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commentr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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The problem I think with this method is that it would take a lot of confidence in itself to tell people you will only speak when you don’t stutter. A person with the level of confidence to do this may...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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I reckon the only time to avoid speaking is to gather your thoughts, settle your emotions, clarify what you want to say (not necessarily the exact words, but the meaning), and work up the confidence y...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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Yeah, no. This won't work for a majority of people, especially those in a work place where smiling and gesturing without words will come across as highly unprofessional and rude....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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As someone who is both a stutterer and a therapist, this would actually be the opposite of what I would recommend. You're describing a common avoidance behavior. The problem with stuttering is you can...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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>*"I believe that if a stutterer was to take a vow of silence, i.e. to stop speaking, and only break that silence in the event that they know that what they aim to say will be said without stutteri...

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Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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While this may have worked for you, I think it is more important to say what you want to say, regardless of fluency. Also, as someone else said, most PWS don’t feel confident when speaking. If I used ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to share this method. However, I am not sure if it is realistic. Here's why: 1. When I am, for example, at work, I am required to speak, regardless of how confident ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterSep 4, 2023
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Potential Fix For Stuttering

Potential Fix For Stuttering G'day; I'm an ex-stutterer who was fortunate that my stuttering reduced as I grew up. Having met a couple of stutterers in recent times I have given the condition some tho...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2023
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUZwriSX4M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUZwriSX4M) BANGER Jokes aside, I just try to say what I want to say, I don't know what I would say other than keep on ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2023
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Yeah. Weirdly, my dad would always tell me to slow down or repeat my words, even though he stuttered too. His stutter went away in his late adulthood but he should have known that slowing down doesn't...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionGenetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2023
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Lol right? It does absolutely nothing. And people don't understand that since this is something we've been dealing with as far as any of us can remember, we probably try speaking slower pretty often. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2023
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I already made a post about it here too, I was surprised when in one of my dreams I simply stopped stuttering and started speaking fluently, it was as if everything was an unconscious problem, if we s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2023
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Sometimes it helps me after I lower the pitch of my voice and start to whisper, but I guess it's a trick that is only working for some period of time while my brain is not used to my new voice....

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Situational VariabilityAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2023
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Wth you guys are talking. I had a stutter from my childhood. Due to this I was very shy which I am not when I am with my someone who is aware of my stutter. But guys have faith in The Almighty I worke...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2023
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I feel the fact I couldn't talk much has enhanced my creative ability, especially in writing. Am also able to perceive much things around me, constantly listening and my mind constantly working up a w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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Doesn't do shit. I have been told by many people to speak slower to avoid the stutter, but that doesn't help. In some cases, it makes me stutter more because i am even more conscious of my speech....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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My go to response to almost everybody regardless of relationship (I've only been told this I think 4-5 times in my 25 years of being here) is "If I could, I would. Anyways back to my statement..." Fun...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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What these people said, have some balls and face the world and fuck those haters. On the the other hand tell your sibling that your class is earlier than you thought and when they get you there, their...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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Not sure, if it counts, but stuttering has made me a more articulated communicator, as I have to speak very few words....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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my body is very smart, all these years of stuttering it has acquired good skills to compensate for stuttering, now when I go to speak for example, I have incredible and uncontrollable tics, a great us...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionAvoidance & Substitution