Search

postr/StutterDec 12, 2015
4 points

Positive experience by using medicine against mouth dryness

Positive experience by using medicine against mouth dryness Anyone else who tried using medicine for mouth dryness to combat your stutter? I recently had an interview at a company which was my second...

Meds & SubstancesSchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Helpful Med OutcomesEmployment & CareerHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterNov 30, 2015
14 points

This subreddit is such a depressing place!

This subreddit is such a depressing place! I don't come here often because this place scares me. Seriously. It's filled with posts about how people are feeling shit about themselves because of their s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2015
5 points

I usually rerecord until it sounds just how I want it, but lately i've been trying to be less picky about it and be ok with showing some stuttering. I have a friend who purposely shows stuttering in h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterNov 29, 2015
6 points

Stutter on your voicemail?

Stutter on your voicemail? As a PWS, I spend some time trying to set up various voicemail options... and spend serious time trying to get my voicemail as stutter free as possible. I’m curious who el...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2015
2 points

> How do you do it? I am always trying to keep my mood up. It's a constant battle. One thing that has helped me is that I've accepted the fact that I'll never be a social person. It was something...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2015
3 points

Yea I feel the same way and I have a moderate (sometimes more than moderate) stutter. The worst is when masking/hiding your stutter becomes the centerpiece of your life. Mind you: With the techniques...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2015
2 points

This! I've been having trouble expressing myself lately so I have begun writing. It makes for a means of communication and helps me reflect about current events. So good! ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2015
5 points

When I start feeling that way (and I do, a lot), I'll jump on the computer and write an essay. Nothing intellectual or anything. Even if it's just 2,000 words on why I liked season 5 of Buffy, or why ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2015
1 points

This is why I never bother with anything outside of school and work. Not bothering has helped me prevent extreme variations in moods. If I am talking, it's because I have to in order to get something ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterNov 17, 2015
15 points

Advice needed..........I cant move forward in my social life and my stuttering is holding me back

Advice needed..........I cant move forward in my social life and my stuttering is holding me back Ive posted here before and im just depressed af right now. 19m and my life is pretty average compared...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterNov 15, 2015
6 points

Sharing the frustration.

Sharing the frustration. I haven't always had a stutter. It started at age 16, during the summer. I'm 28 now and it got worse over the past 10 years. Sometimes it was gone for months or years. But sin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentCycles & Randomness+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2015
2 points

I seem to have to clear this up a lot on here. But if you stutter more, and avoid less around a person, it's because you're more comfortable with said person. You can make people think you're fluent,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2015
1 points

I'm pretty damn good at hiding it, but during a speaking presentation if you can't tell that I have a stutter, I'd be shocked....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2015
3 points

I regonize it that stuttering gets worse if I talk to people who I'm more comfortable with. Strange but true. I think I'm relaxt about my stutter, it's okay to stutter then, I can be myself. For me, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAcceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterNov 11, 2015
6 points

What type of stutter am I?

What type of stutter am I? I've been stuttering for as long as I can remember (im 20). Its weird for me. Growing up I stuttered a shit ton and everyone in class knew I had a speech problem. Slowly tra...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterNov 11, 2015
6 points

Have a class presentation next week

Have a class presentation next week And the anxiety is almost crippling. A little backstory, I've been stuttering since about first grade. When I joined the military at 19, my stutter completely vanis...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
postr/StutterNov 11, 2015
12 points

My story

My story Found this thread and pretty happy to see a whole community of people that can understand and relate to the things we go through daily. I've had a stutter since I was little. I was always a ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2015
7 points

I'm going to warn you about the click thing. You're developing a secondary behavior (or maybe it's already developed). I know when you're feeling the panic it's hard not to do what you instinctively d...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+2 more
postr/StutterNov 9, 2015
13 points

Teaching with a stutter

Teaching with a stutter I am some sort of masochist. I followed my dreams of becoming a teacher, even though I have a pretty bad stutter. The kids prefer when I lecture, which is usually not a big de...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
postr/StutterNov 8, 2015
2 points

Honestly want to know (preferablly opinion of someone who doesnt/not always stuttered) what does the person listening think off the stutterer

Honestly want to know (preferablly opinion of someone who doesnt/not always stuttered) what does the person listening think off the stutterer So recently ive started taking initiative towards improvin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentValidation & Empathy+3 more