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postr/StutterSep 6, 2025
9 points

Failed I'm never trying again

Failed I'm never trying again Now I'm in a party I feel so awkward I can't speak words don't come out my voice is very low the party is very loud a girl looked at me with her side eye cuz I was standi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 6, 2025
1 points

It’s important to remember that old habits make it hard to think clearly. Their inertia is very strong. Sometimes it may feel like you don’t deserve kindness, that you’re guilty of something, that you...

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commentr/StutterSep 5, 2025
3 points

At some point, when I was still a child, I realized that it's not that I minded my stutter. At its worst, and I mean at its "this is paralyzing, I can't place a Starbucks order or pick up the phone at...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
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postr/StutterSep 5, 2025
1 points

How I Dealt with Stuttering: A Personal Experience

How I Dealt with Stuttering: A Personal Experience I started stuttering in childhood. By the age of 13, I realized that no one could help me: theIre were no books, no methods, no speech therapists, no...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2025
5 points

I had a 30+ year career in IT even with a stammer. IT is an excellent place to be with a stammer because people are focused more on the work being done than on the personality behind it. And lets face...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentEmployment & CareerIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2025
1 points

I think IT is one the best áreas for us . We are not as exposed as in áreas like Finance or stuff. I have dailys every day, try to focus on the message and don’t overthink that you are going to stutte...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2025
3 points

It’ll be obvious if you’re mocking him or sharing your own stuttering story. He’ll appreciate that you came up to him. Don’t overthink it!...

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postr/StutterSep 4, 2025
66 points

Stuttering is such a curse for group settings.

Stuttering is such a curse for group settings. Every time I sit down for lunch with colleagues or go out with them, I end up feeling awful about my stutter. People don’t wait for me to finish, sometim...

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postr/StutterSep 4, 2025
11 points

My stuttering experience with Drugs

My stuttering experience with Drugs Hey everyone, my stuttering has reached a new low. I can’t even start a sentence without a 15-second blockade, and in half of my conversations, it takes a minute pe...

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postr/stutteringSep 3, 2025
2 points

I can’t speak at all and I need help

I can’t speak at all and I need help I’m 17 and i’ve been stuttering ever since I was around like 5-6 years old. My stutter has been a huge annoyance in my life for as long as I can remember, it gets ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterSep 3, 2025
20 points

Have you ever tried tapping?

Have you ever tried tapping? Hi, I’ve always thought there are two kinds of stuttering: 1. **Visible:** when people can see and hear the stutter. 2. **Invisible:** when the person hides the stutter f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
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commentr/StutterSep 3, 2025
2 points

If you really want to not loose your job, any time soon , it's probably best to surrender yourself , to the team , and selflessly confirm you had a stutter , it will give you the freedom and the confi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
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postr/StutterSep 3, 2025
3 points

Advice for making out about my stutter

Advice for making out about my stutter Hi people, Hope you are doing good. So to be precise. Im a person who have a stutter not a sever one to the point that people dont notice it but inside im doin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentSeverity & FluctuationEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
5 points

yea. I would be much happier. I would still have my education and without the stutter I would be able to land a job in a field I studied my whole life. I could go to dates and not see a cringing face ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
2 points

I am also a woman and I stutter, the only thing I can tell you is to accept that you will always feel insecure having a stutter, don't expect to get over it one day. But always be proud of who you are...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
7 points

Man, I really feel you on this. Stuttering can be brutal, and it sucks how society still thinks it’s okay to make jokes about it. You’re not wrong that it can feel like one of the hardest social disab...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
3 points

Yeah, I get that it may sound like that since I'm just so over the moon about it. I'm in no way affiliated with the program by the way. Alright, I'll try my best to describe some key approaches of thi...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentFluency Techniques+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2025
-1 points

Yep there is no comfort if u live a life with a stutter. The only thing that helps is alcohol. The coping that this sub does is causing so much harm. Instead of fighting that the government accepts ou...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightStigma & Bullying+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
1 points

I am 19 years old and I have had difficulties communicating. During my summer vacation I was working in customer service and I feel that exposing myself helps me reduce social anxiety and lose my fear...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
7 points

I think stuttering gets worse when we make it a problem. Then comes the shame, fear, anxiety which sort of feeds the stuttering beast and then it grows on its own and sinks it's fangs into the pyche. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride