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commentr/StutterJul 21, 2024
5 points

True, I perfectly agree. But when one is simply not in a position to go to a professional and is troubled and mystified by one's difficulties, it's only natural to try and find an explanation. I would...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2024
2 points

Ohh... I actually asked this question because I've been trying to understand my own problems & pathology too. But pls keep in mind that Social Anxiety Disorder also has a strong correlation with Stut...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2024
4 points

99% of people don't notice mild stuttering. You just have to learn to not care about how you are perceived. The more you don't care, the more you become confident and stutter less. That's my experienc...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2024
2 points

So it’s like you stuttered because you ‚trained‘ yourself to stutter. Like in stressful situations. You overcame that with positive affirmations right? How long did it take (I think you said three yea...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 21, 2024
7 points

Same here, first on my university class, but sounded like I had no idea when explaining concepts to people. People just stopped asking me, even though I understood most stuff....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
7 points

Yep, the same scenario with me. I was amongst the top 5 of my class but whenever someone asked me something, i always used to take the back seat saying I didn't understand the concept well and felt pr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
14 points

Though I really appreciate you overcoming the stutter but this is not how AMA's are held. I've gone through the comments on this question and you're coming off as arrogant with your replies. If someon...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
4 points

Yeah I hate following scripts. My old boss tried the same with me but I told her I follow her script but I'm gonna say it MY way. Because it's almost impossible to say what someones expecting me to sa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
1 points

I've been doing these things for years. It's really just how often you speak, if you talk alot you'll get used to it and stutter less. But sometimes we might go awhile without really talking to anyone...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
5 points

In those situations, I try to go first or as close to as possible. If I stutter there’s enough time for everyone to forget, and I don’t have the anticipatory anxiety while I wait for my turn....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJul 20, 2024
11 points

I came out to my boss

I came out to my boss So I week ago I started working as a legal assistant for a law firm. It’s a remote job but I do have calls with my boss pretty much every day for training and I also have to ans...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
1 points

I'm surprised everyone is saying option 1. I'm sure option 2 is best. It's better too show him that your are fine with his stutter by just talking to him Then maybe, once you get to know him better, ...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
4 points

Hey wassup, based on your response, you’re already tense and anxious, that’s basically a recipe for failure. When you inhale, imagine you’re breathing in peace and clarity into your body and mind, alm...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & SubstitutionMindfulness & Breathing+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
3 points

How can i get rid of my anxiety. Whenever my mother sends me to buy something from the supermarket , i start to pre plan sentences and i feel tension in my jaw and i start to feel discomfort in my mou...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 20, 2024
2 points

I just had a profound realization from my own personal experience. When people who stutter talk to one another, like stutterers in my family, group therapy, or stutter support groups, they often inte...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Listener ReactionsStigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2024
3 points

Thanks for sharing, can absolutely relate to your experience. I'm in the U.S. and have been around a few decades longer than yourself, but I still vividly remember the fear of being called on in sch...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2024
3 points

I feel your pain and anger brother. Maybe try to reduce your anxiety around stuttering or social anxiety? Also another thing that helped me; was looking in the mirror, accepting my fate, acknowledgi...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Frustration & AngerAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2024
5 points

I'm also a woman who stutters, I find I get mansplained to a lot because I don't sound articulate and men assume I'm slow and unconfident. I hate that I end up just agreeing with whatever is said beca...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2024
1 points

For me, even without my stutter, it won't take away from the bullying from my brothers (which had nothing to do with the stutter) that fucked up my self-confidence. I'd probably still have social anxi...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2024
1 points

"*Stuttering could be referred to as a voluntary response that acts to relieve stuttering anticipation.*" I've always noticed many similarities between OCD **compulsion** and stuttering. Compulsions ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnticipating Stuttering+2 more