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commentr/StutterOct 3, 2025
-5 points

I have my view from books about stuttering that convinced me that it is a product of a psychological misalignment. And this view has helped me reduce my stuttering from severe to quite mild and it is ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalMindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2025
10 points

People are “pitying” you because that’s how you’re acting & what you’re projecting. Exude confidence so even if you stutter, no big deal. Funny thing is it’s more of a deal to us than it is to other p...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2025
5 points

A permanent confidence state is unrealistic for anyone, let alone people like us who stutter.  BUT we can learn to focus on the positives (e.g. a day with less stuttering) and less on the negatives ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2025
6 points

100% agreed with this and I actually wrote a post about it some days ago here. We all know stuttering is a vicious circle: when we're insecure we stutter, which makes us insecure, so we stutter more...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2025
2 points

It actually taught me how to think of stuttering how a systems thinker would tackle the problem. Basically figure out your own constellation of stuttering factors and then work on them. Genius!...

Coping & Advocacy
Mindset shift
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2025
1 points

Thank you for the reply. I understand what you are saying. For many though, there is a big difference between overcoming it vs. living with it.  This is not to argue, or belabor a point...however,...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2025
5 points

It’s ok to be afraid but do it anyway. The more we speak in spite of fear the less of a challenge it becomes. No matter how uncomfortable it gets just remember that this is you reclaiming control....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationMindset shift
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
5 points

That doesn't even work with hiccups. It's true anxiety, self-awareness and psychological factors contribute to how pronounced a speech impediment is. I was taught the Maguire program twenty six years...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
2 points

No, speech therapy does not improve. I tried many…many of them. I now realize that it’s all in the head. Actually, we make it more complicated than it’s needed . There is no one solution. But, going ...

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Mindset shiftMedicalization / NeurodiversityTherapy Experiences
postr/Stutter_remissionSep 30, 2025
1 points

My own strategy towards STUTTERING REMISSION and subconscious fluency

My own strategy towards STUTTERING REMISSION and subconscious fluency In my opinion, all behaviors/emotions/thoughts (and hundreds of other conditioned stimuli) become maladaptive if we specifically u...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringMindset shift+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 30, 2025
7 points

>I’ve considered going to therapy but it feels useless because I’m not a typical patient. Get therapy. You are a typical patient. There are two key parts of therapy, the first is cognitive which gets...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+3 more
postr/Stutter_remissionSep 30, 2025
1 points

research (2025): Stuttering Reactions Mindset

research (2025): Stuttering Reactions Mindset Research link: [https://www.proquest.com/openview/50e43ca8d440beeb8473a32b7425a4da/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y](https://www.proquest.com/openv...

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Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2025
1 points

Ive went to 6 teachers overall and its 90% better. So yes u can overcome it. It just needs effort and effort. Its not like ur tongue has a deformation or some disability as people say. Stuttering is a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftFluency Techniques
postr/Stutter_remissionSep 29, 2025
1 points

Focus on desensitization: it reduces the threat tagging and hyper-responsiveness that keep the system stuck. And we need to move the set-point (Homeostasis vs. Allostasis)

Focus on desensitization: it reduces the threat tagging and hyper-responsiveness that keep the system stuck. And we need to move the set-point (Homeostasis vs. Allostasis) **Extremely relevant:** I...

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Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2025
0 points

t really isn't meant to be a personal attack on you or to put you down in any way. If it came across that way, then I apologise. I just can't listen to this constant talk about not giving a fuck and ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/Stutter_remissionSep 29, 2025
2 points

Desensitization requires a form of acceptance and letting go! Actively unlearn the NEED for reflexive, error-driven/compensatory responses during a stutter block (to say the word or sound)

Desensitization requires a form of acceptance and letting go! Actively unlearn the NEED for reflexive, error-driven/compensatory responses during a stutter block (to say the word or sound) You can use...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringMindset shift+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2025
4 points

Chill out with all the bro talk. We’re all in this together. Everyone here faces the difficult obstacle of speech and stuttering. My stutter was AWFUL for years. Like it took me 4 minutes to get o...

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Mindset shiftHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2025
-1 points

Just reduce yourself to a comical carricature bro! It's that easy bro! Look man, i dont want to be mean. But you didn't stop caring. You have changed everything about yourseld because you are scared,...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2025
4 points

I had a severe stutter from 4 yrs old until my 11th grade year in high school. Speech therapy, relaxing, taking a deep breath, breathing from my diaphragm, and slow “turtle talk” helped, but didn’t f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Hiding & ConcealmentRoles & PerformanceMindset shift+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2025
1 points

(READ THIS HERE) I'm 16 years old, I was born with a stutter and people at school used to look at me with my face, then I was traumatized by that, that was when I was 7 years old. My stutter used to b...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Stigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more