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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2022
2 points

You did your best. Don’t be hard on yourself. And for what its worth, I don’t think of you as being defined in global terms as your speech I hear you. Tough day. I hope tomorrow is not…...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2022
2 points

I'm glad that people in this sub have started to realise this. I'm a member here since 7 years, and it was not the case then....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
1 points

>What happens when you try the techniques that I keep suggesting? In my experience, if I do: eye contact, exhale, begin slowly, enunciate with voluntary stuttering, then I hold on to my reason reg...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Blocks & StoppagesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
1 points

Actually my suggestions are : eye contact, exhale, begin slowly and enunciate. If done along with voluntary stuttering, eventually the rituals will start to fade away \*on their own\*. I think that ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
1 points

>If you have bumpy speech (and no fear, like many young children) it’s not a problem I think this is a popular stigma, because severe stutterers always stutter severely even without fear, like me....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
1 points

>associated w fear, done to escape a block, tend to increase panic thus resulting in more of itself I agree with the whole sentence except 'fear'. I'd replace that term with 'reason'. One reason o...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Blocks & StoppagesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
1 points

"Do you know what they are?" Yes, don't hide instead disclose, face fears and eye contact, don't switch words or move hands as a ritual. Agree with that. "Don't do complex self-analyses" I disagree...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
1 points

His advice helped me go from blocks every few words to only a few blocks/month. I am almost always able to have control over what/how I’m talking. I think he says that bumpy speech that is associated...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
5 points

First I want to say that I get you. I’ve also felt this all my life. I’m 24 now, and I have just started what I think the most tranformatory journey of my life. I am just now, at age 24, starting to m...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Friendships & BelongingIdentity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2022
1 points

"Tim used his knowledge to go from having a very severe stutter to his current way of talking. Clearly, it’s effective in some way." Yes agree. "What stigma is Tim perpetuating? " \- anxiety, shame...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2022
5 points

Probably the first notable person with a stammer, or an activist for stammering, or the person who named the speech impediment after themselves?...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2022
3 points

The problem I think is that you have an uncomfortable relationship with your own sense of identity. I struggle with the same thing and believe many people that stutter do. That’s what I believe the re...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionFeared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2022
1 points

What stigma is Tim perpetuating? What bigger picture is he missing? How can a *podcast* focus on very specific personal situations? Tim used his knowledge to go from having a very severe stutter ...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2022
2 points

"Have you listened to the podcast I recommended?" Regarding [this](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stuttering-solutions-atlanta/id1521144482) podcast? In my opinion, it's very important informa...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2022
7 points

George R. Stammer, the first known stutterer, was born October 22 1731 in Bollingbrokshire England....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2022
3 points

Holy shit. This feels very… relatable. My therapist tells me I speak like I’m a foreigner, and this kind of feels like it? And like? Alex Turner? Kingie! I havent kept up with Arctic Monkeys other t...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Identity & Self-PerceptionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2022
2 points

I am someone who overcame my stuttering.However, I am stricken with Parkinson’s and have some dementia. I am struggling some now, but not that much. My opinion is that Mr. President is sick. I am not ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2022
3 points

No, but I think Biden thinks that. Many stutterers I’ve met would prefer they be seen as forgetting what they said or switch words around than being seen as a stutterer. I personally stutter unashamed...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2022
1 points

Is this because you think being a stutterer is more shameful than having dementia?...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2022
1 points

I feel him shining a light on it would show the world he hasn’t overcome it and I feel to him it’s better for people to think he’s losing it than being seen as stutterer. I strongly disagree with that...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment