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postr/StutterJul 17, 2024
3 points

How to be better at making friends?

How to be better at making friends? I'm going into my second year of college, and I want to be better at socializing. Sometimes I feel like people will be nice about my stutter, but they don't really...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Friendships & BelongingHiding & ConcealmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2024
2 points

Thank you so much I really appreciate your comment. It’s all a work in progress but I do feel like I’ve made a considerable amount of progress so far...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
2 points

THIS IS SO TRUE whenever i put myself in uncomfortable positions i always come out more confident and my stutter reduces even if it’s by a little bit...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
3 points

Hey. I know this might seem ridiculous but start looking into ways to be the happiest and most “successful” version of yourself. For example, eat well, sleep well, read books, journals, get exercise e...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
2 points

Tbh, I am only hopeful from something like a brain computer interface that might have some chance for solving stuttering. Neuralink is already owned by elon Musk, and he is the richest person. Money ...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
2 points

No problem brother remember God is always on our side stay strong no matter what happens we will face and endure. Everything finds it's purpose....

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
1 points

Good luck for the futur!! I understand your feelings, I went thru stutter crisis like that too, where the stutter is unmanageable, and it's such a mess! I wish you all the best, with the hope that the...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
1 points

I was like that too, and got a reverse since highschool. I got under so much humiliation in middle school, and so many stress, that it kind of unblocked something in me, and now it's like: "talking ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHope & MotivationStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
1 points

If it can help: I was really sad to fail my first serious interview as well. Then, I successfully passed the next one from a different company, and I randomly was able to go work and live in Southeast...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
3 points

Great advice. Blocks can really mess with us. Better to get it out even if it takes awhile which sucks, but is still beneficial...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Hope & MotivationBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
3 points

I agree so much! For the phone call, before I was really scared. Then I had to do two weeks quarantine during covid in an hotel. The meals could be ordered only by phone, each evening for the next day...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
3 points

Haa it looks like a bad circle: I don't know for you, but for myself if I am extra scared on my stutter, it makes it worst, which makes me more scared, which makes it worst... Do you have a "circuit-...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
9 points

The best thing to do is to confront your fears, do things that take you out of your comfort zone. It’s the only way that you’ll get over your fear of stammering is to face it. I did the same with maki...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
7 points

Personal experience is that there is no substitute to taking action. I spent six months training my subconscious to get out of freeze response when talking to others. Here’s a brief overview of things...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
5 points

Use visualization and imagine speaking fluently. Imagine driving a huge tractor or yak and leveling every thing —mounds, houses whatever and speak in the same way. Practice intentional stuttering. ...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
3 points

Perfect way of thinking about it. Stuttering is an avoidance problem. The more speaking a person does in spite of fear the less stuttering over time. Imagine a warrior charging onward no matter wha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
3 points

Exactly, being able to now disclose my stutter gives the power back to me in terms of creating an environment I can be comfortable in. I make a little bit of a ‘i talk a little funny/weird but we all ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & PrideDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2024
2 points

I started stuttering at 17, I’m 29 now, life is better, way better, and my stutter is not a major issue in my life anymore, I still have it but I have a lot more control over it. I just say this so yo...

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commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
2 points

>Also is it gonna go away or am i stuck with it forever ?  Eighty percent of children recover from stuttering, according to Dr. Yairi (phd), a leading researcher in the field. He states that most peo...

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commentr/StutterJul 15, 2024
4 points

I interviewed a young man on my podcast (My Stuttering Life) who also started stuttering at age 16. He is a very positive person and has his own YouTube channel as an entrepreneur. Reach out to onl...

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