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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
2 points

Great tips, my friend. I know I still have a long way to go, but that's my goal too. We can do this....

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2022
2 points

Thank you for your inspiring story, I mean it. I hope to be like you one day, the sooner the better....

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 31, 2022
1 points

I'm 22 and I really realized how much I've improved. We had to give a little presentation for class and I wasn't nervous AT ALL, and I don't think I even stuttered much...

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 31, 2022
2 points

I am early 30s and haven’t accepted it yet. I respect it being a powerful adversary, but soon I will beat it. I have gotten better in the last couple years and much better in the last couple months....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterAug 31, 2022
15 points

Damn so it went away for you as you got older. As Jim Carey once said “So you’re telling me….. there’s a chance?”...

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 31, 2022
1 points

Hang in there buddy! I've felt the same over the past month. As soon as I wake up my mind just shifts away from reality and focuses on many of my insecurities. My days are plagued with constant overth...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 31, 2022
20 points

It took over half my life to stop caring what other people thought of me. I went from a blocker that couldn’t say her own name to someone that stands up for herself and has like 98% fluency. I wish I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 30, 2022
2 points

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thats so epic. Nicely done - now just keep piling up the wins as you go. Every milestone like that is another notch on the ladder. And the more reps you get the easier it feels. (The mo...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 29, 2022
3 points

So I would really recommend the Dave McGuire course. They have an inexpensive self help book on Amazon called “Beyond Stammering: The Mcguire Program for getting good at the Sport of Speaking.” You ca...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Preparation & RehearsalFluency TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 29, 2022
2 points

Your approach is wrong. You need to get comfortable getting out of your comfort zone, even if it makes you look like an idiot in front of people. This will eventually cure your problem. But there's ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
6 points

I rarely worry about it anymore. My new job made me give a surprise public speech to introduce myself and people laughed for the “right” reasons. It feels very empowering. Look at my previous comme...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & MotivationPsychedelics & Microdosing+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
5 points

Yes, you will be treated better in your fluent days. If you have ever experienced weight fluctuations, you have also been treated better in your thinner days than in your chubbier days. If you have ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
3 points

If this type of messaging feels helpful to you, then wonderful! If this type of messaging leads to you feeling more hopeless, *then disregard it*. Some people do not have the internal disposition o...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHope & Motivation
postr/StutterAug 28, 2022
10 points

Does anyone here no longer stutter?

Does anyone here no longer stutter? If so, what made you fluent? And also, how has your life changed ever since you became fluent? [View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/wzuz6o)...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
0 points

Not being able to say your own name in public means the issue is almost 100% fear based. I was the same for years, had a longterm terrible situation at work, and my stutter became debilitating. Th...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHope & MotivationAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
7 points

Yes they are nice but I wouldn't rely on it to speak properly T_T I really wanna walk towards speaking like that with confidence...

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
1 points

the worst part about exposure therapy is the fact it works lol. i hate the idea of voluntarily speaking to strangers but after it i feel accomplished. i recently enquired about a job, i phoned the hir...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
18 points

These experiences are nice, aren't they? They give you a direct experience of what it's like when you achieve the fluency state and can give you motivation to put in the work....

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
1 points

Also I focused on the things I could change rather than couldn’t I worked out got in real good shape and just looking good gave me a lot of confidence....

Emotional Experience
Hope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
2 points

I felt like this my entire life! I usually stay super quiet so people don’t have to hear me stutter, so I struggled with socializing or making friends. Eventually, I just sort of accepted that I was...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationIdentity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation