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commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
1 points

Is this the post you're talking about? https://www.stutteringtreatment.org/blog/can-a-block-be-an-avoidance-behavior  The information in it is good and the SLP is known in the community, although I'd ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
0 points

Sorry but it'd not it's not. It's a learned behavior you are doing. The only one physically locking your vocal chords is you. ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
9 points

Blocking isn't a "type of stutter", it's an avoidance behavior, similar to all the other things we do to not stutter. Blocking is just a more intense avoidance. You want to say something but when it c...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
2 points

I work in the field and, unfortunately if you have severe blocks and avoidance behaviors, you are severely limited in your ability to be truly helpful. I took a medical leave after my blocks got bad ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
0 points

I used to speak fluently when I was alone. But now, I developed a lot of bad habits due to stuttering and I started to stutter even when I'm alone but definitely negligible compared to when talking to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionExperiential AssociationSituational Variability
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
0 points

I suppose there's truth to that but from my own experience, I've learned through doing and if you aren't a complete dumbass, you tend to pick up on what works and what doesn't. Through those experienc...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
-2 points

I found peace by working with my hands. My stutter is on the milder side because I developed various strategies to help me seem more fluent than I actually am. I know exactly how it feels though. You'...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
postr/StutterAug 26, 2024
4 points

The Complicated Relationship With My Stutter

The Complicated Relationship With My Stutter Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of my stutter joining my life. While I have always had a little bit of a stutter throughout my life due to my cerebr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
0 points

The cause of stutter its when u think about the word you gonna say-even if u not thinking u sub mind its thinking in a mile-second cuz that a habit that why...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
3 points

I actually have thought about doing some sort of tradesmen work once I compete my online classes for my diploma. I dropped out and regretted it ever since and when I worked at McDonald's for 3 years ...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterAug 25, 2024
5 points

Why do i stutter when i think about it and i dont when im not aware of it?

Why do i stutter when i think about it and i dont when im not aware of it? Im really ashamed that i did this in the first place, https://youtube.com/shorts/DSgVjiBA9HM?si=MhphU5_62itgJ83k -I have up...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
2 points

Right on. My recommendation is to practice regularly in less stressful situations. In the past I’ve done things like stuttering voluntarily while ordering coffee, changing speech patterns to accommoda...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterAug 25, 2024
3 points

Stutterer's tendency to forget traumas

Stutterer's tendency to forget traumas We as human tend and try to forget our bad experiences and try to always write new chapter. But unfortunately for stutters our brain is wired in such a way even ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
0 points

surprisingly, this stance (“rather be mute than stuttering”) is fairly common for PWS. i’ve read many articles and some academic journals on it. there’s even a short film titled Stutterer with this ve...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
0 points

I mean it shouldn't be a secret thing since you're just practicing speech. People who dont stutter also rehearse for a presentation and no one bats an eye. If you don't feel comfortable with other peo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
3 points

If you don’t have a problem speaking when alone, and your problem is hard silent blocks, this is unlikely to be of much help. There are much more effective practices you can do however, but they are...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
7 points

The need for secrecy is *literally* the thing that makes your blocks worse. But you need to build up to others hearing you practice bc fear is a very real thing. Also, unless your practice is *volun...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
3 points

Stop with the secrets. Stutterers tend to conceal or hide a lot of themselves. This isn't healthy....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
0 points

Proud of you fighter, You dont need to hide stutter as it creates a guilt in us. If we somehow open ourself up and show everyone this is the issue and its normal then that's the biggest win. We firstl...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2024
0 points

I faced the same problem. I told my problem to Hostel Warden , she shifted me to a single room. So I can practice properly alone....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Experiential AssociationAvoidance & Substitution