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commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
4 points

Angst. If it could be bottled up and sold as a weapon it would be valuable on the black market. A big part of what plagues PWS is the constant anxiety—the worry, frustration, isolation, shame, embarra...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Frustration & AngerAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
3 points

What's better, sacrificing half an hour a day, or to stutter?...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsTherapy & Professional
Frustration & AngerAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
9 points

Definitely. I mentally prepare for like a week to call my car dealership and book a service. One of my local pizza-places accepts online orders and that is probably the sole reason I don't use anyone ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionPreparation & Rehearsal+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
2 points

I have a stutter block when it comes to my name presenting myself or being asked for my name mortifies me and it has stopped me from pursuing jobs and different experiences lately though from reading ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2025
1 points

I find that words that are more in your throat and tight in the lips are harder to say. For example, I work in fast food and one word I constantly stutter on is onion. The o is so tight in my throat a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPropositionality & Weight+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
3 points

We all get down, I've been down there too. Deeper than I'd like to speak about. I'm not trying to diminish your feelings at all. Sometimes you have a fingernail on something higher, you have to focus...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
postr/StutterJan 12, 2025
3 points

My tips

My tips Hey everyone my life has probably been the same as all yours, horrible memory after horrible memory of blocks in different situations from saying your name to giving a presentation or intervie...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftFluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
8 points

This sounds wayyy more than stuttering and anxiety. You seem very upset all around. You need to speak with someone you can trust and have a long, drawn out conversation about this. You can choose to...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
4 points

I understand you 100%. I work at a dispensary and have to communicate with customers all day 5 days a week. People always make comments about my stutter, smile and laugh at me when I’m talking. It mak...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyMindfulness & BreathingShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
1 points

woaw. What an awesome initiative! Kicking things off, [this research ](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1488328/full)(2024) says: *"Public discourse can ac...

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Research & ResourcesAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
1 points

I see where you’re coming from, and I agree with you. I’m pretty sure Brocklehurst would agree as well, at least in principle. I think the main misunderstanding between you and him comes down to how y...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainPropositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
12 points

I can speak for myself: Its so hard for me to accept stuttering because stuttering is not something I see people commonly do. Even if I see someone stuttering they stutter gracefully. In my case its m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
1 points

Based on my own understanding of this, there are three ways the body can mirror or reflect a 'freezing' reaction (such as, a block): *flight (escaping).. we've all experienced it.. we feel an anticip...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
2 points

Well you can’t hide it if anything really happens. Be prepared for maybe a surprise look on his face and then pray for the best he’s really that into you he won’t care....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2025
1 points

This probably has to do with a blockage in starting words in situations of high tension (such as talking to strangers or feeling embarrassed or pressured to be with people). If this is the case, you c...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2025
3 points

The thing is he may not accept the sttuer and I feel bad beacause I need to search for someone who accept and always worry about what others think of me...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2025
4 points

Hey, I completely understand what you’re going through! I’ve had many crushes and sometimes stutter way more around them when I’m nervous. Sometimes I tell people I stutter, sometimes I don’t. The key...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Dating & RomanceAnxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & Pride+2 more
postr/StutterJan 11, 2025
36 points

I want to start talking to a guy But embarrassed to stutter

I want to start talking to a guy But embarrassed to stutter There's a cute guy who works near my place of work and he comes here sometimes. I feel like he's into me and I want to start talking to him ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2025
2 points

>*"Bloodstein noticed that any novelty in speech production alleviates stuttering."* Yes I agree. I might be wrong, but from my own understanding.. if someone uses something new or for the first time...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & SubstancesEmotional Experience
Situational VariabilityNeurological & BrainHelpful Med Outcomes+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2025
5 points

Currently I'm in the army. In my country it's necessary to go to the army (Greece) . My anxiety and stuttering make it hard for a strict environment like this. Before this i was working as a software ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career