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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

i do that sometimes when i have to order food at a restaurant. normally my stutter is pretty mild but if there's a counter between me and the other person it's game over. ik this isn't a solution but ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
14 points

Trying to hide your stutter in a video is not gonna solve this problem. They will eventually find out that your stutter on the first time they speak with you. They are not gonna hire you because you s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
7 points

It doesn't work for me. What I will do is try again later. I am not going to give up even if it takes me the whole day to do so...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
3 points

I'm not qualified to say this answer but in my experience the best answer is no but it can reach a point where it's not really noticeable and you don't really think about it day to day. I've had peri...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2023
2 points

Back in boarding school, one of the junior most class boys had to read the news in the morning assembly. It was my second turn of the year (first time went great). Went up to the rostrum and couldn't ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
2 points

Yes! Thankfully my family gets it. But professionally and socially it’s so embarrassing. I typically just have to stop talking mid sentence because otherwise I’ll be struggling too much. My stuttering...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical TensionFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterJul 16, 2023
6 points

Is this considered stuttering?

Is this considered stuttering? Hello, first time posting, mostly because I never considered that I might have a stutter until recently. I always thought of stuttering as the sort that gets depicted a...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Repetitions & ProlongationsAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
4 points

I can't think of a specific situation. But I've had to have atleast 100 experiences through out life when I literally wanted to kill myself right then & there from excruciating embarrassment. In ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
2 points

Yeahh I've gotten that so many times in school 🙁. It hurts so bad. I just show them my phone number on my contact list and ask them to note it down. I know it's a bad coping mechanism but to hell w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
5 points

Hey! Yeah that happens to me too a lot. Luckily the next day I usually just forget about it. So if I’m ever ruminating about a word I tell myself that I’ll probably forget about it tomorrow and that h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
1 points

Sometimes (though I’ve never actually went through with it), I’ve considering posing as a mute/deaf person.. though maybe it looks like it when I persistently point at something instead of saying what...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
1 points

I’ve done that a couple of times.. tho it didn’t really help lowering my anxiety about getting the words out in addition to the fear of adding gasoline to the lie that I’m mentally challenged since it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
6 points

Yep all the time but I play it off as a joke most of the time and apologize. Still awkward as hell and ruins the flow of conversation, but the joke kinda salvages what little there is to be salvaged...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2023
1 points

Do.you ever portray yourself as something you're not just to kinda hide the fact you stutter? This may seem like a confusing question cause hell I couldn't even find the right wording for it. But basi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
2 points

Same here (although not Italian).. I will sometimes, if I feel a stutter come up, choose an English word or phrase that sounds "less native", if you will, because it's easier to get out. This helps my...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2023
11 points

Idk if this counts but I was probably like 21-22 and I worked at subway at the time (also a woman). This disabled guy came in during the lunch rush, and I’m typically very kind (on shift and off) so ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterJul 15, 2023
5 points

How do you move on when you stutter?

How do you move on when you stutter? Whenever I stutter on a word, I’ll tend to have OCD and when I think of saying that word, I’ll like ‘check’ by saying it out loud. This behaviour fuels fear and so...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & AngerIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2023
2 points

yep, i'm a procrastinator too.. lol a lot of times i feel like i'd just rather go to sleep than practice what the speech pathologist taught me 😬 maybe because of the anti-depressant i am taking...🤦...

Anticipation & AvoidanceMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionMedication Inquiries
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2023
2 points

A slightly faster pace is better for me. Just flows more naturally. Slowing down deliberately is a disaster, for me....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2023
2 points

But wouldnt that mean you could Control it to a degree? I mean i hate stuttering m i would have gained so much in the world but it does seem to hold me back....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency