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postr/StutterSep 23, 2020
28 points

How age reflect your views on your stutter.

How age reflect your views on your stutter. I am 36 and like many of you have been stuttering since I remember speaking actual sentences . My ideas about my stuttering and my feeling and attitude towa...

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postr/StutterSep 22, 2020
21 points

One cool thing about stuttering is I get all the easy parts in Raids

One cool thing about stuttering is I get all the easy parts in Raids I play a lot of Destiny 2 and often times, the hardest parts in raids are often the spoken parts where you have to call out "I have...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2020
1 points

We can't help you with "temporary" stuff, both because we're not professionals, and also because "temporary stuff" doesn't really exist. When you substitute words, you avoid stuttering likelihoods. Y...

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commentr/StutterSep 22, 2020
1 points

If you cant have a conversation dont try to . If the time comes it will come naturally. Focus on being the best person you can and that means being the boss of yourself .Dont let your emotions take ov...

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commentr/StutterSep 22, 2020
1 points

I have/had a stutter too. Unfortunately it will never become socially accepted I would say. Mainly becuase it is quite annoying to listen to someone that can't get the words out. I find it terribly a...

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commentr/StutterSep 22, 2020
11 points

Literally, I feel this.I feel like the avoidance of speaking in my formative years, shaped who I became as a person. It hindered my ability to develope real social skills that most people develope by ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2020
3 points

Ugh that sucks. I totally know what you mean. It bugs me too. But I can’t believe that I am not being my best self. I don’t want to be trapped by stuttering anymore. I try to capitalize on the little ...

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commentr/StutterSep 22, 2020
18 points

The saying goes "you get what you give". ppl who have controlled if not "overcomed" their stuttering have inputted immense effort. I know we all like to wallow in our despair. I have been there, its e...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHope & Motivation
postr/StutterSep 21, 2020
67 points

I don’t know how to have conversations,tell stories,jokes, talk in complete sentences and it’s really ruined my personality.

I don’t know how to have conversations,tell stories,jokes, talk in complete sentences and it’s really ruined my personality. I really don’t, because I’ve stuttered my whole life early on I was able to...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2020
2 points

Used to do this but in the end it just avoided the underlying problem and I was scared i would eventually stumble on the alternatives too....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterSep 20, 2020
22 points

My Limitations

My Limitations I have often been described as someone rather mysterious. Curious, observant, hard to figure out, etc. But the truth is, I have hidden myself from others out of shame and disconnection ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentTrauma & PsychologicalShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2020
2 points

Hey, it's not _you_ who's doing this! It's not _because_ you think about it, that you stutter. You just have a stutter! That's what makes you stutter. :) You can think about it or not - it doesn't ma...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2020
4 points

An overt stammerer is somone who openly shows others they stutter, without trying to hide it. A covert stammerer (like me) does not openly display their stutter, they tend to hide it from society. Fo...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2020
2 points

Ahh definitely covert, I'm way too shamed to stammer in front of others. Due to fears of being perceived as strange or mentally challenged...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2020
1 points

Stuttering is known to get worse if you are tired or stressed or anxious so maybe that is why? If you do not normally stutter I wouldn't worry too much about it you're probably like me a covert stutte...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterSep 19, 2020
18 points

My Personality

My Personality Do you feel like since having a speech disorder that doesn't enable you to express yourself to your maximum potential, affects how much of your personality you can display? Not to blow ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
postr/StutterSep 19, 2020
66 points

I read in my class last week after almost 10 years

I read in my class last week after almost 10 years So I stammer a little bit. When I was in school I liked to read in class but then the bullying started and my self confidence took a serious hit and ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSituational Variability+1 more
postr/StutterSep 19, 2020
158 points

By far, one of the worst things about having a stutter...

By far, one of the worst things about having a stutter... is when you have a long, and really interesting story with lots of details that you want to share with people, but you end up just summarizing...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2020
7 points

One time I was at a restaurant and I ordered a hamburger with fries I waited for a bit then the waiter comes and brings me a slice of pizza and then I was so brave that I didn’t said anything and just...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2020
11 points

Me too. It's often just blocks with me making the weirdest panicky faces ever lol. People think I love coke because it's often the only thing I can say when it's time to order ahahah...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesHiding & Concealment