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commentr/StutterNov 24, 2019
1 points

I'm usually the same way but I just wanted to get out of there this time. I've been better overall but it's my name that always gets me...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2019
3 points

The verbal blocks are the fucking worst. Particularly when there's not another word for what you're trying to say....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2019
4 points

I agree, I hate saying my name. My stutter isn't normally \*that\* bad, but saying my name is just the most impossible thing in the world....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterNov 23, 2019
13 points

I just cant spit the word out and I'm losing my minddddddddddddddddd

I just cant spit the word out and I'm losing my minddddddddddddddddd I really dont know what to do at this point. I can easily say any letter if its solo but as soon as its a word, its just not comin...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2019
2 points

I see, thanks for clarifying. Happy it worked out for you. As someone with a severe stutter, I personally would not have been able to pass that verbal command test without blocks or repetitions....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2019
13 points

I whisper to myself quite often and literally never stutter. When I'm talking out loud, though? Commence thy fucking stutter....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilityBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2019
2 points

I can relate to this SOOO much. I can roll the words out smooth but the second I key the mic on my radio to talk I get blocked and often just unkey the mic. I guess it’s nerves, but sometimes happens ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2019
3 points

I usually can say my name but man when it matters I some how get a block. Maybe because I will be tensed/anxious. I don't know how to solve it....

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2019
17 points

I feel your pain. That always happens to me but instead of me asking, I block so much that it renders me speechless and they ask me if I want to write it down on a paper. Sometimes they joke around sa...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesShame & EmbarrassmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2019
1 points

I'm not sure if that counts but. I was on a bus with my mum and she was chatting with some elderly couple, and as the bus was crossing the bridge over the river elderly lady ask my mother " what an ad...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2019
1 points

I think this helps, but it isn't going to stop stuttering. I'm a block-heavy stutter. So if I don't focus on my stuttering and focus on fluency, I find that the number of stutters decreases, but the...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2019
2 points

I work at a movie theater, and last week we were closed due to a pipe bursting. My job that day was to stand outside and explain to customers that they could get refunds, but they couldn't buy any tic...

Speech & StutteringSocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesListener ReactionsAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2019
6 points

This is a beautiful description of what it's like to stutter. Time seems to stop and it is excruciatingly uncomfortable. When the moment passes, the mood in the room/people you are talking to changes ...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2019
2 points

The fact that I now expect to hear "You forgot your name or something?" after trying to introduce myself is so fucked up. I get that somebody struggling to say their own name is jarring to people, but...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2019
5 points

Yep. A hard block can make my great day be much worse....

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Frustration & AngerBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterNov 18, 2019
81 points

Do you have kind of micro depressions when you stutter?

Do you have kind of micro depressions when you stutter? You just about to start or already talking to someone, having good mood and then a wild block or stutter appears. Time slows down, you become aw...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2019
1 points

Oh boy I still sometimes stutter when I speak to myself....

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2019
1 points

Dude i know, most of the time im good but i was doing one for a gun store once and it was so fucking bad😂😂😂...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2019
2 points

I 100% RELATE TO THIS. the other day I was at work and I was helping a customer. She asked me where something was and I responded but I started to block before I could finish my sentence. I stopped to...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesShame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2019
1 points

I guess the only way to define it is... I’m speaking to a person and I know what I’m going to say. Instead of saying the word I freeze (to try and collect myself first) and instead of just finishing ...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoss of Control