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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
10 points

I know for a fact that some girls like it. And if she is not a complete degenerate, she did not laugh at you....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
22 points

The number of times I’ve stuttered on a zoom and been like “haha yeah weird I guess I must have lost internet there for a sec” 😭...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
3 points

Me personally I have developed the tendency to “ hard close “ or “clinch my eyes” when I stutter on explosive letters like T. I really don’t like it and need to train it away. Looks very weird 🤣...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
2 points

Ill check it out. What is weird is I'll go periods in which I don't have to think about what I say and will speak fluently. But then when my stutter flares up, I literally lose the ability to speak wi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
2 points

Yep. 100% My stutter was bad as a kid, and it got at it worst around middle school (7th-8th) grade because I was becoming more self-aware and letting it affect me more. That was pivotal. During that ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
postr/StutterJan 21, 2024
137 points

Presented in front of 70 people for work

Presented in front of 70 people for work I presented at a convention workshop hosted by my work. Going into it, I was terrified. The presentation was on a high profile project. The media a team record...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
3 points

I sometimes do experience this. I keep saying and repeating sentences and phrases that I know I wouldn't stutter in, in every social situation....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
2 points

Correct, we don't fully understand stuttering. There appears to be physiological factors that contribute to stuttering. I recall seeing something regarding specific genes they are investigating. And ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityFluency Techniques+1 more
postr/StutterJan 20, 2024
1 points

At A Lost for Words

At A Lost for Words I wanted to see if I'm not the only one that experiences this but has anyone ever experienced being at like a lost for words and feeling completely lost sometimes in a social situa...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
2 points

Let's entertain the idea that "stuttering has to do with a speech control nerve." With your suspicion in mind, how would you explain people who learn to speak, develop a stutter at roughly age 3 or 4...

Anticipation & AvoidanceMeds & SubstancesTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelpful Med OutcomesTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
4 points

Try "sneaking in" a letter you don't stutter with, before the word you stutter with. For example instead of saying David, try saying sDavid, or zDavid. Just the fact you are able to start the word, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
3 points

To summarize your post: * In 2022, you have achieved a state of fluency, which you pointed out, was likely because you relied on self-confidence * In 2023, your self-confidence dropped, and you relap...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJan 20, 2024
16 points

I don't know what happened.

I don't know what happened. I have stuttered since I was 7 and now I am 16. 2022 was one of the best years for me, the year I learned how to dominate my stuttering. A guy like me who's in high school ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
2 points

I know that those exist, but they're irrelevant to my point. I'm saying that stuttering will ALWAYS be a part of our life. Even if we completely cure our stutter, we'd have to think about everything w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
7 points

Personally, I love it when people underestimate me because of my stutter. Makes it easier to pull one over on them because they let their gaurd down a bit. Also, people expect less from you in a lot o...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
3 points

Indeed I think stuttering can't be fixed, but there are therapies that can help in removing the struggle of stuttering. I know people from that therapy that stutter in a really spontanious, unlimited ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
1 points

u/GANG_OF_DRONES How long have you been doing this tapping? u/ShutupPussy is 100% correct about tricks working for a short period and ultimately becoming a conditioned part of your disfluency. I do...

Anticipation & AvoidanceMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionHarmful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
2 points

The most realistic response to stuttering everyone tries to hide....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
2 points

I completely agree with what the OP said, he has shown the reality and the rest very clearly, as a young age he is. you have no right to tell someone who is being victimized while the person in questi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2024
1 points

Really, it’s not. The OP has lost all hope to be able to communicate. Here is another path for in person communication that is totally valid, should one want to put in the work. To use your analog...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency