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commentr/StutterJul 26, 2015
1 points

bassplayer here. i had a similar problem while doing my first steps with the instrument. it felt like having a block (tonic stuttering) .the problem vanished the more i played.try to play more with yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 24, 2015
1 points

I do get that too, but that's a separate issue. I mean that as I repeat the dialogue in my head, in my own inner 'voice', the voice sometimes becomes strained and stumbles with certain problem words....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 24, 2015
1 points

I'm the same way with a presentation. I think its because i prepare myself for hours before and to the point where I'm stressing out about it. Ive had a few mishaps where i just felt like sitting down...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Overthinking & MonitoringSchool & Academic Life
postr/StutterJul 24, 2015
3 points

Does your stutter extend into your inner voice?

Does your stutter extend into your inner voice? Over the past year or so my stutter has been getting progressively intense, to the point where I now actively avoid conversations, and I spend a lot of ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterJul 24, 2015
8 points

My stuttering is overwhelming

My stuttering is overwhelming Hello ! Im 23 years old man from a third world country and my stuttering is overwhelmingly intense .. even my stammers friends are shocked how grievous it is. Am concid...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
postr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

just got summoned for Jury duty and am completely stressed out now

just got summoned for Jury duty and am completely stressed out now This will be the first time that I have had to do it, I am 22. Does anyone maybe have some experience with this, and possibly getting...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
postr/StutterJul 22, 2015
3 points

Social?

Social? Hello there everyone, I've been stuttering as long as I can remember, as most people, it seems, and the severity of it differs quite a lot actually. This spring I was rather fluent in my spee...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterJul 22, 2015
7 points

Does anybody else have a problem talking, more than just stuttering, like aphasia/dysphasia or know similar conditions?

Does anybody else have a problem talking, more than just stuttering, like aphasia/dysphasia or know similar conditions? I have always had problems talking (but none thinking), but I do not think I had...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterJul 20, 2015
5 points

Opinions needed

Opinions needed I'm in my 30s. I've been stuttering as long as I can remember. My mother actually swears that I started speech therapy in early elementary school because I pronounced my "R" sounds l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 19, 2015
1 points

Put yourself in positions where you have to speak. Start off small but build it up to larger number of people. Fake it till you make it, i havent overcome stutterig but i have reduced by a lot it cu...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterJul 16, 2015
30 points

For my fellow stutterers going through a hard time

For my fellow stutterers going through a hard time For those of you who have a stutter, no matter how big or small. For those of you who have trouble forming sounds of words sometimes. For those of yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
postr/StutterJul 14, 2015
8 points

Reflections on my less than fluent youth.

Reflections on my less than fluent youth. This is not to say my stutter has completely gone now, because the truth is, it's still the same as it always was. The only difference is the lack of forced p...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2015
3 points

Thank you for sharing and pouring out your heart and feelings here. I just turned 30 this year and I similarly have a blocking stutter, which I've had for as long as I can remember too. It's been ext...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger+3 more
postr/StutterJul 12, 2015
10 points

Feeling low for the past couple weeks/months, i'd like to tell this community due to a lack of an outlet.

Feeling low for the past couple weeks/months, i'd like to tell this community due to a lack of an outlet. Hey guys/gals, This is my first serious post where i'm just saying whatever comes to mind. A l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2015
2 points

I think because of my stutter I subconsciously talk very loud. I know what you mean by vocal projection, it does help sometimes to force words out, but I've found that if it doesn't come out and you'r...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2015
1 points

That can actually be helpful though, because most times when I forget, it results in me being less conscious, and I don't stutter much. If I put an extra effort to be fluent, and push myself to use ev...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2015
1 points

I always forget to speak slowly too! When I'm in a conversation my mind just wanders away from every useful technique ever. ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2015
5 points

I dont get the downvotes on this post. >correlation might be between introversion and stuttering if talking is difficult people will talk less, talking less makes it harder to socialize, if soc...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Overthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2015
8 points

I don't think so. I think the correlation might be between introversion and stuttering. Or more sensitivity to emotions and stuttering. An introvert focuses a lot of their attention inward - and IMO, ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Overthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2015
1 points

For me, the proof was in the advancement of my speech. I wouldn't see, any other way how the technique would fail on me, other than lack of mechanical speech or lack of practicing or challenging feare...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques+1 more