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postr/StutterOct 11, 2023
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Experience

Experience Attended an interview. They were highly impressed, never once stumbled on words or experienced speech blocks. I was unusually my usual confident self, related my experience in my career (ev...

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postr/StutterOct 11, 2023
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Tips to overcome Stutter

Tips to overcome Stutter • Take pauses between words • Keep toung down • Use hands • Light contacts: consonant letters: don't make a hard contact with lips in sound B or P, no hard contacts with toung...

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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I struggle with the same thing. I try to think that people dont care about others as much as we think we do. I mean consider that you see someone dumb do you think of them often? People forget your du...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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Yes...but I couldn't articulate that. One of the side effects of my stutter has been that I lose my train of thought when I get conscious of my stutter. Started taking SSRI last year and honestly, it ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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I really think a lot of people don't realize how much physical well being affects your stuttering. I moved a lot as a kid, and trying to make new friends while having a stutter sucked. I started runn...

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postr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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I don’t know how long I have left.

I don’t know how long I have left. I’m 15 years old and I have just started my fourth year in high school. It has been the worst thing to ever happen to me in my life, my stutter became worse over the...

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postr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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How do I convince my group to do the speaking for me in a group presentation

How do I convince my group to do the speaking for me in a group presentation I need some vaild reasons, as just me stuttering isn’t enough. I did do most of the work for the group which gives me a upp...

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postr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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Allow yourself to take up space

Allow yourself to take up space Recently I've been having issue reciting my phone number, which ends on a seven (7) and is difficult number for me to say. Ive found this issue recently as lots of sto...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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My internal voice stutters sometimes, it’s a bummer because I know it’s inevitably messing up my speech. I am able to daydream and not have any stutters though, the mind is strange....

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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Not something I recommend for everyday use, but look into beta-blockers ... it will calm you down in high pressure situations Also, regularly do judgement/rejection challenges (exposure therapy). Goo...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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I've always been a good with writing , I remember in school having my stories read out in class by my English teacher, I guess not having verbal communication skills my way of compinsating was thro...

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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Friend, as a fellow stutterer, may I please say "that's messed up" and laugh, cause I'm not laughing at your bad experiences but those of your characters'. But seriously...I can empathize as my intern...

Community & SupportAnticipation & Avoidance
Personal StoriesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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I stutter. I’ve also developed various ways to cope with. I still don’t wanna do public speaking and such. Now with Ashwagandha + L-Theanine (discovered last year), my stutter has considerably improve...

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postr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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Has anyone else gotten used to people thinking that they're stupid?

Has anyone else gotten used to people thinking that they're stupid? I think most other stutterers out there can relate to this. But the fact is that the majority of people I meet think I'm stupid beca...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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What woman would ever date a man who stutters?

What woman would ever date a man who stutters? I've been stuttering since I was 12. It's changed my life in every way possible. I can barely say my name and It's so humiliating. Should I just accept t...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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I didn’t drop out, however, I did take a lot of online courses. I will say that as I’ve gotten older I am less concerned with perfect fluency. Sure, I get embarrassed from blocks, but I have found tha...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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I understand that it is not contagious. But nobody answered them. My partner starts to stammer too and even past friends I notice start to stammer like me once in a while. Anybody know why?...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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Yes i stutter. Overcome?? Thats the million dollar question for any person who stutters. Idk about overcoming it but I only have tricks and techniques to manage it and even then my techniques can be a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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Do you stammer ? How do you overcome . I’m 31 and maybe this problem was always there within me but it’s more prominent because of the presence of my partner . I do not really want this to hamper my p...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2023
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Funny! I've often wondered about that, if im having a conversation with someone who doesn't stutter they'd start stuttering very mildly I've noticed this myself!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception