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postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
2 points

Just want it to stop.

Just want it to stop. A little background: I fell off a 12ft fence when I was 5. I remember talking fine before but after that I started stuttering. I haven’t done a lot of things in life that I wante...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & Anger+3 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
11 points

Big blunder, feeling defeated and deflated

Big blunder, feeling defeated and deflated TL;DR: Loser couldn't say his own name, extreme effort and apparent progress proved futile, thinking about giving everything up. Throway account just to ven...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & Anger+3 more
postr/StutterAug 5, 2025
11 points

Struggle with the day to day.

Struggle with the day to day. Hello, I’ve stuttered my entire life I am 32 years old. I work in the healthcare industry and talk to people sometimes. My biggest struggle is saying my name, it’s like...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentQuality of Life
postr/StutterAug 3, 2025
7 points

I only stutter on words which start with Q, K, P and T

I only stutter on words which start with Q, K, P and T I'm a stutter but not a hardcore stutter. I only stutter when someone randomly asks me a question or when I has to speak words which start with Q...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/stutteringAug 3, 2025
4 points

My stutter is taking over my life.

My stutter is taking over my life. Hello, this is my first time ever posting online about my stutter but i honestly don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t even say my own name anymore when some asks i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterAug 3, 2025
54 points

I cant say my name infront of people.

I cant say my name infront of people. 30m. When this happens, any little confidence and self esteem I have in myself drops to minus 100% and I feel like disappearing right there. The feeling is indesc...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 30, 2025
1 points

And another effective method would be there are certain explosive words which are very hard to pronounce like first word which starts with d and b then strech your word bro it will really help like th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesFluency TechniquesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJul 30, 2025
3 points

I was told growing up I wasn't a "true stutterer" by school and outside of school speech pathologists because I stuttered fue to anxiety or excitement. Now, I stutter/block word beginnings that have h...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & NamesIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJul 29, 2025
0 points

This is kinda funny

This is kinda funny Okay, this just popped into my head. Do you have a sentence or a phrase that you can say completely fluently without blocking? As the title says, this is kinda funny. Most of you h...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Situational VariabilityAvoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterJul 29, 2025
2 points

Same thing happens to me when i say my name, but what helps me sometimes is I try to introduce myself first before the other person says theirs or asks for mine. I think this just helps relives the pr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 29, 2025
5 points

Yes it’s very common . I have the same issue when it comes to saying my name . I get very tensed n avoid most of the situations where I have to introduce my self....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterJul 29, 2025
23 points

VENT

VENT I’m a freshman high school student and an international student. I know I might seem a bit young for this community, but I just need to vent. At this age where socializing is everything, my stu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesPhysical Tension+2 more
postr/StutterJul 28, 2025
8 points

Phone calls

Phone calls M/22(Indian) I have a mild stutter . I am usually like 98% fluent. But I am terrible with phonecalls. I will be graduating college in few months. I am scared of the interviews I just know...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkCommunity & Support
Feared Words & NamesEmployment & CareerAdvice Requests+1 more
postr/StutterJul 27, 2025
11 points

developing a stronger stutter after drug usage

developing a stronger stutter after drug usage has this happened to anyone else? i feel crazy trying to see if this is something that can actually happen, since ive seen nothing when i google it. i us...

Meds & SubstancesSpeech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Harmful Med OutcomesRepetitions & ProlongationsFeared Words & Names
postr/StutterJul 25, 2025
5 points

University class introductions

University class introductions Last semester they made us meet somebody in the class and introduce them to everybody instead of ourselves. This is a big gamble for me since I don’t know if I’ll be abl...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesPreparation & Rehearsal
postr/StutterJul 24, 2025
12 points

Bombed the interview

Bombed the interview Just bombed the interview due to numerous stuttering. I didn’t do this but in the future, do you think it’s worth mentioning that I would stutter at the beginning of the interview...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
1 points

I understand you bro the emotions you are going through, i have also been through this. The interviews, the shame and the depression. But never give up hope. I also have a mild stutter, mainly plosi...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & Names+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
1 points

Growing up my stutter was so bad that my childhood friend would "translate" what I said to other people. I somehow improved in the stuttering area over time without any speech therapist or therapy, b...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesSeverity & FluctuationFeared Words & Names+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
2 points

Relatable, coming from a moderate-severe stutter. Another thing I hate is that people treat stuttering like it’s so easy to cure. And you’re right about the celebrities. The only celebrity I know t...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationStigma & BullyingListener Reactions+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
8 points

I have mild stuttering as well, especially when i have to say my name and have to converse in english. But at the same time till now it has not been a major imperative in my professional career, altho...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkCommunity & Support
Feared Words & NamesEmployment & CareerAdvice Requests