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postr/StutterNov 30, 2017
4 points

Meds or Supplements for stuttering?

Meds or Supplements for stuttering? Hi, I am new on here. I just wanted to hear from anyone if they started taking meds or supplements for stuttering? I've considered myself a stutterer since I was ab...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Feared Words & NamesExperiential AssociationSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2017
3 points

Surprisingly i don't have bad memories about "first day presentations". I dreaded more about "first time reading situations" in class. Sure some of them went not so well but nothing disastrous. One ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2017
5 points

I have a last name which is not common. Every new year the dreaded "how do you pronounce your last name". After the 9th grade i started writing a note telling the teacher i stutter and how to say my...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
postr/StutterNov 29, 2017
19 points

"Before we start class, let's introduce ourselves"

"Before we start class, let's introduce ourselves" Anybody here hated this the most about the first day of school? I think this is something we can mostly relate too haha. I remember having a class wh...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterNov 29, 2017
12 points

I hate it when talking on the phone to a stranger and they think there is a bad connection

I hate it when talking on the phone to a stranger and they think there is a bad connection No, I’m not in a bad area, I’m not breaking up I have a stutter. Please don’t shoot me down by saying I’m bre...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2017
6 points

I couldn't even get past the first ring. I've never been good at talking on the phone. I did send an email and a fax, though. ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterNov 21, 2017
20 points

Did anyone else try to call their congressman to support net neutrality but couldn't get through the script?

Did anyone else try to call their congressman to support net neutrality but couldn't get through the script? I got stuck on 'neutrality' and just had to hang up. I sent an email but still feel bad I c...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2017
2 points

Exactly same, i stutter really a lot with family and while talking via phone. ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2017
2 points

I've had alot of people say " did you forget your name??" Sometimes someone will laugh, that really sucks. As long as you didn't do that you were handling it just fine....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2017
3 points

I really appreciate you asking this question. As a PWS I find it really difficult to say my name and the way people react to it can really have an effect on me (good or bad). I think that the most h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
postr/StutterNov 7, 2017
1 points

I just stuttered on my name for the first time.

I just stuttered on my name for the first time. [deleted]...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & Names
postr/StutterNov 3, 2017
5 points

Anyone got any tips or tricks for ordering at cafes or restaurants?

Anyone got any tips or tricks for ordering at cafes or restaurants? The place I have the most trouble with my speech is ordering at the counter of restaurants, cafes or fast food places. I tend to get...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterOct 25, 2017
10 points

stutterer from china

stutterer from china Senior from a not so bad college in china.only 5 people in my profession(material physics) still got stutter when making presentations required by our courses. I feel guilty and ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2017
2 points

I've been stuttering since I first started talking. I remember in high school words starting with H and TH were a problem. So "Hello" and "Thank you" were out of the question. Then I got over those so...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesFluency Techniques
postr/StutterOct 18, 2017
4 points

My stutter popped up again unexpectedly, does this usually happen?

My stutter popped up again unexpectedly, does this usually happen? I used to have an awful stutter when I was younger, and it went away almost completely until last year when I graduated college. It's...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesCycles & RandomnessAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2017
1 points

What I was thinking is that this word may have been linked to a trauma in my unconscious since it was one of the first words I said when I felt a block for my first time ever in my mind (2 years ago, ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Experiential AssociationFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2017
1 points

Thank you! The biggest problem with this word is, how you can imagine, that in a discussion it is very common to use! Since it's used on EVERY negative form of a sentence XD...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & Names
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2017
2 points

I have/had periods where I would stutter more on certain words or letters. I've come to the realisation that for me, that is because I start to notice it and then make it a problem in my head. I get n...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Overthinking & MonitoringFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2017
3 points

I stutter on similar sounds and they change, for example sometimes I find 'f' sounds really hard! I would say it's probably because you have built up a fear around that word, and every time you need t...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterOct 17, 2017
1 points

Why do I always stutter with the same word? Any suggestions to avoid it?

Why do I always stutter with the same word? Any suggestions to avoid it? Hey guys. I'm 18 and I'm italian.. and I stutter. My stuttering is caused by my emotionality, so this means that there could be...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesCycles & RandomnessAnxiety & Social Judgment