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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2020
5 points

None of that is going on. :) This is about mindset. We often trip up ourselves, because we're used to thinking in dour terms. - --- - _Moved from above:_ - A couple of questions for you. :) - ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterDec 15, 2020
20 points

I tried to hide it my whole life, I'm still trying.

I tried to hide it my whole life, I'm still trying. Ever since I was a little kid, stuttering was and still is my number 1 issue, I am not sure whether it's congenital, but what I'm sure of, I'll be m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
2 points

Yea I’m way past high school lol but I feel like my stutter is worse. In high school it was almost non existent but I feel like that was because I was confident in myself back then....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
4 points

Sometimes I wonder if I'm only an introvert because of my stutter. If I don't stutter, perhaps my personality would change and I'd discover the extroverted part of me....

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
3 points

The older I've gotten, the less impact I think it would make. Stuttering helped steer me into my engineering career. It helped steer me into fewer but healthier relationships. I *know* how stuttering...

School & WorkSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerDating & RomanceIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
2 points

I don't have any answers for you because, as far as I can tell, nobody has any answers. I will say that I, and I think many many others, had years of therapy. In my case it started when I was 7 or 8,...

Therapy & ProfessionalSchool & WorkCommunity & Support
Seeking TherapyEmployment & CareerPersonal Stories+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
1 points

Thats a great question. Often times what I've found is people will reflect how your stutter makes YOU feel. Think about how you feel when you stutter, do you see the reflection on her? I used to g...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
1 points

yeah, it would fix my self esteem, i wouldn't have to worry about the way people look at me weird (as much) bruh it would be like a super power to me, if God would say merry Christmas, YOU CAN TALLL...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
8 points

I think if I never had a stutter, the impact on what my life has become would be greater than if my stutter simply healed. My personality has changed by my stutter (one could say it's been scarred) i...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterDec 14, 2020
39 points

if you were awake tomorrow without stuttering and that you would never stutter again, would your life change completely?

if you were awake tomorrow without stuttering and that you would never stutter again, would your life change completely? [View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/kcxsx0)...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 14, 2020
2 points

Thanks for your answers! Google is a massive one it’s them two OOs!!! The research is for fun and to understand myself at the moment but I’ve realised my stutter is quite bad but it doesn’t affect me ...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
6 points

When people think I'm "slow" or mentally challenged (while I have a master's degree, speak two foreign languages an also have an above-average IQ)....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
2 points

I named my daughter with a soft “G”. I haven’t stuttered it yet! It also has like 5 variation possibilities so she can use whatever she wants when she gets older. I wanted us both to have options lol...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
2 points

I doubt therapy for emotions related to stuttering would help my particular condition (I’ve grown accustomed to living the “mute life”, as it were). I genuinely think there’s a huge neurological compo...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalSeeking TherapyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
2 points

I go by my middle name now! Everyone thinks it’s for like some nefarious reasoning, as my first name is much cooler than my middle name. nope I’d love to be able to use it too!...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
2 points

That's awesome! Thanks for your response. I always have felt like SLPs who formerly stuttered themselves are often the most effective people to treat stuttering...

Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Seeking TherapyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
5 points

I just want to comment on the mentoring part of your question. I have spoken with a few younger stutterers over the years and it has always been a great experience. Most speech therapists, while wel...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Advice OfferedPersonal StoriesIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterDec 12, 2020
67 points

Guys!!!! I said out loud that i stutter in the class

Guys!!!! I said out loud that i stutter in the class Hello!!! I wrote earlier that i decided to write an article about stuttering in one of my subjects! Today I had to represent the pitch(the review o...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+3 more
postr/StutterDec 10, 2020
4 points

I just started my stutter journey. Do you have any tips?

I just started my stutter journey. Do you have any tips? I was recently diagnosed with PANDAS, an autoimmune disease where my brain is attacked in response to a strep infection. This puzzled my doctor...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 10, 2020
1 points

Its the 4 p's Perfecting, pleasing, proving, pretending. Which gender do you feel like you have to be more "perfect" towards? Which gender do you feel the need to "please" more? Which gender mak...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAuthenticity vs. Masking