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commentr/StutterOct 6, 2024
1 points

If doing so helps lower your anxiety, yes. Otherwise no imo. At the end of the day it's not our fault if we stutter and there is nothing so inherently bad about it....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2024
0 points

> I basically just needed to get secure enough with myself Heheheh the problem is here lol. But I completely agree with you, getting rid of the social anxiety is the final solution in our case....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2024
2 points

Cold calling is the absolute worst.. Person: Hello Me: Hello, this is Rrr..... Person: Hello! Hello!.. Me: (still having a seizure, hangs up)...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2024
3 points

Being forced to make phone calls has really helped me get over the fear. I still hate it but I'm getting better at it....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2024
11 points

I hate when this happens. Now at 33, im aware of the days when moments like this will come on. My stutter gets worse when my anxiety is high. I try to avoid being out when it gets this bad. I’m sorry ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
3 points

Some stutterers have NO social anxiety, a mild but random stutter. We have the burden of being very social and conversational and can pass as fluent…until that very surprising and upsetting time when ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Propositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social JudgmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
3 points

Hmm I'm super self conscious. With my parents and wife at home I don't think I'd be bale to do that 😂...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
6 points

This is our lives. Phone call anxiety. I wish I had something to advise you but I don't do phone calls anymore....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
1 points

Do you generally stammer much using the phone at all now that you’re anxiety and fear has gone?...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
6 points

Just gotta learn to not give a fuck. It’s taken me a loooooong time to get to that point. It’s helped ease the anxiety and fear of being on the phone. I’ve had people hang up on me and it is very di...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
9 points

The phone was my nemesis I bought a telephone from Ebay and practiced for 6 months making calls and receiving calls (it was only a phone, it was not connected to anything) After 6 months of practice...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
20 points

I’ve literally became depressed and numb throughout the entire weekend because I’m worried about the first sentence I’m going to have to say in a phone call I need to make this Sunday. Ffs....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2024
3 points

Wow. Just. Wow. I've stuttered/blocked since the 4th grade and while I was listening to your recording (incredibly brave btw!) it dawned on me-- ok no, it hit me over the head like a sock stuffed wit...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentPersonal StoriesShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2024
0 points

I have lived with social anxiety my whole life. Buspar was a life saver. Ask for it. You can take it duly or situationally. Not an SSRI. Low side effect profile....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterOct 4, 2024
17 points

Social anxiety and stutter, an insane endless loop for me.

Social anxiety and stutter, an insane endless loop for me. My stutter is probably mild on average... I can talk 100% perfectly when I'm alone, but it gets exponentially worse if I am just a TINY bit a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2024
3 points

If your blocks instantly go away in certain situations(speaking forcefully, speaking with no intended audience, to a pet, speaking *about* your stutter, etc) that’s evidence that the block is based in...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2024
3 points

Learning why you speed up will be most effective and will improve your speech over time. If you are like most people with fear-based blocks, you speed up bc speaking is so uncomfortable and you want ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
5 points

This is at the core of the issue and demonstrates that your stutter blocks are due to fear. You are experiencing textbook classic fear-based noble and there are very effective habits you can learn to...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2024
2 points

Very very common. Stuttering is not only a speech problem but there is a strong social component at the core. The presence or possibility of a listener introduces the possibility that you will be eval...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentExperiential AssociationAudience Scale & Group Size
postr/StutterOct 3, 2024
10 points

I noticed, when I'm about to speak on the phone, my breath becomes unregulated

I noticed, when I'm about to speak on the phone, my breath becomes unregulated So let's say I call to my clinic to make an appointment, while the phone rings and I wait for them to answer, something h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment