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Fears & Anxieties with Stuttering - Explained

Fears & Anxieties with Stuttering - Explained I've been asked a few times to highlight how to deal with anxieties you develop through stuttering. To highlight ways to manage the fears we have and ...

Haha, thanks for the support, really appreciate it. Yeah I'm already trying to reach the 'idgaf' phase, but after years of conditioning myself to fear people talking behind my back, it's gonna be a r...

This is tough. I used to pick and choose my moments to chime in or wait until I got into flow state and express myself. Now I just kind of talk regardless and if it doesn't come out how I wanted to, I...

Don't measure your success by how much or how little you stutter. I think this one probably went much better because you weren't nearly as stressed about it as last time. You already put yourself th...

Most everyone on this sub has probably felt at one point the way that you feel right now, but you need to figure out what you can do to improve your mindset so it doesn't become long term or permanent...

You're very welcome. I'm glad I was of help. Well the fear never really goes away. It's still there, especially at the beginning of the lecture but as the lecture goes on, the fear fades away. You jus...

You're not failing at all, so get that shit out of your head. The fact that you're willing to do something that brings you so much fear & anxiety is a huge sign of strength & is damn impressiv...

Victim culture is out of control in general. Everyone's got a bible of excuses for why they can't do something. That mentality does not make strong people. ...

Yeah, I'm with you in the fact that I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to view it as a disability. I know from first hand experience how easy it is to let it become a scapegoat for all of your...

The depression is the problem, not the stutter. Somehow, through whatever combination of life changes, self-love, mentality change, or outside help, you need to become happy with life and yourself. E...

Speech buffer. I know it's probably unkind to some people but I just can't take my own stutter serious anymore. Life's short enjoy it listen to vinyl it sounds better. ...

I used to feel like that and still do sometimes. Now I preface my job interviews with the fact that I stutter and most of the times the interviewer is cool with it. If you stutter just pretend like it...

Right, then focus only on these qualities and your mindset will shift. You'll develop more self-worth when you are happy that you possess these positive qualities. ...

I completely agree with you in regards to what you said about the victim mentality that seems to be so predominant among people that stutter. I think, for a lot of people at least, that it's orders o...

Been reading through everybody's answers. A wide variety of answers to say the least! There is one fundamental reason why I asked this question. I asked this because...the way you view yourself spea...

You'll be alright, just keep doing what you've been doing. Focusing any meaningful amount of attention towards it won't do you any good....

and I have never heard such intelligent conversation about stuttering. Much like this subreddit, it's amazing to have so much common ground in understanding, knowing that everyone has been through so ...

Sorry for the late post - I appreciate the mention. What I can tell you is it's all to do with mindset. This is especially apparent when you do deep research into how the bran works and your subconsci...

You keep talking about how your "brain isn't producing the right chemicals" & there being a "chemical imbalance in your brain". Quit telling yourself there's something wrong with you. There isn't....

It's a touchy subject about anxiety and depression. I've been through that story, tried pills, quit a job because of depression, got suicidal, etc. Ultimately I've become very much against the industr...