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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2024
1 points

One of the best techniques I use is to kinda merge the sylables and words together and smoothly flow from one to the other. At the start of a sentence, start with a neutral sound and flow into the fir...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
0 points

This is because you are speaking in a way that is not natural to you. You will stutter less if you speak quietly or at a different pitch, but it will not last long. I remember tons of tricks to "speak...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
2 points

This definitely happens to me a lot in public— saying “thank you” offhand to people in public is really hard. Often I will make eye contact, smile warmly, and mouth/whisper “thank you.” Sometimes i g...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
2 points

Occasionally. I think time limits make the words stick harder, in your case you had only the small window of being nearby them to stay socially acceptable. In my case, I only talk to a few people who ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
1 points

i have this exact problem too! the worst cases for me is if im preparing to say something to someone but when im about to say it i just stand there with my mouth open trying to get the words out of my...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
0 points

I watch and read English to the point that I know it better than Norwegian (my mother tounge), I know how to speak the language it’s just speaking around people that causes the stammering....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
0 points

I used to watch lot of Irish, Welsh tv shows to slightly mimic certain words. Same way at one point I was into English /French show called Tunnel to get inspired by that hybrid accent...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
1 points

I stutter a lot speaking English so when I was I. A foreign country I had to make my mom order for me😂...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
7 points

Masking is my only technique to suppress it. Either fake my accent lil bit or reading from notes or word replacement. Yet I get messed up saying a simple item from the menu. Tried to say Banger and ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterOct 3, 2024
25 points

Tried to test something

Tried to test something Today was a decent day so I thought I should test recording myself. I’m reading a colonoscopy advertisement lol. Trying me best to stay focused 😆😆😆 Now if I was saying th...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
2 points

Thank you for this, just found this group because my stutter has started getting worse again after some years of being mostly fluent and I was feeling frustrated, this was a great message to see right...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAvoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2024
1 points

Yeah I say Jeff because I don't block on J's. I ain't saying M-M-Mathew ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterOct 2, 2024
27 points

Stuttering making me lose the woman of my dreams

Stuttering making me lose the woman of my dreams I met this woman who has so many things in common with me and she didn't seem to mind the stuttering. However, whenever we talk on the phone, my stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterOct 2, 2024
3 points

Career advice for a bad stutterer

Career advice for a bad stutterer Are there any jobs where you don't need good communication skills or even an interview? I have failed every job interview I have had because of my stutter when answe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
postr/StutterOct 2, 2024
4 points

Losing Hope - Trying to Start my Career as a PWS

Losing Hope - Trying to Start my Career as a PWS Hi Everyone, I am a person who stutters from the U.S. who's currently in their third year of university. I have been endlessly applying to internship...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2024
6 points

Life hack when someone says “what did you say” don’t repeat yourself, in my case oftentimes the person heard what I said and responds normally....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringListener Reactions
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2024
38 points

Yessss! It will usually be a funny quip, but if they miss it and ask me to repeat, I reply “ Nope, story’s over” 🤣...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHumor & Community Tone
postr/StutterOct 2, 2024
56 points

Does anyone else speak fine 90% of the time but mainly stutter when they have to repeat themselves?

Does anyone else speak fine 90% of the time but mainly stutter when they have to repeat themselves? ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringListener Reactions
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2024
0 points

From my POV ive had similar experiences with all sorts of intoxicants. Which in practice is that they just increase the mood I’m currently in. Both from a stuttering POV and an anxiety POV and a gener...

Meds & SubstancesAnticipation & Avoidance
Helpful Med OutcomesRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2024
1 points

So many times in my life I pretended to forget the word just because I felt that I couldn’t say it ahh it’s so exhausting:(( recently I felt better and started ordering food again and it was fine for ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentOverthinking & Monitoring