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postr/StutterFeb 19, 2020
13 points

After I had been through a serious experience that cost me sth I have longed to achieve, I might have just touched upon a key factor in being comfortable with stuttering and probbaly eventually overcoming this impediment.

After I had been through a serious experience that cost me sth I have longed to achieve, I might have just touched upon a key factor in being comfortable with stuttering and probbaly eventually overco...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 19, 2020
1 points

Some of what you say doesn't sound like it's necessarily related to stutter. Perhaps it'd be important for you to figure out to which extent your problems come from something that can be addressed se...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringHelplessness & AgencyMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
5 points

25 yr old male, stutterer, working in sales.

25 yr old male, stutterer, working in sales. Hi all. I've always wanted to post on reddit about my story and just hear feedback. I'm a 25 year old male with a, I guess, light-moderate stutter. On some...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
5 points

Just don't let the muscles tighten up when you enter the Class. Stay relaxed. At any point if you feel Stress, just take a deep breath. When you're exhaling (make sure to exhale through Mouth) the dee...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/FlightOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
4 points

Public speaking can be intense. Focus on what you’re saying rather than what people may or may not be thinking. There’s a good chance they won’t care if you stutter. Anyways, good luck! I hope it goes...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
postr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
39 points

Do you guys anticipate how talking in front of others is going to go so much it drives you absolutely crazy?

Do you guys anticipate how talking in front of others is going to go so much it drives you absolutely crazy? With me it’s so hit or miss I never know when I’m going to completely stutter over everythi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

Sometimes i can talk fine without anyone in the room but as soon as i notice that i haven't stuttered, that's when it just starts coming out....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
2 points

Pretty much. The problem we have is our immediate reaction is to force out our words and increase tension when we’re speaking, but in reality we need to do the exact opposite. Non-stutterers tell us t...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightFluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2020
5 points

Very insightful yet just a smart hypothesis ( I see stuttering as a difficult mystery). What does he mean by  "I view stuttering as involving not a (lack of ability in speaking) but rather an interfe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2020
5 points

Pretty much everyone here. Stuttering is all in your head, as it is for me. Edit: for everyone who doesn’t speak fluently by their own— it is still in your head. Stuttering isn’t a speech impediment...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
12 points

Same here. I think it's because you already know which words/ phrases will give you trouble, so your expectations fulfill themselves...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
1 points

first of all, i'm loving this experimentation process and putting in the effort to find what words for you. that's legit, regardless of how successful it was. to preface what i'm about to say, "the r...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
2 points

at the highest level, it's due to a focussed attention to it. if i were to break it down to some overly simplistic internal, subconscious dialogue, it would probably go something like this: "hey, GayG...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
1 points

i've never gone the prescription route, though i've been in your shoes before. one skill that i've built up over time is actually probably less a skill and more the understanding and acceptance that i...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Preparation & RehearsalOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
7 points

Ecopipam

Ecopipam Ecopipam is a dopamine antagonist and it is in its last clinical trial. So if it works, it’ll be pushed for FDA approval. Dr Maguire who is a stutterer himself and his team are behind this dr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceMeds & SubstancesCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringHelpful Med OutcomesNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
2 points

The two focuses of this camp was vocal prolongation and monitoring your speaking rate when you're talking. And as I mentioned in my first post, you are more likely to suffer a block when your vocal c...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
2 points

Some folks think that the reason "we" stutter is because we are perfectionists and/or overly sensitive when perceiving these stutters that everybody, including fluent, people have. So, this person ma...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
5 points

Hello op! So I am 15 and I stutter since I was like 2-3 idk exactly so my advice is be very calm with him talk to him slowly and gently (atleast this works for me) but if nothing works you have to acc...

Parent & CaregiverCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Home SupportCycles & RandomnessOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterFeb 11, 2020
2 points

moments of confusion and panic while "trying-hard" to speak

moments of confusion and panic while "trying-hard" to speak Is is only me or does this happen to some of the people who stutter. I can speak normally without any hiccups, just some mild form of stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2020
3 points

I know exactly how you feel, you are not alone. I am 23, I also have a very bad blocking stammer that is 100% psychological, it makes life very hard. The most important thing I can tell you, is don't ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringAuthenticity vs. Masking