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commentr/StutterMay 23, 2022
3 points

People stutter for a variety of reasons. Over the last year i've really focused on my stuttering patterns, what may have caused an increase in my stutter, food, water, sleep, exercise, anxiety etc ...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2022
2 points

Tbh, I’ve rued my stutter many times during life, but at the end of the day life goes on. If I was in a war, and got shot in the leg, I wouldn’t collapse and let everyone else hail me in bullets, I’d ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterMay 21, 2022
7 points

Why do I go through periods of stuttering?

Why do I go through periods of stuttering? I've been stuttering my whole life, used to go to speech therapy for it. I used to work at a place where I had to say my name all the time and typically did ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2022
1 points

Happened to me in the past. A new job or new anything gets you reved up and energized. You tend to have tons of energy when things are new and it helps me keep on top of it but then when things get to...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightSeverity & FluctuationOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2022
4 points

Rn i am recording at what moments i stutter and figured out that i stutter when i get nervous or very excited and focusing on those triggering factors i speak taking a long breath and is helping me an...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
postr/StutterMay 20, 2022
11 points

Stuttering

Stuttering I’ve stuttered for as long as I can remember and there’s cycles of when I’m ok with my stutter but as a 22 year old, it’s very difficult for me to be ok with it. I feel like it holds me bac...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterMay 20, 2022
7 points

Ups and downs of stuttering

Ups and downs of stuttering This is my first post on this subreddit. Lately I've been really struggling with my stutter. For some background, I'm a recent(ish) college graduate who was been working as...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2022
1 points

He does. I have the same thing he has due to the fact that my brain is faster then my mouth. Stuttering is more abt being nervous or just not taking a breath. I have it to a certain level as he does a...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & WeightSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 19, 2022
3 points

Once, I tripped and cut my hand. I had to go to the er to get it sewn up. I wasn't anxious or nervous. But there was fluency!!! Even my friend told me she'd never heard me talk without stuttering....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightSituational VariabilityIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMay 19, 2022
2 points

Things that have helped me in situations like this 4-4-8 breathing method (in for 4, hold for 4, out slowly for 8) on your car ride there listen to calming sounds or music and remember to stay in t...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 18, 2022
1 points

I went and saw a neurologist when I was 19. They needed people for some testing they were doing on stuttering. None of my immediate family up to my grandparents have ever stuttered (we don't know fami...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Trauma & PsychologicalStress & Fight/FlightExperiential Association
commentr/StutterMay 18, 2022
1 points

24m, chemical technology & engineering, graduating in a few weeks if I don't fuck up my bachelor thesis. Stutter was never a problem during my years in university, making friends wasn't an obstacl...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
School & Academic LifeAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 17, 2022
2 points

Most of us do... It really doesn't work for everyone because as soon as the stutter kicks in everything learned goes out the window and our brain geta in full panic mode....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2022
3 points

My Approach is to actually stutter freely, 'especially' when I get nervous or if I've having a bad stuttering day. As stutterer, we're conditioned to think that stuttering is 'bad'. Therefore we cring...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureStress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2022
3 points

stuttering can’t be cured but it can be treated damn well, believe me. it was only 2 years ago where i would say everything clear and had close to no stutters, i had this mindset of confidence and wil...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationStress & Fight/FlightMindset shift
commentr/StutterMay 14, 2022
1 points

I did isolate, but I’ve never been too talkative to begin with so there wasn’t much change in that regard. Stress accumulation is a possibility, though I have my doubts because stress has always been ...

Causes & Variability
Energy & Biological RhythmsStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 13, 2022
1 points

Did you isolate during covid? Reduce the amount of interaction / conversation? Do you have stress accumulating over the past year?...

Causes & Variability
Energy & Biological RhythmsStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 12, 2022
2 points

For me at least, my stutter is like a broadcast of how I’m feeling. If I’m relaxed and comfortable around people who aren’t judgmental, I talk fine. If I’m hungry, haven’t slept well, or stressed ou...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMay 12, 2022
3 points

Bc we’re putting too much pressure on ourselves and thinking too much about the answer and the unconscious side of our minds say “I don’t know”. Almost like a fight or flight mode for our speech....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 10, 2022
4 points

(M21) Whenever I go to any place to order or ask for something I just write them on my phone and show it to the dude. I had enough. It's humiliating yes. I just want to avoid the awkward stupid situ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more