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postr/StutterSep 7, 2024
27 points

I Entered Law School

I Entered Law School I just want to share my experience as a stutterer with speech blocks in law school. It has only been a week since the law school started. On the first day, i did a great job tryi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 7, 2024
0 points

Stammering doesn't have any cure it's a disability accompanied by nervousness, these tablets helps us become more calm in stressful situations but ultimately the stammering won't be going it's in our ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterSep 7, 2024
1 points

They don't work for me but I sometimes use an AAC app on my phone to play saved phrases like "let me finish. It might take a minute" or "beginning of sentence" or "middle of sentence", "end of senten...

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionAssistive Devices
commentr/StutterSep 6, 2024
1 points

I haven't had a bad episode like this since childhood, but I would close my right eye and my head would jerk to the right in time with my stutter. It was an embarrassing mess and I'm glad it's under a...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Physical TensionAvoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterSep 6, 2024
34 points

How can I live a normal life?

How can I live a normal life? Hello, I really need help - I am so lost and tired. My 20's have been rough, many ups and downs. Over the past 2 years (26-28) I have been doing well in my career, I h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 6, 2024
0 points

Speech therapy teach how to speak in unnatural ways and then the mind thinks about the words and stutter u shouldn’t do it...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & Avoidance
Positive Therapy TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 6, 2024
8 points

100% yes. If there’s one thing I’m definitely guilty of and it’s honestly something I hate about myself it’s avoiding situations. I fucking hate it, it’s not me at all. I like talking to people, I l...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterSep 6, 2024
1 points

TOEFL - Omit Speaking Section or Get Extended Time ?

TOEFL - Omit Speaking Section or Get Extended Time ? Hello, I am appearing for TOEFL iBT, the test is scheduled in next month. I have severe stammering problem, I stammer alot while speaking can't eve...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionSchool & Academic LifeAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
1 points

I worked in research for years, had my own company and work now in consulting as a manager (talking somehow all day long) with a really bad stutter … still more bad days than good days but at least th...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionAvoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
1 points

I know this sounds corny but have you thought about changing your voice? My dh can speak fluid if he does this....

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commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
0 points

Again you don't know what is going in my life, I have been not anything towards stuttering because of some reasons. But when I used that techniques I had achieved fluency. There are problems other tha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
0 points

Ohh thank you for letting me know, I didn't know that. I guess you are the omniscient. My life is shit now, doesn't mean I haven't had the good time. More than year, I was fluent, when I was telling p...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
1 points

Needing to swap words is essentially a worse form of stuttering. Thr only way to reduce the shame is to do brief voluntary * repetitions* in very low stress situations. I’ve written a long post w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
-1 points

Hi If you struggle so much with saying your name, why not change it to something else? Go with a nickname or something, there's no point in keeping something that is that big of a pain in the ass t...

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commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
1 points

Majority of stutters speak perfect when alone. I could be an audio book narrator alone in a room. However, knowing the mic is on would cause stuttering for me. Back when pizza was ordered with a phone...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterSep 5, 2024
4 points

Stutter

Stutter Well I went on a stutter day outing with a few people who had stutters as well and yes mine is not as bad anymore because I swap words that make it easier for me to fill sentences but it doe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
3 points

This is a compensation mechanism used a lot by people who stutter. You will improve yourself in other areas to compensate for the lack of ability to speak fluently....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
1 points

I stutter less when i don't fight it, if I try I block like crazy....

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
0 points

"I had some girls as friends in past, because of my nature I pushed them away, they all were very good friends." Im curious what do you mean by that? You had girls as friend and its success as stutte...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Dating & RomanceFriendships & BelongingAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2024
0 points

I wouldn’t advise it. If you can take a second to pause it out regain your breathe/rhythm you’ll be better off. Filler words often (from my own experiences/observation of those who stutter) the filler...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques