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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2024
8 points

My speech was much better in elementary and middle school. Kids would often mimic my stutter and laugh, but I didn't care. I knew it sounded funny. And it gave me a thick skin. Now as an adult, peopl...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2024
2 points

More than I’d like to admit. I talk on the phone all day (ironically) and I stutter and clutter during every God forsaken phone call and I can’t stop! It’s really embarrassing! Trying to get a positio...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2024
10 points

Blocking is tough, but I feel like repetition might be the most frustrating to deal with. I always feel really bad for people who have severe repetition....

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Repetitions & ProlongationsFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterJun 3, 2024
14 points

Which form of stuttering is the worst?

Which form of stuttering is the worst? Which form is the worst: repetitions, prolongations or blocks?...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2024
9 points

I’m still a teenager, just finished a year of high school. Elementary school: Honestly wasn’t that bad, I was able to talk and communicate without getting teased or made fun of it because of it. I w...

School & WorkIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
School & Academic LifeStigma & BullyingAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2024
1 points

It depends on how severe it is. I've been told it's cute. Other times they wondered if I was scared of people. The only difference was that for the former I had no blacks and only repeated some sounds...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 26, 2024
1 points

Every day I have to talk to someone, my stutter comes up and I get looked at as a joke. It hurts. When Im asked my name I just hand them my Id, or spell it out. Makes it worse when they keep asking wh...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Stigma & BullyingAvoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2024
3 points

Same here. The worst is when I do actually get it out fluently the first time and then someone asks me to repeat, and inevitably I block all over the place...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringRepetitions & ProlongationsAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
4 points

**TL;DR Summary:** In summary, this post discusses that the author (PhD researcher & speech therapist) is a former severe stutterer whose condition had been in stuttering remission for 10 years. In h...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainPropositionality & WeightAnticipating Stuttering+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
5 points

I was TOTALLY fluent for 5 years and then my stuttering reappeared. Now just mild minor blocks and prolongations but its devastating to me, nevertheless. There is no obvious reason. It just happened....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
3 points

Idk if this anecdote of my life answers the question but I stuttered throughout my adolescence constantly in school and in front of anyone that wasn’t my family, couldn’t order food at a restaurant. C...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnticipating StutteringRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
14 points

I have a mild stutter, but certain things trigger it to become much worse. Having to repeat myself for some reason always makes me block horribly. Always happens in the drive through. Shit is so ann...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringRepetitions & ProlongationsAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
1 points

It's makes you more mad lol you have so much to say but nothing is coming and when it does it's constant syllable repetition. I try to avoid it if possible....

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Frustration & AngerRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2024
1 points

Take those fuckin airport and throw em in the trash. And then stutter when you told her you treated her property better than she treated you....

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Frustration & AngerRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2024
1 points

I used to stutter only when around others, but I’d say since the past year it’s been constant. For example, even when I’m dictating something to the voice to text function, I always stutter and block ...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2024
1 points

If anyone is interested, here is an explanation regarding our neurology: * "*The underlying pathophysiological mechanism of* ***neurogenic stuttering*** *is not yet fully understood. Contributing to ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
3 points

You can practice with in it cuz you shouldn't stutter in a dirty talk...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 19, 2024
3 points

Hard to stutter when all you say is "pss, pss, pss"....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2024
2 points

The therapy in college’s Speech and Hearing Center centered around this. The theory is elongate the initial sound of a word to ease into it. Then repeat the technique on every other word (to get a “fl...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesRepetitions & Prolongations+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2024
3 points

Prolongation & repetition combined ? If you able to stretch each syllables, repetition should not happen, right ?...

Speech & Stuttering
Repetitions & Prolongations