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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2025
1 points

I stutter less when I'm in a friends group where I don't have to filter my speech much...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2025
8 points

The ones I’ve went to were not very good at their job. I always hated going because they would treat me almost like I was mentally slow. Felt really degrading....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2025
1 points

By myself, singing, or if I’m just on discord with my friends talking shit. The moment I have to think around others it all goes out the window...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2025
1 points

Yup it happens a lot, whenever I talk about it or disclose it I proceed not to stutter. I feel like it makes me look crazy and then people will think my “stutter isn’t that bad.” Then once I finally d...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentFeared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2025
1 points

Haha, but actually I always somewhat stutter to everyone, some people are just more manageable and not nearly as bad. Sometimes I talk fluently to them as well. But my mom is probably the best example...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2025
4 points

You may be right. I am a speech pathologist who has been a lifelong stutterer. I was not able to stutter in public without feeling ashamed and embarrassed. I took the cowardly way out because I was s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentNeurological & Brain+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2025
1 points

I am so impressed with all of these people who did not allow stuttering to hold them back or to define who they are. I took the cowardly way out. I was too ashamed and embarrassed to continue to stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentNeurological & Brain+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2025
1 points

Same here lol unless I think it’s relevant I don’t even mention it anymore. It’s there, it’s how I speak. Unless I feel my message is being lost I just let fly....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2025
4 points

Usually I'm pretty good at controlling my stutter dying the interview, I think I give them the impression that my stutter is much less severe than it really is....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2025
7 points

Yes, the 'secret' is out of the bag and a lot of the anxiety/pressure to speak fluently is suddenly reduced....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2025
1 points

I haven't seen anyone raise this point, but if you are quite fresh into this relationship with your partner who stutters, perhaps time is the answer. The more time you have been together, the less 'ch...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Experiential AssociationAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2025
1 points

As an extrovert and a stutterer, people ignore and make fun of me. Scientific research has proved that people perceive stutters as underconfident and anxious. So, even if you are confident like me, yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2025
2 points

Yea I had to self invent so many tools and methods to mask it. No help from anyone, so much energy went into this all throughout my childhood and just when I thought I had it all, things had to sink. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterJul 12, 2025
7 points

I hate my stutter

I hate my stutter I have being stuttering since I was around 4-5 and I have always tried to hide my stuttering because I feel like people will judge, won’t want to talk to me and get frustrated at me....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
2 points

i think if we think in this way and let stutter win in our life then it will make so so hard so don’t let stuttering win and let your confidence win in this game of stutter’s life i do stutter so much...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentMindset shiftEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 12, 2025
1 points

Interesting, I always got marked down for fluency. I ended up adapting a different way by making videos. Now I’ve lost jobs due to my stuttering and other recent disability. I graduated top of my clas...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerHiding & ConcealmentStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterJul 11, 2025
4 points

Going on a “date” tomorrow?

Going on a “date” tomorrow? So I’ve been really trying to push myself lately, stop putting things off, procrastinating just doing stuff without thinking. The chat on Snapchat was going a bit dry, so I...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentDating & RomanceHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
6 points

Hi. What you do is you either a) learn to be more tolerant of the fact that neurodiversity is a thing that exists and accept your friend for who he is, stutter and all; or b) break off your friendship...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
43 points

You did great. Don’t report him and do stick with the class. Rise above and don’t let this be a defining event. You’re bigger and badder. These misunderstandings do happen. I always stutter on my wif...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 10, 2025
2 points

OP is the type of person and the reason (not directly you OP ofc) I'm living in isolation. To spare others of my ******* disability....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentLoneliness & Isolation