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postr/StutterMay 25, 2025
30 points

Big presentation tomorrow!

Big presentation tomorrow! So, tomorrow I have a presentation infront of my class, my stutter has been so bad lately that I have been skipping school when ever I’ve had presentations, but tomorrow I’m...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
2 points

I've created a list of interventions that I extracted from above research. **Interventions:** * address the feeling that our speech-related predictions are unable to reliably minimize prediction err...

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postr/StutterMay 24, 2025
37 points

Stuttering has completely ruined me

Stuttering has completely ruined me I’m not bragging, i’m not flexing but it will sound this way I’m 20 and people consider me really attractive, my family is rich, i have a beautiful car, i eat what...

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postr/StutterMay 24, 2025
14 points

I hate how misunderstood and misinformed this disorder is and how people treat it, it’s actually aggravating.

I hate how misunderstood and misinformed this disorder is and how people treat it, it’s actually aggravating. Like the title says, I just dislike how much my disorder is misunderstood. I’m sick of con...

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commentr/StutterMay 24, 2025
2 points

I think that we don't achieve stuttering remission due to the "problem" of belief updating and error minimization. So: I think that our subconscious does this completely wrong, because it's designed...

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commentr/StutterMay 24, 2025
2 points

yes absolutely. if a word is more difficult or surprising than expected, and we start overthinking (or we start relying on more control), essentially we allow our subconscious to catastrophize the pre...

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commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

True.Overthinking (especially over-controlling what and how to say) means overload and error signals for the brain. This can increase stuttering. =)...

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commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
1 points

Maybe this is something I did when I was younger. I don't remember. But now I will spot words I'm going to say in my mind before saying them, know or suspect whether I will stutter on any of those wor...

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commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

Eye contact it hard for me. I have to make a conscious effort to keep it up. And most of the time i feel like i force the eye contact and it get weird. I cant find a happy medium...

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postr/StutterMay 23, 2025
9 points

How do you be keeping eye contact while trying to talk to somebody?

How do you be keeping eye contact while trying to talk to somebody? So I just have a really bad problem of whenever I'm talking to somebody even before I started, I just can't keep eye contact with th...

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commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

I feel you man, it one thing to know to use your techniques but it's another thing feeling comfortable using them in 'real life' situations. I think it is important to work in little steps. First make...

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commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
1 points

>*"Is there a term for these things that we do to try and force the words out better?"* Yeah, SLPs often call those *secondary behaviors* or sometimes *negative coping strategies*—like tensing the sp...

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commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
3 points

Your title is off. Stuttering can become your strength!!! It is not weak, it can become your super power. Do you know what it gives you? It gives you brain training of planning your next sentence, fi...

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postr/StutterMay 22, 2025
20 points

Does anyone just laugh after realizing how badly you stuttered after a conversation🥲

Does anyone just laugh after realizing how badly you stuttered after a conversation🥲 Just got done with an interview, and now realizing how stupid I sounded/looked😭 everytime I stuttered, it looked ...

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postr/StutterMay 21, 2025
4 points

I'm not sure if this is the right place but I need some help with school...

I'm not sure if this is the right place but I need some help with school... Sorry if this is too long, I just wanted to fully explain the situation Hi I am 15m, I am autistic and i struggle with an...

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postr/StutterMay 21, 2025
3 points

25M - stutters sometimes - any techniques to overcome unexpected stutters

25M - stutters sometimes - any techniques to overcome unexpected stutters Hey everyone, long-time lurker, first-time poster. I’m a 25-year-old guy who only stutters some days—most days my speech flows...

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commentr/StutterMay 20, 2025
1 points

**Summary** of the NEW research: *"A phenomenological exploration of the contextual variability of stuttering" (2025)* Contextual variability: "Randomness and cyclical patterns of stuttering," "inter...

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commentr/StutterMay 20, 2025
2 points

Exactly! The real stutter, I guess, is when we say nothing at all—just as you said. If we speak anyway (during this approach-avoidance conflict I would call it?), then the outward disfluencies are hea...

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commentr/StutterMay 20, 2025
8 points

This is my attempt to summarize your 6 YT videos. **Summary:** *About the author*: Shane, a general practitioner (GP) from Ireland who has a moderate/mild stutter (he stutters with less worry than b...

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commentr/StutterMay 20, 2025
1 points

I’ve tried most of the treatments out there for stuttering—everything from benzodiazepines and SSRIs to various vitamins and supplements. Some of them helped for a short time, but in the end, I realiz...

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