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commentr/StutterMay 9, 2025
1 points

Great advice. Honestly seems simple but in the moment, it’s a lot to do.. it’s hard to change what is ingrained in our brain.. ...

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Overthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques
postr/StutterMay 9, 2025
10 points

Help

Help Why am I stuttering in my early 20s?? It affects my life, it’s embarrassing. I feel as if I’m literally not able to say what I want to say. Sometimes I have to say the words extremely slowly alon...

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postr/StutterMay 9, 2025
0 points

The Problem

The Problem I guess my frequent masturbation increases anxiety , stuttering , Self doubt , overthinking. ...

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postr/StutterMay 9, 2025
2 points

How do you deal with your stutter?

How do you deal with your stutter? Hey! How you doin? Since the last year I began to recognize and getting aware of my stuttering: joining support groups, communities like this and also taking speech...

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postr/StutterMay 8, 2025
45 points

The only thing that's worked for me (and why it can work for you too)

The only thing that's worked for me (and why it can work for you too) I know this has been posted here a few times but I'm going to share it again because it is the MOST IMPORTANT tool I've found and ...

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commentr/StutterMay 8, 2025
3 points

We are our worst critics, and to be honest, it is not irrational either. I personally loathe listening to myself or others stutter because it just feels so deeply wrong. My armchair psychologist theor...

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postr/stutteringMay 7, 2025
3 points

5 year old son...

5 year old son... I'll start by saying, as early as I can remember until about the age of 18...I had a very apparent and present stutter. I was placed in speech therapy all through 3rd-4th grade and i...

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postr/StutterMay 7, 2025
5 points

5 year old son...

5 year old son... I'll start by saying, as early as I can remember until about the age of 18...I had a very apparent and present stutter. I was placed in speech therapy all through 3rd-4th grade and i...

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commentr/StutterMay 7, 2025
3 points

Talking slower. But I have to make a really conscious effort in doing so, if not I start pretty much rapping. It's so mentally fatiguing...

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Overthinking & MonitoringEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterMay 7, 2025
1 points

There was one guy in High School that I knew of. I figured out he had it because he must've been talking to me because of some assignment given to him by the school speech therapist. (I had an evalua...

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Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterMay 7, 2025
11 points

That’s just because we’re so critical of perfect speech that it’s easy to recognize. I’m sure no one else even caught it....

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Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterMay 7, 2025
7 points

Feeling desperate right now

Feeling desperate right now Hello fellow stutterers, I'm M19 and I'm actually writing this at a moment of desperation right now because my stutter is getting a hold of me again and I just wanted to ge...

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commentr/StutterMay 7, 2025
2 points

I've tried the method the mentioned when you forget about your stutter, but I can only forget about for so long before it reappears....

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postr/StutterMay 6, 2025
9 points

What causes your stutter?

What causes your stutter? I've always felt like there's a big misconception with stuttering, like people thinking it's caused my anxiety or nerves. Or because our brains are working faster than our mo...

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postr/StutterMay 6, 2025
7 points

Need urgent advice for an interview

Need urgent advice for an interview I want to do a PhD and have been applying to different programs and positions since a while now. I got accepted into a reputed graduate school with 3-4 projects of ...

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commentr/StutterMay 6, 2025
1 points

maybe not sure went to a speech therapist , she said you are alright , you just stammer when you are anxious or overthinking...

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commentr/StutterMay 6, 2025
18 points

I’m sorry you’re having to go through this. It hurts no matter how many times it happens. Ultimately you want to get to the point where it’s not nagging at you afterwards about what happened and isn’t...

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commentr/StutterMay 3, 2025
3 points

I feel my stutter is kind of different. When I stutter on a word, 50% of brain is trying to say that word. Another 40% is evaluating, creating backup words and how can I implement these words if I st...

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postr/StutterMay 3, 2025
9 points

Getting worse on video call

Getting worse on video call Whenever I do video calls I stutter so much more than I would do in real life. It’s extremely frustrating because ever since COVID and work from home, 99% of employers do i...

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postr/StutterMay 3, 2025
16 points

My personal way to cope with stutter (With some added religious perspective)

My personal way to cope with stutter (With some added religious perspective) Side story. I am a successful software engineer. Studied from top university in my city. Stuttering since 5. People often a...

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