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commentr/StutterJun 18, 2023
1 points

you know, sometimes i stutter when i talk to my girl, and honestly it doesnt seem like its a problem to her. we tend to look at ourselves from a critical perspective. a lot of people dont really mind...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2023
1 points

I was pausing to think about what I wanted to say. Or sometimes I’ll change up the way I want to say the sentence, which will cause me to pause or block even more. I mostly say “um” a lot and will hav...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2023
3 points

I often forget I have a stutter, so when we meet oops. I don't call very often because I am usually just chilling somewhere and calling is inconvenient...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2023
4 points

Exactly what I experience every day, I'm not open about my stammering with other people instead i avoid trigger words which makes me stutter, I'm not in any serious relationship or anything, but i kno...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJun 17, 2023
1 points

I don’t have any issues saying hello, hey, how are you. Most of the time I just say “um” a ton to avoid stuttering. If someone ask me a question, oftentimes I’ll repeat the question a few times and ad...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 17, 2023
4 points

You guys getting matches 🙂. Keeping jokes aside you should tell her that you are a stammerer at some stage of your relationship. Be proud that you are open about it. Also it removes the pressure of h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 17, 2023
11 points

Do **not** put it in your profile. If you do, it signals that it really bothers you. You want to signal the opposite. And how do you do that? By weaving it into your first few chat conversations with...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
3 points

we are often the smartest people because we need a large vocabulary and a quick mind so we can substitute the troubling word for a different word of the dame meaning. it's mental gymnastics and tirin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

I'm so sorry you're so bummed out. That's not the last opportunity in the world but, of course, we always attribute these things to our stuttering. There are many stutterers in many diverse fields, ev...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

I'm sorry I was mean, I had an awful morning. Look man, you're being too hard on yourself. You can't expect to get every job you interviewed for. Keep trying don't give up. I used to have an insanely...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

Yeah, I've been meaning to read a lot more books but I don't stutter as often when reading to myself out aloud. There's occasions where I feel like I'm having a panic attack when speaking to another ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
5 points

I have the same problem. I have never talked nor read no where near enough to develop my speaking eloquence since shame of stuttering took up too much processing power to function normally. I have no ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

Honestly this feeling never goes away. I try and find alternative words to what I'm trying to say if I'm stuttering on a specific word, and most of the time I'm sorry to say, I sound dumb. If I'm havi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionAdvice Requests
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

Firstly, huge respect. It's not easy to have a business as a person with you know what. I can relate to it. Having worked as a content writer and illustrator, I would like to have run a remote digital...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
postr/StutterJun 16, 2023
26 points

Poor vocabulary when speaking.

Poor vocabulary when speaking. I have a decent vocabulary when I'm writing, but I feel like my stutter has ruined my speaking vocabulary as there are times where I'm a nervous wreck so I find it diffi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & CareerOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

Make them tell you no. You should never say no for them. I recently stuttered through an interview, and I was in my own head about it, but I still got the job. Change the stories you tell yourself....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

Let's go!!! Proud of u man. I myself can't get through a single phone call without stuttering atleast one word😄😄...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
9 points

Personally I dont think these criteria or tips apply to us. The part that hurts me is that I know I have great social intuition, intelligence, and empathy but I cant use it. The more I try to bring it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
3 points

Literally this. To me its something that people notice and care about because I notice and care about it but in all reality in my 24 years of living with this, no one gives a shit. The people that do,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 16, 2023
1 points

I did therapy in school, then I also went to a doctors for therapy sessions. They were good I guess, they taught me some techniques. But it didn’t really help. Even tried that mic thing you put in you...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension