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postr/StutterDec 2, 2016
3 points

What's the difference between a mild moderate and severe stutter? Can you provide any examples

What's the difference between a mild moderate and severe stutter? Can you provide any examples Was never quite sure where I fell in that spectrum. I always assumed I was moderate but I could be mild. ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2016
1 points

Recently, I have been doing stuff to make me feel better about myself. Working out, eating healthy, staying on top of school work, etc. I'm still working on changing my mindset, but that comes with ti...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & MotivationSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2016
3 points

I work as a server at a Sonic drive in. I definitely have a lot of bad days and I have mostly overcome my stutter since it first stared 13 years ago when I was just 9. I still have trouble with any "t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2016
1 points

I've had great presentations and terrible presentations. I honestly can't predict what it will be day by day. But the important thing is to keep your chin up and continue to stand up there and keep go...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2016
6 points

I had a bad stuttering day yesterday and Monday. Had to do probably 15+ interviews and interactions between the two days, and I was stuttering really bad. At this point it doesn't embarrass me, just i...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2016
10 points

I'm 34 and was in a pretty similar boat. I stuttered severely through grade school, hs, and college. I lost count of how many days nobody could understand me when I was a teenager, I missed out on t...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
postr/StutterNov 29, 2016
13 points

Stuttering through a Presentation

Stuttering through a Presentation I just needed a place to vent to people who can understand me. Just gave one of the worst presentations of my life, stuttering wise. I just never seemed to get a feel...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
postr/StutterNov 25, 2016
4 points

What do you guys do when you're having a really bad day?

What do you guys do when you're having a really bad day? Had quite a bad day today regarding my stutter, I try to not let it affect me or my life and I like to think im getting better but (as im sure ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationFrustration & AngerHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2016
2 points

Well, I mean, "practice" sounds easy. I don't know what made it work for my mom. Others might not gain anything in particular from such a route....

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2016
1 points

Are you guys fraternal? I'll tell you this man, my stutter was much more severe my freshman year of college than it is now (first year graduate student). PM me if you ever need/want to talk about it....

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2016
1 points

There is a lot of evidence that stuttering is genetic, which is pretty depressing to me. I have an uncle who stutters but he's always been fluent when I've talked to him. Not sure if he grew out of it...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2016
1 points

Hey there, I have a twin brother, and we both had a stutter when we were younger. I realized I had it since midway through elementary school, but for my twin brother he was able to outgrow it the end...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2016
1 points

I'm in the same boat. Had a nice few weeks where I hardly worried about the stuttering but since a few days I'm back in my old shitty moods. ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2016
3 points

I noticed my lisp got worse as I got older, but others actually told me it was getting less sever. Which I thought was funny, but whatever. Apparently we start paying more attention to ourselves as w...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2016
3 points

Hmm... I guess I've always been stuttering, because people would tell me I did, but it seems to be worse now. I don't know if it's because I notice now...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterNov 18, 2016
6 points

New stutterer?

New stutterer? Hello!! So I've had something sort of.... weird this last year. Started about January/Feb, but I went from lisping to.... well, stuttering. And it's really weird, to the point where ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesAvoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2016
1 points

Stay strong buddy. I have had my tough days and they absolutely blow. The reactions of people around you somehow stick in your mind much longer than the reactions when you speak "normally". I have to ...

Community & SupportCauses & Variability
Validation & EmpathySeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2016
1 points

>If we practice daily, we could get to a level of fluency where our stutter is undetectable. I'd call that claim untrue. As such, I'd call no one "lazy". But it's good you've found renewed motiva...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2016
1 points

Indeed, no one is completely fluent, not even non-stutterers, in all honesty. Rather, the real goal should be to minimize its impact on your life, and therefore eventually overcome its control over yo...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2016
2 points

Thank you! I don't think I "triumphed" however. As I said, there are few days where I do not stutter at all. Still, it no longer controls my life. I no longer stay indoors or refrain from making phon...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationSeverity & FluctuationAcceptance & Pride