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commentr/StutterSep 16, 2020
2 points

I never knew people stuttered much on their own. I dont stutter atall really unless I know someone is present or they can hear me. Like you, if i hit the mute button, i can easily say whatever I want ...

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commentr/StutterSep 16, 2020
5 points

Hey, I have the same problem as yours. Blocks, but not repetitions. I usually tend to think if the person I'm talking to is not one of my close friends or close family members, because they don't k...

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postr/StutterSep 15, 2020
29 points

Today was my Presentation and I stammered!

Today was my Presentation and I stammered! Note: I am a first time poster and a long time reader on this sub reddit, so, sorry if it doesn't go well. I am stutterer since childhood, now 22. I discove...

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commentr/StutterSep 14, 2020
1 points

This might be a cheap and weird move, but you can wear a mask to cover your face to hide your stuttering face 🙂...

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commentr/StutterSep 14, 2020
1 points

Don't worry, I avoid being hit on because I stutter lol When I was at the party, a group of foreign guys were talking about me, so I kept away and went to my friends. I heard them saying, "Ah...She le...

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commentr/StutterSep 13, 2020
2 points

it feels about the same talking to a phone/recorder as it does to a person for me ! I think the main difference is that i don’t get as excited and i talk slower because of compression and because peop...

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commentr/StutterSep 13, 2020
6 points

Hey, sorry you're struggling with this. Stuttering can make things so difficult & it's easy to let the fear kind of take over and hold you back. Please try not to be so tough on yourself. I'm no...

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commentr/StutterSep 13, 2020
6 points

hey... you’re doing great. Braver than me. Im scared of hearing my own voice. Mine is like yours. It can be real fluent at times and people would have no idea i stutter, but when it comes in, it makes...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2020
1 points

Yes, that's a common tactic used by many stutterers. It can also become a bad habit, and it can make us struggle with confusing sentence construction. I'd like to repeat this point, though: Have you ...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2020
1 points

Alright, so wouldn't that imply it wouldn't be so bad to have it happen? Have you had it happen before, and did you manage to communicate what you intended anyway?...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2020
2 points

Alright, so it sounds like you don't want anyone to think you have a stutter. What do you imagine is the worst thing that could happen, if someone found out?...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2020
1 points

Okay. So, to take things in small steps here - why do you pretend like you don't have a stutter? And what exactly does that entail, to you?...

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commentr/StutterSep 12, 2020
2 points

Ugh that sucks. Good for you for going to the gym knowing that you’d have to do that. Some people would just avoid it to avoid stuttering. So, congrats for not avoiding. Sometimes if I’m having a tou...

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commentr/StutterSep 11, 2020
9 points

I can relate, I struggled to say my name while introducing myself to new coworkes, so far nearly nobody cares if I stutter. I am just really self conscious about it, so it pisses me off nonetheless....

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commentr/StutterSep 11, 2020
2 points

This brought tears to my eyes. As a college student who has been struggling with stuttering for like the past 10-12 years - and yes, I didn’t always stutter, I “acquired” it - I felt this. I have to s...

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commentr/StutterSep 11, 2020
2 points

Eye contact and a confident posture are a couple tricks that might work for you. Don't feel like you need to answer a question immediately; it's okay to take a few seconds after they answer a question...

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postr/StutterSep 11, 2020
22 points

I have a lot of presentations on zoom these days and i'm so scared !!

I have a lot of presentations on zoom these days and i'm so scared !! So i'm thinking about pre recording my own voice and lipsync during presentations. I know it's cowardice but i'm desperate. Updat...

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commentr/StutterSep 11, 2020
1 points

I have a few well practiced happy greetings just like "hows it going?" hi how are you? Etc I know I can say. It puts me at and it's especially good at places like service counters. It makes the server...

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postr/StutterSep 10, 2020
3 points

Any advice helps, thanks :3

Any advice helps, thanks :3 I’m able to talk to myself out loud very fluent, yet the moment I need to say something to someone I tense up and that first word is really hard to get out, it’s very annoy...

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postr/StutterSep 10, 2020
25 points

My continuing journey with stuttering

My continuing journey with stuttering *Some parts of the following post will be either positive, or neutral. Other parts will be negative. If you are someone who battles with shame - which is ok - ove...

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