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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2020
1 points

Don’t beat yourself up! Take it as a challenge and learning experience. Sure you didn’t ace it but maybe you’ll have a no fucks given attitude for your next one. I find when I don’t care if I stutter ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 15, 2020
5 points

None of that is going on. :) This is about mindset. We often trip up ourselves, because we're used to thinking in dour terms. - --- - _Moved from above:_ - A couple of questions for you. :) - ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 15, 2020
2 points

The best thing you can do is to start working out and slowly cut on eating unhealthy food. Even though it might not help your stutter, it will make you feel better mentally. Btw I stutter as well, i ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 15, 2020
3 points

I thought I couldn't be in a job where spoken communication was required as a core component done frequently. I'm now in a job where spoken communication is required as a core component done frequent...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Employment & CareerMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
1 points

If I stopped stuttering as a kid then yeah, my life would have changed enormously. But with age must come integration of experiences, lessons are learned, and all that feeds identity. Whatever you go ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
2 points

like someone when he speaks okay he does not feel anything and I when I stutter I do not feel anything because I know that stuttering must happen, stuttering is complicated, he who has removed stutter...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
2 points

currently I have long since removed the fear of stuttering from me, and I know that stuttering just has to happen no matter what, I know what actions I do and I am very calm and I see stuttering as a ...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
20 points

I'm one of the people that voted "would stay the same" And I have to say its not because I've had it easier, its because of how I view my stutter now. Your perspective of your stutter is 100% up to ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
3 points

I'd rather keep focusing on reality. :) There's lots we can do and try instead of playing around with wishes, yes?...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
3 points

Hey buddy, The fact you attended and gave the interview a go makes you super strong and dope already. If they could not embrace who you are during the interview, what makes them embrace you IF you d...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
8 points

The educational setting is by far the hardest. Wether I was 7 or 27 the anxiety was the same. To feel completely cursed by an affliction that everyone is so comfortable making a joke of...but maybe t...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & PrideMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
2 points

\^\^\^\^\^ This. You only think you are losing your true self because you think that others are better than you, but in reality we are responsible for having that inner true self (based on OUR opinion...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shift
postr/StutterDec 13, 2020
2 points

I saw some words when I went in to look for self therapy, said a sentence that you should look at your stuttering as a certain thing you have learned to do, not like something that is wrong with you or something that happens to you.

I saw some words when I went in to look for self therapy, said a sentence that you should look at your stuttering as a certain thing you have learned to do, not like something that is wrong with you o...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
8 points

Being that I’m pretty old. I used to view this a hurdle to overcome and was on board with societies depiction that your self worth is based mostly on others opinions of you. This construct is a lie. E...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
4 points

First of all, never apologize. You are AWESOME!! Second, I had a severe fear if the phone until one day I bought a phone off of ebay. Every single day for months, I would pretend to make and recei...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 11, 2020
3 points

There’s nothing wrong with being quiet and if you stay with your boyfriend you’ll have to deal with them eventually. It may sound weird but I’ve found positive affirmation to be very effective. If y...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindset shiftPreparation & Rehearsal
commentr/StutterDec 10, 2020
2 points

As several others pointed out, self-acceptance is a huge anxiety reliever, which may even pay off in other ways as it relates to your speech. I just saw this quote from writer and activist Audre Lord...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 10, 2020
4 points

Feelings are feelings, nothing dumb about them. I’m 9 years older than you, so I still see myself young but I have embraced myself as the stutterer of the group since maybe 17 or 18 and that’s not a b...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & RelationshipsCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideDisclosure & Telling OthersMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 9, 2020
2 points

This could also be why some people overcome their stuttering as they get older, because they’re more experienced than the other people in their life (or they’ve developed a greater sense of confidence...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 9, 2020
2 points

Your ruins are your history. Your history is a precious treasure that can never be replaced. Learn from the past, and build yourself back up. YOU are a monument to your past....

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shift