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commentr/StutterJan 14, 2020
1 points

I'm kind of a unique case, in that I developed a stutter (and a tremor) last year due to an episodic, neurological condition. I have good days and bad days, with my stutter, but also with my tremor, w...

Causes & Variability
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterJan 12, 2020
8 points

My experience with stuttering

My experience with stuttering I am 20 years old and have had a small speech impediment since I was 4. I remember it being very bad when I was younger, but I saw a speech pathologist. One teacher would...

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commentr/StutterJan 12, 2020
1 points

I'm the opposite, I get more pissed off which causes me to say more but it sends my anxiety into over drive which then causes me to stutter alot more as I'm trying to spit my words out quicker :/...

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Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2020
2 points

When you're mad or in a rant you're not thinking about your speech or worried about talking. You're just in a flow and your body/mind is elsewhere...

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commentr/StutterJan 11, 2020
1 points

I have this reaction also, but it’s not contingent on me just being angry. It can happen when I’m angry, but also if I’m extremely focused on something, or if I’m talking to my pets....

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Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2020
1 points

I get this way as well. Getting mad puts me in a very calm-like state, if that makes sense, which makes stuttering and blocking non-existent....

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postr/StutterJan 11, 2020
11 points

Being mad causes to speak completely fluently.

Being mad causes to speak completely fluently. Does anyone else speak fluently when they're pissed or mad? Using someones trying to tell me how to speak better, never having stuttered themselves and i...

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Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2020
1 points

Definitely, or when I try to speak before thinking and it just doesn't come out right. Either that or when I'm tired. It's probably why I go quiet alot of the time as I'm usually anxious around other ...

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postr/StutterJan 11, 2020
18 points

thinking about my future with my stutter

thinking about my future with my stutter Recently I’ve been thinking about what the hell im gonna do. I’m in high school and I graduate in 4 months and I’m gonna have to get a job and go to college. ...

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commentr/StutterJan 11, 2020
2 points

yes!! That’s always been how it is for me. It’s fuckin weird. Like others have said it can be linked to your emotional state. When I isolate myself and feel really depressed it always gets worse...

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Stress & Fight/FlightSadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterJan 10, 2020
32 points

Don’t lose hope!

Don’t lose hope! I have a severe stutter and some days are better than others. I have had my stutter since the second grade; it became so crippling that I didn’t speak unless spoken to for almost a ye...

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commentr/StutterJan 10, 2020
2 points

I get that 100%. My Nan has a tendency to tell me to ‘breathe’ which annoys me (I know she’s just trying to be supportive). It actually puts more pressure on me to be fluent because it’s almost as if ...

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Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterJan 10, 2020
1 points

It’s the whole build up to ordering and anxiety as I get closer to the till and even worse when I’m in a group when we’ve just been discussing what we’re all having and suddenly I have to pretend I’ve...

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postr/StutterJan 10, 2020
46 points

Something that really fucks me off at work

Something that really fucks me off at work Hello I’m new to this so be nice pls👋🏼 20F. I’ll give you a bit of backstory, I’ve stuttered my entire life, ever since I could speak. I’ve had on/off spe...

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commentr/StutterJan 10, 2020
2 points

The way I've ever approached it has always been a “okay, boyfriend knows it, has accepted it, still loves me, bring it on”. Even if it happens just try to act super natural and cool yourself down. I k...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJan 9, 2020
14 points

You can do it. Do not give up hope.

You can do it. Do not give up hope. Extremely long time lurker. First time poster. I just wanted to share that I’ve been a stutterer since I was a child (M 28). I started my IT career about 5 years ag...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2020
2 points

I only have online friends as I don’t have any IRL ones. We voice chat a lot and usually I have a bunch of jokes and stuff to talk about and I could talk perfectly with absolutely 0 issues. But then o...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2020
1 points

Same here, mine definitely is a result of social anxiety though. I have a near to perfect home life as such, and have lots of great friends at school so it's weird I have the social anxiety to begin w...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 9, 2020
2 points

I'm 14 and this has recently happened to me. It's overall a cause or severe social anxiety which could be what is happening to you. Are you sure there aren't any issues stressing you out right now at ...

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Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJan 9, 2020
77 points

Got called “drunk” on the phone

Got called “drunk” on the phone I was at work today talking to a client on the phone, and my stutter was so bad that they called me drunk. I tried my best not to cry and held it together, and I put hi...

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