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postr/StutterMar 20, 2025
16 points

Phone calls trigger me

Phone calls trigger me I have a mild stutter not as severed as it was when I was growing up. I have come to the realization that if I get the first word out then every word and sentence just flows out...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension+1 more
postr/StutterMar 19, 2025
13 points

Stuttering alot more recently

Stuttering alot more recently Hey everyone, 26 M here. I been stuttering my whole life and i pretty much made peace w my stuttering. I dont feel nervous or stressed when i stutter, i just go with it....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2025
6 points

When you avoid certain words these become ‘feared’ words, the thought of saying these cause feelings of anxiety which in turn cause you to feel tense and hence why you always have difficulty with thos...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension
postr/StutterMar 19, 2025
16 points

Does anyone avoid saying certain words?

Does anyone avoid saying certain words? I’ve had my stutter since I was 4 and I’m currently in my late twenties. There are certain words that I specifically avoid or that I extremely dislike the wor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
postr/StutterMar 19, 2025
6 points

filipinos here?

filipinos here? Are there any filipinos suffering from stuttering here? I dont know any filipinos with the same condition as i have. I get the block stutter like my throat/neck tenses up...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 18, 2025
1 points

I've seen some benefits from the program. In my experience, the key was to get comfortable speaking a little slower. This is difficult and something I continue to struggle with....

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 18, 2025
2 points

Keeping eye contact (or equivalent, like just keeping your own eyes looking straight across, at their shoulder, or a point behind them) will likely reduce others thinking you are “not ok”....

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Physical TensionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 18, 2025
2 points

I'm trying to keep the eye contact but yk its kinda hard but I love you advise. I should follow the hierarchy of situations....

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Physical TensionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 18, 2025
1 points

It's a non stop practice I'm afraid! Still having to come back to this myself, having rediscovered how badly a stammer during presentations can make me fall flat on my face - not because of the stamme...

Speech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Physical TensionVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterMar 17, 2025
1 points

Seems like the angle of her head has changed. Looking down signals shame bc it’s avoiding eye contact. Looking more upwards (and breathing out) can instantly release a block. How much do you char...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Physical TensionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 17, 2025
2 points

It's a method for "unblocking" so ideally right before a vowel that you feel you are going to block on you are supposed to inhale and clench the pr-muscle, and then continue speaking on the exhalation...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 16, 2025
3 points

The whole valsalva thing where you release the tension by contracting and relaxing the pr-muscle, basically by clenching your groin. It's good because it's inconspicuous but very hard to master becaus...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 15, 2025
2 points

With a lot hard work and discipline. From a severe stutter where I would block make facial grimaces to sounding natural 99% of the time feels damn good. DM me I’ll give you a more detailed answer...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & ProfessionalMeds & Substances
Hope & MotivationPositive Therapy TechniquesHelpful Med Outcomes+2 more
postr/StutterMar 15, 2025
9 points

Blocks getting worse

Blocks getting worse Since I was a child, I had the block stutter. I dont stutter often. I only stutter in the first syllable/words that I prepared in my mind, like when i'm about to read aloud, a scr...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
postr/StutterMar 15, 2025
2 points

Began stuttering suddenly.

Began stuttering suddenly. Hi, I've been.. or was, doing pretty okay before it started. Only after I took a hot shower Monday night, I developed a sudden stutter with repetitions (s-s-so, wh-wh-whe-wh...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionNeurological & Brain+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 14, 2025
1 points

I’d be so confused. And I think I’d still have anxiety about talking tho. Stuttering doesn’t only affect the pronunciation, but the flow, and grammar of how you talk. I think I’d still sound odd since...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 13, 2025
17 points

I’m sorry but describing blocks as “avoidant behavior” makes it sound like it’s a choice. I don’t want to block just the same as I don’t want to stutter, it’s just how I am. I don’t think that’s a sup...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Physical TensionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 13, 2025
2 points

I tried to join a fraternity as well but I decided to back out during the pledging process. There was this incident where we were hazed, they made us say this members last name(his last name was hambu...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 13, 2025
5 points

Funny you say that, I have noticed that people who usually make fun are usually the lowest IQ people. They also usually have the lowest ability when it comes to understand how others feel. They can’t ...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingOverthinking & MonitoringPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMar 13, 2025
2 points

I don't recall being made fun of. It doesn't happen all the time. It only happens when I'm caught with improper breathing and or I get nervous or I have to repeat myself. Then I'll block and stammer. ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingPhysical Tension+1 more