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commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
2 points

My name starts with 'S' and I most often stutter at S,C...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & Names
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
5 points

I would never wish this on my worst enemy. I’m pretty much in the same situation—I can hardly answer phone calls anymore. If I don’t figure out how to help myself, I honestly don’t know what my life w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
2 points

Potato! I have a mild stutter but it’s severe saying potato....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & Names
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
4 points

the phrase "thank you" in my native language. always get stuck on it and makes me come across as awkard or ungratful hurts my soul so bad...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
2 points

Not really a single word but "c" like in "cat" and p in whatever word. I hate these sounds. For a moment I've had this technique to let out air while saying them so it came off smoother. It worked fo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
6 points

Developed a stutter at 20?

Developed a stutter at 20? I think I developed a stutter but I thought they were something you were born with. I'm struggling, because I don't know if it's really a stutter, it's like I can't get my w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
10 points

What is that one word?

What is that one word? What is that one word you always get stuck in no matter if you are having an amazing day? ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & Names
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
4 points

Good advice. Honestly im in grade 7 and i block SO bad when saying my name but everything else except reading is otherwise smooth Im a guy and i even got a crush because she thought my stutter was cut...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesIdentity & Self-PerceptionDating & Romance
postr/StutterApr 2, 2025
8 points

Somebody please leave advice

Somebody please leave advice I am in the 8th grade and will be going to a very big high school. My stutter isn’t even that bad, but I get severe blocks whenever I have to say my name and often at rand...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 2, 2025
9 points

Hey there i stutter i am 15 year old

Hey there i stutter i am 15 year old It all started when i was 5 or 6 and it never stoped. i have been bullied my whole life by my friends family and relatives too I and when i was 10 we moved to a ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+3 more
postr/StutterApr 2, 2025
27 points

I felt humiliated & defeated at work today. What do I do?

I felt humiliated & defeated at work today. What do I do? This story has many layers but I’m going to try to make it as clear & concise as possible; So I 27M have a pretty obvious/severe from time to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/stutteringApr 2, 2025
1 points

Sorry to hear that, I also have a stutter since I was a little kid, now turning 27. What worked for me was fluency shaping and modification techniques and a LOT of practice. It's like practicing a spo...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesEnergy & Biological RhythmsAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/stutteringApr 1, 2025
3 points

i’m struggling over here 😭

i’m struggling over here 😭 hi! my name is aubrey, i am 16 years old, and i’ve been struggling with my stutter for quite some time now. i can’t remember the exact age of when i got, but i got it prett...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionGenetic & Family Factors+3 more
postr/stutteringApr 1, 2025
2 points

I hate this

I hate this Today I was picking up my prescriptions and when the pharmacist asked me what I was there for I couldn’t get the words out for a little while. It was so embarrassing and I felt so incredib...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
2 points

I still left with one more year for my campus placements and till now i have not given any professional interviews online or offline, I got good skills but can't expose out and show my skills because ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
postr/StutterApr 1, 2025
2 points

TSA/Customs Q's

TSA/Customs Q's Hello! I am trying to plan an international trip for my partner and I. It would be our first and we are very excited about the prospect of visiting another culture and being able to u...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/stutteringMar 30, 2025
1 points

Yes I do. I even considered changing my first name because of it. If it is a group I will share that I stutter with someone (who seems safe) and ask them to introduce me. I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterMar 30, 2025
1 points

Hey man I completely understand what you’re going through. Tbh I was surprised reading this because I felt like I was reading a description of myself. I’m in the exact same situation, been living in J...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2025
1 points

Hi! im sorry this happened to you. I’m actually just like you. I used to stutter every now and then from kid-adulthood where i will just struggle repeating sounds or syllables until i can say it. actu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2025
5 points

I recently presented myself to the army and had two issues I had to talk about. The first was that I had to go to the office and say that my name wasn’t on the list. I only got stuck when I had to say...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment