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postr/StutterSep 29, 2025
9 points

How in the world do I meet people with a stutter or make social connections with a stutter?

How in the world do I meet people with a stutter or make social connections with a stutter? My stutter has led to me growing up with zero friends, none in high school - middle school, etc. It was just...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2025
4 points

I had a severe stutter from 4 yrs old until my 11th grade year in high school. Speech therapy, relaxing, taking a deep breath, breathing from my diaphragm, and slow “turtle talk” helped, but didn’t f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Hiding & ConcealmentRoles & PerformanceMindset shift+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2025
1 points

Same thing happened to me the other day, only I'm positive that she saw me waiting then swooped in. I didn't feel like wildly stuttering so as usual, I let it happen like I do most everything else...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterSep 28, 2025
11 points

Victory post and my personal journey so far

Victory post and my personal journey so far Wanted to make a small (big?) victory post and talk about my personal journey dealing with a stutter for the past decade. Around 2018-2019 my stutter was a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSituational Variability+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2025
2 points

I actually have been hesitating being a guest on a podcast recently about people who stutter. I am a pro wrestler with a stutter and podcast episode that is supposed to be about my experience as a wre...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPropositionality & Weight+2 more
postr/StutterSep 27, 2025
3 points

Panel Presentation Coming Up

Panel Presentation Coming Up Hi everyone, I just discovered this subreddit today, and reading through these posts I feel seen and heard lol. Pretty much as far back as I can remember, I’ve had what ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2025
6 points

I went to treatment about 20 years ago to a 3 week intensive program. It addressed both fluency technique and just as important, addressed the mental and hit job that I was putting myself through. It ...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterSep 27, 2025
9 points

I guess I managed it well

I guess I managed it well I like being alone. I tried several times to be a social person but failed .Many people see me strange when I stutter so I just want peace I don't interact with people often...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 27, 2025
1 points

ok , thanks for reply . I'm planning aripiprazole low dose as I read about it being used for stutter in reddit...

Meds & SubstancesAnticipation & Avoidance
Medication InquiriesHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterSep 27, 2025
17 points

Why do I stay a loser and don't change?

Why do I stay a loser and don't change? Why do I like lying on my couch and surfing the net on my phone all day, everyday for the past 7 years? It started at 16 and I'm 25 now. I only stop to eat som...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment+3 more
postr/StutterSep 26, 2025
28 points

People hate me for my stuttering problem (and I can't do anything about it)

People hate me for my stuttering problem (and I can't do anything about it) I'm currently 17 years old and in my last year of high school and I'm often ridiculed in work presentations and treated like...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
postr/StutterSep 26, 2025
2 points

About my stuttering

About my stuttering Hi, everyone, this is my first time talking about my stuttering in a public platform. I am 22 (M). and have a stuttering issue. So I don't actually stutter with my friends or famil...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+1 more
postr/StutterSep 26, 2025
2 points

University tomorrow!

University tomorrow! Not entirely sure how to word this (ive only posted on reddit a few times) but tomorrow im arriving at my university dorms. Im most nervous about speaking to my flatmates for the ...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Friendships & BelongingAnxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment+1 more
postr/StutterSep 26, 2025
2 points

Why I only in certain situations

Why I only in certain situations Hello everyone , almost a month ago I moved to a new city , it’s a lot bigger compared to where I come from . I got a new house , I’m living with roommates for the fir...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 25, 2025
2 points

Real, I feel this.. I've accepted that if I'm not gonna stutter my way through it, that I'm just gonna let people assume I'm really shy & reserved. When the reality is in my head I'm this vibrant talk...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterSep 25, 2025
2 points

I actually stutter more when wearing a mask, I am more fluent when I can be highly expressive and with a mask on my ability to be expressive is limited....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 25, 2025
3 points

I stuttered the same but I talked to a lot more people since they couldn't see my face so I didn't feel the shame I usually feel. I was lowkey sad when we stopped wearing masks....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterSep 24, 2025
6 points

Did you stutter less with the masks in 2020?

Did you stutter less with the masks in 2020? I feel like I was more fluent with the Covid masks. I worked as a teacher (I get more fluent as the year goes on) and retail at a jewelry store during this...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentEnvironmental Triggers
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2025
1 points

I basically do not stutter anymore. Just sit in a chair in a quiet room and think about falling asleep. When you stutter you forget how to breathe for speech. Breathing should be relaxed as though you...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindfulness & BreathingAnticipating StutteringHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2025
8 points

Lol this thing has turned me into a scheming imposter - if only I could say what I had in mind with the same fluidity as everyone else...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency