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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2020
18 points

At 22 I was so lost as well. I stuttered ofcourse, was self diagnosed as depressed, even took up the awful habit of drinking and doing weed a bit later. I hardly ever went out except for finishing my ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterDec 4, 2020
1 points

Good news. Five days clean. Longest I've been sober in years. Doing a lot less stuttering than I thought. Thanks for a little encouragement...

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commentr/StutterDec 4, 2020
4 points

I stutter most around my dad and I'm in my 30s. Because he the one that just has to comment on it or can't accept it. Mine is tied directly to my anxiety and confidence. I definitely felt better abou...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

I've had similar experiences, and maybe you can relate.... I stuttered as a kid, starting to talk around 3 yrs old till I was 6. Then the stuttering went away, but it came back when I was in colle...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
2 points

I'm gonna be honest my issues with anxiety surrounding my stutter stopped when I realized that literally nobody cares that I stutter except for me. Sure people notice and sometimes that sucks, but hon...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
2 points

Fear can be viewed as good fears and bad fears. The good fears help us protect ourselves from dangers so it is a kind of protective instinct. If a person dwells in fear for a long time then that’s a p...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
8 points

Stuttering isn't a mental illness, its a disability. Two very different things... This is kind of how stuttering works. But can you speak completely fluently in non-pressure situations? That's pretty...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

I have a job interview today. Phone interview on HTX strategies and I’m definitely gonna stutter mildly but I don’t let that get to me. In this life, one has to take risk....

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
1 points

Hey there. I'm 24, and I've noticeably stuttered since 2nd grade. I'm currently getting my Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology, and I consider stuttering to be my "thing." Without doxxing myse...

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commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
2 points

Not at all, the last time that I gave a "work hard" technique/course/therapy a chance was, like, 13 years ago, they just don't work for me. The only things that sometimes work are: \- Trying to rela...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2020
1 points

Overthinking. Solutions 1. Say no to alcohol and smoking (it will increase anxiety) and stammering. 2. 9 hours of sleep(no exception) 3. Stay happing (laugh more , at least 100 time a day) 4. appre...

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2020
1 points

That’s crazy. I also stutter much worse when I remember that I stutter, but for me drinking removes that inhibitor entirely and thus I do not stutter at all....

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commentr/StutterNov 29, 2020
5 points

Probably bc those tend to come together, with depression comes stress/anxiety and if severe enough possibly shocodal thoughts. And if you have a lot of anxiety panick attacks can come too...

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commentr/StutterNov 28, 2020
4 points

Same with the social anxiety! I’ve been trying to tackle that alone, and it has kinda helped! I recommend you search the channel “therapy in a nutshell” on YouTube specifically a video called “rewirin...

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commentr/StutterNov 27, 2020
3 points

Yes this is super common. Stuttering is a mindset. If you think about avoiding stuttering you're going to stutter. What you resist, persists. Thats until you start to take the fear away from that...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterNov 27, 2020
2 points

I honestly don't know, I think that the realization that I was about to do something that I always dreamed to do, the fact that this was the real deal, the "big league", kinda "woke me up". I genuin...

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commentr/StutterNov 26, 2020
1 points

Well... it's unlikely that you stutter because you "remember" it. We don't know exactly how stutter works yet, but we know it's not the result of "being remembered". So, perhaps you rather pay more at...

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postr/StutterNov 25, 2020
16 points

I only stutter when I remember that I do stutter

I only stutter when I remember that I do stutter Hey everyone, I've had a problem with stuttering for most of my life, but it's come in periods of time. I stuttered from the ages of like 10-14, then i...

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commentr/StutterNov 25, 2020
1 points

Sort of. You are assuming that I wrote out everything that is entailed in stuttering itself; there is simply too much about it to write in a brief comment like I did above. All I’m saying is that fear...

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commentr/StutterNov 25, 2020
6 points

Stutter _is_ very strange. Being calm and stress free is not a magical solution to it, I'm afraid. We need more than that, and sometimes we still stutter. Stutter is something we need to get used to...

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