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postr/StutterJul 17, 2023
6 points

Is it possible to have confidence as someone who stutters?

Is it possible to have confidence as someone who stutters? I’ve stuttered off and on my whole life and I noticed that when I have conversations during a period when I’m not stuttering they go smoothly...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

Go away? I wouldn't use that phrasing. Can you improve your fluency? Yes. Can fluency become the normal for you? Yes....

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

I like your suggestion. Keep smiling whenever you trying to talk. Perhaps that can ease the tense of the speech muscle so that you have less chance to stutter....

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
5 points

I tell people all the time, if life was just sunshine and rainbows, would it really be worth living? Not having to work for anything, having everything handed to you on a silver platter, not facing ch...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

Happy to know that you recovered. I think with some regular practise you can extend your fluency period and one eradicate it completely. But i have some quick questions to ask you 1.What kind of exer...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
5 points

Im free of my stutter by almost 90 percent . Simply because im not bothered by it anymore , the moment i didnt became insecure about it it went away by 90 percent , i still stutter sometimes and i thi...

Identity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Acceptance & PrideTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
4 points

That's great to hear, I can't imagine been stutter free now, sorry bout your childhood,...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

I had an abusive childhood but never realized the lifelong implications related to my stuttering. At the age of 70, through psychotherapy, I just stopped stuttering. Evidently, the latent anger and re...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Trauma & PsychologicalAcceptance & PrideTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

Thats rough.. It can be such a long, painful road. I’m so happy you’re in a better place. That’s very empowering, bless!!!...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterJul 16, 2023
14 points

After-Stuttering: Stuttering recovery rate

After-Stuttering: Stuttering recovery rate I want to talk about the after - stuttering aproach. It is usual to try to elaborate a formula or to make a change in your mindset or mechanicals speech syst...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
3 points

You can be whatever you want to be. News anchor, speaker, teacher. Dont let stuttering define what you want to do. I have a stutter too, I just completed my PhD degree and looking for university teach...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
1 points

You need to teach all who stutter. You were lucky you came out fluent. How can you teach confidence a population that hides from talking?Thats what is needed. People need to preach the way IF they hav...

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Hope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
2 points

I used to cry and was extremely depressed after such situations with speech blocks. But now it's so funny to remember all that embarassing moments...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
1 points

I don’t care about people’s opinion anymore and I believe it is important to work on the stutter/anxiety constatly, overall to work on yourself. So we can be proud of ourselves and let the stuttering ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
5 points

Hey! Yeah that happens to me too a lot. Luckily the next day I usually just forget about it. So if I’m ever ruminating about a word I tell myself that I’ll probably forget about it tomorrow and that h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
5 points

Also props to you for travelling solo!!! I’m way too scared to go anywhere, haven’t ever been on a plane yet and I’m 26. 🤦‍♀️...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
4 points

Good. You deserve better friends. What a POS. I’m sorry that happened to you as well.. you deserve better Mine is getting worse with age as well it’s so wierd, and if typing is easier then keep doing ...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
1 points

well when i talk about how i stutter i dont stutter even if i tried...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
1 points

Same for me. I think it’s because when we talk about stuttering we aren’t trying hard not to stutter. So the pressure of speaking fluent is gone and that’s why we speak fluent....

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
3 points

I work in public education and am going to school to be a teacher too. Honestly sometimes the stutter is an advantage, not a lot but sort of. I have to speak slower to be understood, little kids and...

School & WorkCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
School & Academic LifeSituational VariabilityAcceptance & Pride