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commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
3 points

yes, and it’s possible for anyone. Act like your stutter doesn’t exist, don’t let it run your life....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
3 points

I heard in some sources of information about TMJ that this can happen even due to the position of the head, and as I understand, you were lying in bed....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
3 points

Your 2nd paragraph is the *most* impactful part of my stuttering…and the *least* understood by other people. FYI, I recently wrote a post here about ways to start addressing it....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
3 points

This is all that TMJ can be... Including the disappearance of stuttering... Read the signs of TMJ, it’s all there, including with the eyes......

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
3 points

It’s like the difference between no WiFi and slow WiFi if you know what I mean. I would much rather be mute and use sign language than stutter through everything....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
4 points

Wow, that's very interesting what you've written. Intriguing, I will look for more information on this topic. Your hypothetical question is very difficult to answer because anyone who has been struggl...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
4 points

Thank you. I have always had similar impressions. People at work often say that I 'think too quickly' or that I overthink, that I often change my mind, and that I can jump from one topic to another a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2024
24 points

I know exactly what that feels like. I had many similar situations as you. The thing that frustrates me, is that having a stammer does not allow me to be myself. That it is harder to crack jokes or ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/stutteringJun 29, 2024
5 points

I’m 33 and relate to everything you said. People always tell me to slow down and take a breath and that shit doesn’t work. For me at least. The past few years I’ve just been telling people hey I have ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
4 points

Another user here who is not a stutterer or part of this subreddit yet comes here to declare that Biden didn’t stutter. Much of stuttering is compensation — trying to avoid stuttering and speech blo...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
3 points

Repetitions do not make you say you beat Medicare, but blocking absolutely makes you say bizarre things. While there were likely a few factors causing the problem, he did the textbook “hard eye blin...

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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
1 points

After a hard block I may stop or switch words but relevant to the same topic and will look and feel exasperated like I’m catching my breath. I didn’t see that. It could be that because of his dementia...

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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
0 points

I'd say there's definitely different schools of thought. If you're of the opinion that your stutter can't be "cured" then acceptance is definitely the way to go – otherwise you'll just keep torturing ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
5 points

You don’t mix up phrases/sentences that you’re thinking of then blurt out something incomprehensible? I stutter and I do that shit a lot, to the point where people are constantly questioning my abilit...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
1 points

Well, Biden's incompetency is undoubtedly not caused by his stutter. He has been a good orator and spoken intelligently in the past in spite of it. What we see now is dementia and cognitive decline du...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
2 points

I really depise the political class. I honestly believe neither political party is truly working in good faith for the people they are supposed to represent. I dont like Biden or Trump. If we are ju...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
0 points

Basically what I meant by: we should accept/allow blocks, is I think we should welcome blocks: Remember that they may be protecting us from eliciting undesired responses from our listeners. So, instea...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
-1 points

Stuttering (US) and stammering (UK) means: blocks, repetitions and prolongations. In my opinion I think that we should not accept repetitions or any other unhelpful secondary symptoms of stuttering ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
0 points

Yes I also hate it. Most Republicans were not actually mocking his "stuttering" but rather his congnitive/ physical decline and lying over the years. Biden is using "stuttering" for his own agenda. I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
6 points

Biden team set the rules, and unlike the debate 4 years ago where Chris Christy admitted he coached trump to try to bully Biden and make him stutter by speaking over him, which didn’t work at all, Tru...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation