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commentr/StutterDec 8, 2019
3 points

I'm similar. I've always had a stutter but it was never a huge issue other than presentations in my early life. Once I graduated college, it started to affect me much more. I don't think the stutter a...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social JudgmentSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2019
9 points

I stuttered really badly on my Senior project presentation. What got me was being nervous, as always. Keep telling yourself in your mind that you will do better. Make yourself believe that you will ge...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringAdvice RequestsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2019
1 points

It honestly varies for me. I find to stutter far less when my mind is in a place of comfort. Talking in public is pretty awful for me, but if I'm comfortable with the people there it's usually fine......

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2019
1 points

Mine gets much worse around family but better around friends. Anyone in between and it's a mess but I manage....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2019
2 points

We all have our own journeys in Stuttering and from my experience, I took Zyprexa and I came to the realization that this medication is destroying my kidneys and the side effects were too much to han...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2019
1 points

Same thing happened to me throughout high school. I would be totally fluent for presentations, then talking to my mom..all hell would break loose! Then in college I flip-flopped... now I stutter rando...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & FluctuationBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2019
8 points

You’re not alone. For whatever reason in college I chose communications, and had to present constantly. I usually started off by saying something like, “First off I have a speech impediment and if it’...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Disclosure & Telling OthersAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2019
1 points

It's literally something that comes in waves. It will be way out of wack some days, and I can't even talk to myself, and others, I will be able to order my own food....

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Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2019
2 points

Same. Or on bad days its very slight. I suppose face to face tends to make us a tad nervous......

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Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2019
3 points

Mmmm, sometimes it gets exhausting but surprisingly it wasn’t that tiring yesterday. I’m in 9th grade right now and if it gets any worse or keeps getting bad like this, i’ll see how i can talk with th...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationSchool & Academic Life
postr/StutterDec 1, 2019
59 points

Sound on. My stutters been really bad today and I just wanted to share how it sounds when it gets like this! When y’all’s stutters get super bad for no reason, does it sound kind of somewhat similar or nah?

Sound on. My stutters been really bad today and I just wanted to share how it sounds when it gets like this! When y’all’s stutters get super bad for no reason, does it sound kind of somewhat similar o...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2019
3 points

I’ll have periods of 2-4 days where I speak almost completely fluent. The words just flow out, I’m able to articulate everything I want, it’s so easy to not have to encounter a block, think of somethi...

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Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2019
4 points

This happens to me!! Or at least has happened. I moved from Portugal to Brazil a few years ago and back in Portugal I was speaking very fluently and speech therapy was actually working. When I moved...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationExperiential Association
postr/StutterDec 1, 2019
26 points

Do you forget the severity of your stuttering when you speak very little over a long period of time?

Do you forget the severity of your stuttering when you speak very little over a long period of time? When I spend a long period of time talking very little, I somehow forget my stuttering or at least ...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2019
1 points

Thank you for your kind words. I agree with you that there is both good and bad days. One day I can be completely fluent, and feel like being on the top of the world. And then the next day everything ...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2019
2 points

Good for you! I now present presentations in front of clients every few months or so. It’s a little stressful but it’s just who I am and I own it. Mine is rather minor but still annoying nonetheless. ...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PridePublic SpeakingSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2019
4 points

This is me right now I’m 16 I’ve been stuttering since I was 6 this is the most fluent I’ve ever been...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationAcceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2019
1 points

I feel like it's one of your bad days? As you know we all have bad days were our stuttering gets much worse and then we have our good days were our stutter is much more control. With that being said, ...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Severity & FluctuationValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2019
1 points

Stay strong my stuttering brother. I got fluent for a whole year, 3 years ago. Im a moderate stutterer. Right now Its leaning to severe. The thing is I dont know wtf I did that made me fluent. I wa...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2019
1 points

I’m 17. I see a counselor for my anxiety and depression. I think my stutter largely contributes to the anxiety and depression but since learning better coping mechanisms I’ve been less anxious and I f...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessSeverity & Fluctuation