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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2025
1 points

If you were like me i would look into online dating (that’s what i did and ive been unsuccessful), but I wouldn’t beat yourself up. Yes you stutter but i wouldn’t let it define you. It sounds like t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
6 points

Alright, disclaimer... Every time I hear people speak of 'mastering techniques,' I cringe. I also feel obligated to share my thoughts on 'techniques.' Techniques alone are not an effective way to im...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesTherapy ExperiencesAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJun 25, 2025
6 points

What does ‘working on your stutter’ even mean?

What does ‘working on your stutter’ even mean? Is it just mastering techniques, and then being able to reduce your anxiety to a point where you can think of and implement those techniques when you nee...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringFluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
2 points

It’s definitely tension. It’s called secondary behaviors. It’s like an avoidance behavior that you do unconsciously to avoid stuttering and it then becomes a part of your stutter. I have the same thin...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Physical TensionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJun 25, 2025
1 points

You're not alone. Normal people do SOMETHING to adapt and respond when they stutter. It might help to think of it like this: the stutter is an interruption in speech flow. The other movements may be...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-PerceptionValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2025
3 points

You do you dude, but IMO that’s way more unusual than a stutter. And it’s self inflicted. ...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJun 24, 2025
1 points

Not sure if you already know, but there are several big named actors who stutter when not acting. Samuel L Jackson is one of the more famous ones. He’s said before the way he gets around it in every d...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Roles & PerformanceAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJun 23, 2025
7 points

I always think,that I'm gonna stutter

I always think,that I'm gonna stutter I always think,that I'm gonna stutter.When I'm opening my mouth,or it doesn't matter opened or not,firstly I analize the letter of all words in sentence I wanna s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2025
2 points

I understand it perfectly but do you know what attracted me to that boy who stuttered? that he was not ashamed, that he simply spoke and stuttered, without any shame. Before a girl likes you, you have...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2025
2 points

There are a number of methods to unlearn your blocking/ stutter. Lee Lovett’s is one of them. For a start, he knows from experience that stuttering is not a disease. Therefore there is no “cure”, no m...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. MaskingOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterJun 18, 2025
6 points

I manipulated my stuttering

I manipulated my stuttering I'm 24M and I have had stuttering since my childhood. It's kind of repetition. around a month ago I wanted to apply a method that a speech therapist told me to do so many y...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationFluency Techniques+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 15, 2025
3 points

My stutter is sort of similar in that it’s at the beginning of certain words and once I pass the hurdle, I can speak pretty freely but otherwise I’m just silent and can’t get any sound out at all. Is ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift+3 more
postr/StutterJun 14, 2025
3 points

Is stuttering unique and different for every individual or...

Is stuttering unique and different for every individual or... Do you think everyone is different as they say or is it their fears, doubts, etc that is different while the condition for stuttering is a...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityCycles & RandomnessMindset shift+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2025
1 points

Stuttering is not the end of the world. Don't let stuttering stop you from living....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2025
2 points

I think every pws has had similar experiences.. I did my presentations and I stuttered through it because I didnt want to handicap myself. I a stubborn Fin and we don't bend easily so of course im goi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2025
1 points

your stutter has absolutely nothing to do with your ability to get married, don’t let fear convince you that you’re unworthy of anything, it’s a big fattt lie...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Hope & MotivationAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2025
1 points

It's a funny conundrum because if people don't understand it, when stutterers say something as an aside, they typically go fluent easier, then as they get back to what they were saying, they may stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2025
2 points

I half agree with this. I don't think it's worth disclosing UNLESS you have a severe repetition or block. Sometimes people don't understand what is happening, which you can't blame them, and explainin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. MaskingEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2025
5 points

Get a full time job. Be forced to interact with people, including women. Over time you'll get used to speaking in general and just accept the stutter. Embarrassing things will always happen, but it's ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2025
3 points

I don't think it's worth disclosing, it plays into our own heads more than theirs. I believe we should not be thinking about it in the slightest but I do agree we can do this while stuttering. I've ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more