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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
3 points

Even if we change our names to what we think will be easier to say.... We will start stuttering to that also 😭...

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postr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

2nd sem of college soon and found out i need to take a public speaking class for my major. Would yall rather do in person so at least they know you stutter or online where Youll also stutter and everyone will watch on their screen. This is all around a LOSE-LOSE situation.

2nd sem of college soon and found out i need to take a public speaking class for my major. Would yall rather do in person so at least they know you stutter or online where Youll also stutter and every...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
5 points

I’ll try to spit it out as fast as I can when someone asks me how my name. Sometimes it helps. Als depending on the situation ,I’ll try to say it before they ask me. That way I can say it whenever I...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
3 points

Well that’s very handy isn’t it. I only got 2 and both are tough so ig I will just need to learn how to say them...

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Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

Arab here, I stutter in all languages basically… what’s worst is that I use ā€œŲ“Ų³Ł…Łˆ" as a filling word for the awkward silence/stammers. I use it in all languages, so when I speak Arabic my stutter is n...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
2 points

I introduce myself by my middle name or my surname if I think I might get stuck and I don’t anticipate caring about that person ever again. I have 5 names so it is very easy to figure something out. I...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionAnticipating Stuttering
postr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

This is probably common question but I don’t feel like searching this subreddit so here it is. How tf do you say your own name? 😭

This is probably common question but I don’t feel like searching this subreddit so here it is. How tf do you say your own name? 😭 Unless I’m drunk my own name is really difficult to say and it’s an a...

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Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

Im arab too , I stutter way too much in other languages ,especially english....

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
2 points

Both , my eng is not good tho , i wish i live in like saudi or qatar or uae , they speak slowly with formal فصحى arabic , the difference between my dialect and formal arabic is like between American ...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
5 points

I find it difficult to control my pitch and now Im wondering if I’ve been using the same trick as you without realizing it. My parents used to tell me ā€œstop whiningā€ and I’d be like ā€œIm not complainin...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
3 points

Arab here .. for me i stutter in both languages the same but i feel like arabic gives me more of a wiggle room to change the word to a different one so i avoid a stutter.. but it sucks in both ....

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Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
2 points

In speech therapy I was taught to use the uh sound as an easy onset before I go to say letter/sounds I stutter the most with.Well the K sound gets me a lot and of course my name starts with a K.I reme...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

It's not what you should be doing and that SLP didn't understand stuttering. But most don't. You're right though that our stuttering usually sounds worse to us than others and all the extra things we...

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionTherapy ExperiencesAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

Hmm.. I don't really see the problem. I mean the point is to communicate what you want to say right. And this secondary behaviour that you've developed is just an inflection of your voice. It allows ...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

Thank you for answering. I guess, because the stutter is happening to me, I believe a stutter is the absolute worst thing that can happen and any other alternative (even a "baby voice") is way better....

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
5 points

She's more right than you know. >"just let the stutter out, a stutter sounds better than ~your baby voice~ any trick". How to do that is the much harder because you've got a lot to untrained, startin...

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postr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

My mother gets angry at my stuttering technique and tells me to "just stutter". Is she right? How do I do this?

My mother gets angry at my stuttering technique and tells me to "just stutter". Is she right? How do I do this? Hi there! I'm a new member of this wonderful group. I'm a 30 year old female with a stut...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
3 points

Work in retail. Since this is retail/medical I wouldn't be too worried about it. If you go in with your ID ready, even if they don't need to scan it, it will help you keep from having to verbally give...

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postr/StutterJan 2, 2024
1 points

Does anyone have any tips/advice for me?

Does anyone have any tips/advice for me? # Hi everyone When I'm alone and talking to myself, my speech is near perfect. But that changes completely when I have to talk to people. Last week, I had to ...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
2 points

Hi there, I have been stuttering since I was a child (not genetically, at least from my first-degree family), It did not add any thing *positively* to my life, it just destroyed it, I left the school ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & CareerHelplessness & Agency