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commentr/StutterJul 30, 2025
27 points

I feel your pain, literally......been in your shoes many times over. Im not going to tell you that it gets better but I will tell you to practice, practice, practice. Here's a little background: ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringHiding & ConcealmentPreparation & Rehearsal+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 30, 2025
1 points

For me, I remember stuttering since I could talk and I didn’t really feel any anxiety around it until I was a little bit older. I do think my stutter has gotten worse because of my anxiety though....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJul 30, 2025
36 points

Do you have social anxiety cause you stutter or do you stutter cause you have social anxiety

Do you have social anxiety cause you stutter or do you stutter cause you have social anxiety ??...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterJul 29, 2025
21 points

Just Tired

Just Tired Every day, I find myself asking the same questions: Why am I like this? Why do I have diabetes? Why do I stutter? I can't enjoy a meal in peace. I can’t go out without anxiety — between ma...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsCauses & Variability
Sadness & HopelessnessQuality of LifeEnergy & Biological Rhythms+1 more
postr/StutterJul 28, 2025
34 points

Humiliated myself at my new job today (rant)

Humiliated myself at my new job today (rant) I accepted a job at a call center because it was remote & the only thing I could find that paid over $15/hr. My training class was separated into groups & ...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 28, 2025
1 points

It’s both. It’s neurological with anxiety and confidence playing a large role. People who have terrible trauma don’t usually stutter and people who stutter don’t necessarily have trauma. It’s a pre...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
postr/StutterJul 28, 2025
0 points

Situational Stutter

Situational Stutter I used to have a bad stutter but now I only stutter if I’m anxious or stressed out so I bought L-Theanine if anyone else is in the situation do you have tips and does L-Theanine r...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Stress & Fight/FlightAdvice RequestsSituational Variability
commentr/StutterJul 28, 2025
1 points

Whenever I try to stay calm my body becomes hot and I can't get a word out. But I don't stutter when I speak without thinking....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJul 27, 2025
6 points

Stress About Future

Stress About Future I am a engineering student (Biomedical Engineering). Now a days I am seeing everywhere there is layoffs , no jobs ,no stability in career and I am very anxious regarding it. Beside...

School & WorkCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerStress & Fight/FlightHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterJul 25, 2025
11 points

Anger

Anger Do some of you get really angry (at yourself and maybe at the world) when you are practicing a presentation or report and you just can't stop stuttering? So instead of focusing on the topic, you...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Frustration & AngerStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterJul 24, 2025
5 points

Clinical rotations in med school

Clinical rotations in med school In med school, we have clinical rotations where we have to present patient histories, among other things. We’re required to present at least 8–10 patients in each rota...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
1 points

Its because my stutter is psychological , I tend to stutter the least in non mother tongue languages normally when my anxiety is low . Dm if you want recommendations for supplements and meds which red...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightCycles & RandomnessHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
1 points

Stress affects my stutter unless I'm in a dominant position to the person im talking to as far as power dynamics. Examples being if im older than them, when I'm teaching my students, and when I'm taki...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Stress & Fight/FlightPower Dynamics & Intimidation
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
1 points

Have u try anxiety medicine? I know they say there’s no ‘cure’ but mine seems to have disappeared after being prescribed an SSRI. I also had a blockage stutter couldn’t even say my name....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
1 points

Yeah, I have Anxiety induced stuttering. Normally I stutter a little or don't even at all when I am talking to friends or family....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2025
1 points

Absolutely. I’m newly post partum and noticing that my stutter is worse than it’s been in years - undoubtedly due to being so stressed and tired!...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Energy & Biological RhythmsStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJul 23, 2025
26 points

Anyone else notice their stutter gets worse when they're stressed?

Anyone else notice their stutter gets worse when they're stressed? I've been thinking a lot lately about how stress and stuttering seem to feed off each other. For me, even low-level anxiety can make ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentResearch & Resources
commentr/StutterJul 22, 2025
10 points

I totally get your frustration … but the paradox is real. I only really conquered my stutter once I started speaking in public—a lot. I had to learn not to care if I blocked and not to measure my succ...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
postr/StutterJul 22, 2025
4 points

I love stuttering, it makes you stronger than everyone else in the room. Own it!

I love stuttering, it makes you stronger than everyone else in the room. Own it! Lol, thought you was about to read some positive stuff about stuttering? You see, from all the years that I've been lur...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 22, 2025
6 points

Thankyou for writing and sharing this, as my younger self would have really appreciated it and felt seen :) Having said that, I do probably count as one those people you write of, who have a mild stut...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentTrauma & Psychological+3 more