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commentr/StutterDec 7, 2020
4 points

Mine changes the whole time too. It doesn’t stay with just the one. I’m always changing from blocks to repetitions to prolongations to all of them at the same time. The sounds I struggle on also chang...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterDec 7, 2020
20 points

Changes in Stuttering Patterns?

Changes in Stuttering Patterns? I don’t know if this has happened for anyone else but recently I’ve noticed that the way I stutter has changed. I’ve stuttered for most of my life and it’s been a repet...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2020
1 points

Speech therapy works in all kinds of ways, but stutterers will have to usually learn how to push past a block fluently. So yes, we are thinking about our speech while we speak, or at least when we rea...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesPositive Therapy TechniquesUnhelpful Therapy Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2020
1 points

I have tried speech therapy, went to pyscologist and done hypnotherapy, i also have ups and downs and this is what it is, we cannot ignore the reality, of it and this is what i feel and what i feel i ...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesSeeking TherapySeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2020
4 points

My speech? Fine - ups and downs as expected, not many surprises. Not terribly interesting, to be honest. - Are you sure you're okay? Do you have any therapy options available?...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Severity & FluctuationSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2020
3 points

It is just another way of looking at things, a different perception and also i have seen you around here, how is your speech going?...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Identity & Self-PerceptionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2020
6 points

As tough as it sounds, just owning the stutter and doing your best to be yourself is key here. My stutter was awful the year I was graduating high school. I’m a senior in college now and it’s still pr...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2020
1 points

Hey there! That's such a great question. I mean wow, I never thought about it much. I would say, since mine is very very mild, practically not noticeable, although gets worse under certain situations,...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
postr/StutterDec 4, 2020
4 points

moving out

moving out So Im about to turn 20. Most of my friends have moved out into a flat in the city centre. Ive been noticing that my stutter is getting worse and worse in the house with my family so now I...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
2 points

My throat gets dry, but I pass as fluent ~99% of the time to most people. My mouth does not get tired, but I speak gently most of the time....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterDec 3, 2020
11 points

7-year-old has a pretty extreme stutter, what should I know?

7-year-old has a pretty extreme stutter, what should I know? Hey there, So, like the title says, my 7-year-old has a pretty extreme stutter. He's been in speech therapy for a couple years now, an...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationSchool & Academic LifeFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

I’m so happy to hear that you haven’t stuttered for almost 6 months now !! BRAVA. I would say that you are now habituated to fluency, you may have been in your comfort zone all these while in the lock...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideSeverity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
2 points

Sure, mindset is a factor. But stuttering is much more complex than that. That's why it's hard to figure out, after all. We simply don't know enough about it yet. Stutter doesn't go away as a result ...

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainCycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

How bad was your stutter before? Did you stutter when reading or talking to yourself?...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationExperiential AssociationSituational Variability
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
2 points

thank you so much this was definitely one of those good days and I'm sure i'll have bad days when my stutter is unmanageable but it's just what comes along the journey!...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
1 points

I’m 44 and have stuttered my whole life. Sometimes it almost completely goes away, sometimes for long periods of time, and sometimes I struggle with every word, sometimes for equally long periods of t...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
1 points

Stay strong friend! I have periods where I can barely get a word out, and other periods where I am very close to fluent. Remember that things change and evolve, and that we have easy times and hard ti...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2020
5 points

Hey I was too in your boat.. I'm 21 now and back when I was 19 I have presentation in my second year of medical college.. I literally fucked up my presentation and done my 5 min presentation for liter...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2020
1 points

Not comment OP, but as a woman, I would tell her exactly what you told us. Tell her your stuttering can sometimes cause you to not project yourself well, or you 'gave up on a thought' because of a...

Social & RelationshipsCauses & Variability
Disclosure & Telling OthersSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2020
1 points

My stutter is significant enough at times that I had told her in advance. She was expecting it and was not at all surprised about it. However there were times I could not get my thought across because...

Social & RelationshipsCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment