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commentr/StutterDec 23, 2023
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No I’m funny as fuck and routinely make people laugh, when I’m actually fluent. But the jokes don’t land when I stutter....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterDec 23, 2023
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If only stutterers had the problem of indecisiveness in relationships with the opposite sex, it would be valid....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 23, 2023
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This indeed, I've gone a lifetime without ever been able to tell a proper joke, I sometimes get the odd one liner in, but that's bout it.. If I suddenly had a magic cure that be one of the 1st th...

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commentr/StutterDec 23, 2023
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Abstaining from sexual activity for a prolonged period if you've become addicted to pornography has been shown to increase confidence. However, ejaculating is definitely NOT the "real reason" people s...

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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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Thanks bro, you have solved the problem. Semen retention boosted my confidence so much that I am overconfident all the time. I think that any disease can be cured with semen retention. The fact that y...

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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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Coming off as rude or standoffish because I avoid introducing myself or talking to people. If only they knew the half of it!!...

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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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This is good feel-good advice, but it's hardly realistic. I knew better than to try for any safety-sensitive positions that involved speaking, such as pilot....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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Being unable to tell jokes because of timing. Sometimes I crack a joke and they get it mid sentence, they laugh and i go on.. by the time am done they are done laughing so there comes that awkward sil...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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My dad was a stutterer in the navy during the Vietnam era. He had to get on the radio and call out “Main Control” to contact the bridge. He blocked on M’s. But he figured out he was able to say “The M...

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postr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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when I’m around my work buddy, I can say customers totals just fine but working alone, I can’t

when I’m around my work buddy, I can say customers totals just fine but working alone, I can’t My friend works with me when’s she’s home from college and for the last three weeks I’ve been in a horrib...

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Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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> When brainstorming about potential careers and paths, I will always mentally cross out things that seem to require too much speaking This is the wrong approach. It's going to result in your unh...

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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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Always been described as the shy or quiet one, errrr, nope, in fact I've got PLENTY to say, but just can't say it!...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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Career Advice with Respect to Stuttering

Career Advice with Respect to Stuttering To preface, I am 20 years old. I dropped out of college earlier this year after one semester (for a combination of reasons which isn’t really relevant). I was ...

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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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Yeah, and you put it into words pretty nicely . I don't have many issues initially talking to people, it's more making them want to talk to me again...

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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2023
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* In his book, Lee pounds the angle of "Stuttering is a habit. Fluency is a habit." On page 64, Lee writes, "Stuttering is a trained response: Like it or not, we allowed that habit." * Lee continues, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
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commentr/StutterDec 21, 2023
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Feel you on this, used to install marble/granit countertops and stuff in past. Had to quit, cause you have to be social to progress in that field. People who clearly knew far less and little experienc...

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Employment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 21, 2023
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Going through it again, but this time for real (i hope so). I think this is the first time I get it, I'm still in the first 'step', where I have to speak slow, taking my time, bc, time is infinity an...

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commentr/StutterDec 21, 2023
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I went to speech therapy as a child. It was during school for a few years. I went with a friend who had trouble creating certain sounds. Looking back I don’t think the speech therapist was trying to m...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringPositive Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 21, 2023
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In my view those are fairweather friends. They work in clinic or at home but fail you when you need them. They're also the opposite of spontaneous or enjoyable communication....

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commentr/StutterDec 21, 2023
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I been to therapist,and it helped for awhile,but biggest problem it was me,I’m speaking fast to fast,and to speak “normal “ I should speak slowly,but is not my nature,so I can say therapist help,but n...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionPositive Therapy Techniques