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postr/StutterJun 3, 2020
12 points

How can I stop this minor stutter

How can I stop this minor stutter I am 17 and I have a minor stutter. It’s only on the first word of a sentence and it is one-3 stutters before I get it out. It has completely ruined my confidence an...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationAuthenticity vs. MaskingBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterJun 3, 2020
3 points

Does anyone else have trouble saying words that begin with vowels?

Does anyone else have trouble saying words that begin with vowels? It might seem kind of specific (I don’t know many others who stutter) but I often have a lot of trouble saying words that begin with ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesCycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation+2 more
postr/StutterJun 3, 2020
45 points

I'm 17 and still have a stutter (RANT)

I'm 17 and still have a stutter (RANT) I'm 17 , I stutter , I've been stuttering since as far as I can remember. I recently did some reading on stuttering and apparently its supposed to go away by...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
postr/StutterJun 1, 2020
26 points

Hard work pays off at times

Hard work pays off at times I stuttered forever in my childhood. I still do. I was depressed, I still am at times. I lacked confidence. I can speak well, but only in my mind. I always wanted to be a ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 31, 2020
1 points

\>> 1.How old did you start suttering and how old were you when you stopped stuttering? I remember stuttering ever since I started talking. \>> 2.Did you start talking better eventually...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & WorkIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & CareerIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2020
5 points

I don’t want to be a downer but I’ve been in therapy for 6 years and my stuttering hasn’t really gotten better because of it. Honestly the best thing for stuttering is time. It’s gets better over time...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2020
8 points

Because what i have learned from speech therapists and my own experience is that it will never truely go away. But who knows....

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Severity & FluctuationTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2020
1 points

I'm working on a book about stuttering at the moment, so I've been reading a lot. (I also have a stutter, for what it's worth, and I'd qualify my stutter as "successfully managed.") If you stutter pas...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2020
3 points

I stuttered more when I was 7, now I am 21 and don’t stutter as much, I think. It just got better over time, I suppose....

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2020
2 points

I seemed to grow out of it. But instead of stuttering, I pause in between sentences and take about five seconds to say what I really wanna say...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2020
3 points

I’m 16 now and I feel that mine is pretty much the same as now, but there were times that it was very bad. I remember one time when I was 8 or 9, I was trying to ask my teacher “should we put up our c...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterMay 28, 2020
26 points

when i was 8 my life was okay.

when i was 8 my life was okay. i didn't stutter as much then. it didn't seem like much of a problem. a sentence would probably go, "H-Hey, can you p-p-pass the s-salt?" Now I try to ask for things an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesSeverity & FluctuationStigma & Bullying+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2020
3 points

I also speak two other languages but im more fluent in English which is my third language. But the weird thing with me, i stutter more around people im comfortable with like my mother for example. Thi...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2020
3 points

Not really around certain people, but stressful situations make it worse. I don’t really stutter more in either of my other two languages, but I do slur my words a lot more....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2020
3 points

That’s weird. Does your stutter change in severity around certain people or different languages?...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2020
2 points

Okay, so, sometimes it COMPLETELY goes away and sometimes it gets even worse. I've noticed that if the audience is bigger, than it feels like I'm "preforming" rather than presenting, which makes it go...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Situational VariabilitySeverity & FluctuationAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2020
5 points

No, I’ve never noticed any difference in relation to my period. I only notice that my fluency has like month (or months) long spans of time where I’m either fluent or really disfluent....

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2020
2 points

That’s very interesting. I need to start paying more attention to that whenever I can start being around people again....

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 26, 2020
3 points

I'd totally agree with this. I had gained a confidence speaking those words I usually stutter on. Then Quarantine started. Now it takes a 1% stress to me to eff up my speech....

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2020
1 points

It effects everyone differently from rates, to severity, to central areas of difficulty. Personally, I struggle with a lisp, stutter, AND cluttering. All three have been present in my life ever sinc...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Situational VariabilitySeverity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations+1 more