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commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
4 points

Hi, welcome to our club of misfits lol In my personal journey with fluency I don’t think any of those will work for me. My fluency is best when I am relaxed. Whenever I begin to stutter, I don’t tr...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindfulness & BreathingAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterSep 17, 2024
2 points

Anyone ever do TV or news interviews?

Anyone ever do TV or news interviews? Might have to do some TV/news interviews next week. Not live (thankfully) ... but ... any advice here? ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionAdvice Requests
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
10 points

- initiate discussion with me on how i would prefer to approach presentations, oral exams, etc (i had always been the one to initiate) - my stutter gets especially worse when i have to read out loud. ...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Disclosure & Telling OthersAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
5 points

That's why before telling joke you should analyze whole sentence, calculate which words will be the hardest so that you could replace them with something similar or use some technic which you made for...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
2 points

Make your PPT funny, my stutter is bad but still I got loudest cheer...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
7 points

NOT let me weasel out of presentations. All through middle school, my teachers would always ask me if I wanted to skip making presentations to the class, or if I wanted to do them privately do them af...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
2 points

Yup been there. I just try short 2-6 words joke after going over it in my mind to avoid stuttering...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
1 points

While I am not a qualified speech therapist, my suggestion would be, to not treat her differently than any kid who doesn't have a speech impairment. That would only reinforce her fears of speaking in ...

Parent & CaregiverCommunity & SupportAnticipation & Avoidance
Home SupportAdvice OfferedAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterSep 17, 2024
2 points

I write Poetry to express myself

I write Poetry to express myself Hello guys, I am a CS major and I started writing poetry to express myself and it feels nice. I don't write so well but its good. All my life I've struggled to expres...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2024
3 points

I understand that. Mine is too severe to hide from people close to me, but I definitely mask it in front of new people and do the same thing. I hate it because it often make me seem dumb but it's defi...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
2 points

Haha I always just pretend to forget what I'm about to say when I feel a block coming. I do this with both new people and my close friends since my stutter isn't too severe and I mask it from most peo...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
3 points

I do that too but mostly with new people who don't know I have a stutter or when I'm just tired of it. In most conversations during the day, I lie at least once that I don’t know something or that I’v...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
5 points

“How to deal with bad speech days?“ That’s what friends and community is for. You need someone to talk to when shit is going bad. Someone you can stutter freely in front of and feel comfortable doin...

Community & SupportAnticipation & Avoidance
Validation & EmpathyAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
6 points

It’s been bad for me since last week for me and just jamming out to my music/ playing games/ or reading usually seems to help put me in a better mood. But when that doesn’t work I just deal with it an...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
4 points

Stuttering is an anticipation-avoidNce issue. A conflict between speaking and trying to avoid stuttering. . How often do you stutter without anticipating your stutter? Carry on into the fray! ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
-5 points

Guys, this is bad. Don’t do it. You don’t defeat stuttering with bravery. You defeat it with wisdom. Such stunts set you up for disastrous stuttering embarrassments that will make your condition wor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
1 points

I hope you started man, This tech works magic. i was scared for years to take a promotion at my Job. I used an airpod with garageband voice playback and ohh myy makes me so mad they didnt have this in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
25 points

Not been able to do/say a simple thing as a joke is indeed a joke in itself! I'm 63 and never told a proper joke in my life, it's a sad state of affairs indeed...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
3 points

ok i laughed until i saw the end of your comment and went eh. because yeah, it can be pretty funny asf becoming the accidental punchline if it unfolds that way but tbh just saying it like an asshole o...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
postr/StutterSep 16, 2024
51 points

joking with a stutter

joking with a stutter You know that feeling when you're about to tell the funniest joke ever but can't manage to say the punchline, then you struggle to finish the joke even though you know it won’t b...

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