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postr/StutterMay 20, 2020
4 points

[Serious] I'm researching stuttering and would like to know your experiences

[Serious] I'm researching stuttering and would like to know your experiences Hey all! For starters, I do not stutter. I'm in the early stages of developing my first novel, and I'm developing one of my...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 18, 2020
4 points

Bro, any presentation i have made in front of public were all successful.But as i said, sometimes my stutter is so bad that I can't even say good morning 😂and people think that i am rude or sth like ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2020
1 points

Same here! I experience severe blocks on the phone sometimes where no sounds come out and then I’ll have other times where I get a head start and talk fine in conversation. I’d say I stutter 6/10, I r...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2020
1 points

I think for a lot of us it varies. I can be having an completely stutter free conversation in person, but I answer the phone and it all goes to hell and I can't get out anything. If I had to average ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2020
4 points

As a kid, 6/10 As an adult, 0.3/10 Also, as a kid it was a hard blocking stutter. As an adult it’s more of a manageable slight blockage. There are still the occasional hard block, but most of the ti...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 14, 2020
1 points

Fuck man this one time after gym all I wanted to do was tell this guy he had a nice beard and couldn’t even get that to come. It’s alright man it happens...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 14, 2020
5 points

I'd love to know as well. It's been extremely hard especially with all the covid 19 stuff going on I have to call more often. It's been hell, sometimes it's literally impossible to say many words, lit...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterMay 14, 2020
4 points

What ways can we practice talking on the phone?

What ways can we practice talking on the phone? When I'm not in a call and just have the phone to my face I can say what I want to perfectly but as soon as I'm in a call with another person I can't ge...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 13, 2020
2 points

Moderate to severe according to his speech therapist. He has pretty significant blocks that I didn’t recognize as a stutter, I just thought—oh, that’s how he talks....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 13, 2020
2 points

It happens with me too. I could be talking confidently about anything and then the stutter hits suddenly. It’s difficult....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterMay 12, 2020
1 points

Why stuttering gets intense in a middle of conversation

Why stuttering gets intense in a middle of conversation I was arguing with my brother about something at first i didnt Stutter much but in the middle of the conversation i started to stutter severely....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & WeightBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2020
1 points

When I was a kid it was “m-m-mayo” type of stuttering. Now it’s like the vowel/sound wont come out, and then my head starts to bob up and down (when it’s bad)....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2020
2 points

This reminds me of a few months ago when I was sitting in class and another student in my year with a stutter cane in to give an announcement. He struggled to start and started saying “Um um um um um ...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 10, 2020
2 points

I hate ordering through the drive-thru. I always freeze and have to force my order out in a yell, or order twice because the person can't hear/understand me (I can't do speakers/recording devices). Th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterMay 10, 2020
1 points

Only Have Problem on Phone or Similar Recording Device

Only Have Problem on Phone or Similar Recording Device I don't know if this is essentially a stutter, but I can't diagnose it. This has been happening for almost 25 years at varying degrees. First I l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
postr/StutterMay 9, 2020
44 points

Not able to say my name- Is this normal?

Not able to say my name- Is this normal? Hi , I developed this thing almost 3 years back wherein I cannot speak words starting with H and also I can't say my name. I freeze up. Apart from this I don't...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 7, 2020
3 points

If you’re a person who stutters, chances are you are going to stutter...and that’s perfectly okay. I would recommend “advertising” at the beginning of the interview. Say something like “As we are gett...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesDisclosure & Telling Others+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 7, 2020
1 points

Heyyy, so I stupidly decided to push myself out of my comfort zone and apply for this leadership role in my school. I didn’t think I was gonna get picked but I did and now I have an interview on Monda...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2020
2 points

Last year i noticed my blocks have been a lot less severe and I was less conscious of it. Until recently, two times today I noticed blocks while I was speaking and it almost made me stop. I thought I ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterMay 5, 2020
26 points

Cornered at work

Cornered at work I’ve been working as a bank teller for a little over 6 months now. As with most stutters being on a phone causes a lot of anxiety and when anxiety hits I freeze up and can’t get words...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more