. It’s the only word at work that hurts and sucks to say....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
4 points

Go to a busy place with a clipboard and conduct fake surveys. That's what I did during my speach therapy course. It gets you in front of strangers and the premise of a survey doesn't make it akward....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
6 points

Everytime I order chipotle in person, I don’t get lettuce, because I actually won’t be able to say it without suffering for like 5 minutes. I only order chipotle with lettuce when I order on the app �...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
3 points

I stammer doing both😭😭😭..i feel so embarrassed to even speak sometimes...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
4 points

I always try to go to places where the menu is in another language. I’ll deliberately read out the item, butcher it (intentionally) and the whole table laughs...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
1 points

I had a friend in college say “you’re actually pretty funny just takes you too damn long to get it out”...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2023
9 points

Back in college, I used to write what I wanted on a slip of paper and show it to the person at the counter if I went inside. That doesn't help for drive-thrus, but when my stutter was bad it was a wor...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment