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commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
3 points

My how this hits close to home. ESPECIALLY in college on the first day of class. Believe me I know the look your peers gave you. One time I had to present something in one of my music classes and I co...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
2 points

Personally, I like to say that I stutter first thing then introduce myself. Idk it helps a lil better....

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Disclosure & Telling OthersAnticipating StutteringSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
3 points

One strategy is when it comes to your turn you can preface your intro with a “just a heads up, I have a stutter so bear with me <smile>” then carry on. It eases the pressure to be fluent and it means...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Disclosure & Telling OthersAnxiety & Social JudgmentAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
3 points

At least you didn't stutter every word in a presentation in an auditorium full of people like me, Which was the most intense thing happened to me every time I think about it I feel bad for myself. it'...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSchool & Academic LifeAnticipating Stuttering+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
20 points

In let’s go around the room I always volunteer to be first to get it over and done with. Ain’t no way I’m sitting there quietly panicking while it goes through everyone else waiting my turn. 😰...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
13 points

It’s the build up dread that’s painful. Each time thinking about what you’re gonna say, slowly getting closer and thinking how you’ll be judged. Don’t feel bad, you made it and got through. Remember ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
35 points

"Let's go around the room" introductions suck; there's no way around it. Just try to find some comfort in knowing that every time you do one, you're one closer to never having to do another one again....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionPreparation & Rehearsal
postr/StutterMar 10, 2025
74 points

SO EMBARRASSING WTF

SO EMBARRASSING WTF So today is my first day of college classes. And of course my instructor had us go around and introduce ourselves and say a little bit about us and what we are pursuing and why. By...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentAvoidance & SubstitutionAnticipating Stuttering+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2025
1 points

I wanted to found a business, ssma, i recorded a call to improve my speech, i could not start the record, i was legit paralyze, i can't see anything stuttering related if i don't know the ending (must...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringBlocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2025
13 points

I find it to be really true about me. When I slow down, when I don't think ahead of where I'm talking that's when I stutter the most. If I'm reading out loud, it only happens when I start reading ahea...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2025
9 points

I figured out neurochemical imbalance is one of the major causes of stutter . After taking prescribed anxiety meds for a month my anxiety kinda reduced from within, even though the affect of a single ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2025
1 points

oh damn, I never thought of this though I have always known a certain rhythm always helps me speak better. Thank you!!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2025
2 points

Forget about it. If you think that I have started to stutter it will get worse. Just forget about it and go back to your normal routine. Once it is out of your subconscious mind it will never happen....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2025
3 points

So real,the starting few words are my biggest problem. Once I catch my rhythm it's easy from there on out. It's interesting, this rhythm I speak of. It's this flow thatbactually differed from langua...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Repetitions & ProlongationsAnticipating StutteringLoss of Control
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2025
6 points

I can usually get by with doing it minimally. It's the introduction, and saying my name while introducing myself is where I struggle the most. Whenever there is something I have to say and there aren'...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2025
9 points

As much as i had horrible stutter when younger, and as much as it lingers to some degree today (and the "blocks" are a daily occurrence), .... I know my ADHD has a lot to do with my stammering/stumbl...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainAnticipating StutteringLoss of Control
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2025
1 points

I have pretty bad insomnia so cant control that. Of course, not healthy, i just thought it to be really odd.. normally people who sleep well stutter less but its the opposite for me. When I sleep less...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Energy & Biological RhythmsAnticipating Stuttering
postr/StutterMar 6, 2025
11 points

Stuttering sucks

Stuttering sucks Hello everyone I tend to stutter a decent amount always had a stutter as a kid but now being in my 20s I feel like jobs an people look at you so differently since we stutter bc it’s ...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Stigma & BullyingSeverity & FluctuationAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2025
3 points

Before interviews i like to stay up all night (not that I want to) i have insomnia, but the more tired i am the less i stutter. Its like my mind takes the anxiety off speaking and focuses its energy e...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Energy & Biological RhythmsStress & Fight/FlightAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2025
7 points

“When you’re struggling”… why does he assume it’s a “struggle” ? It’s just a way of speaking…. I always describe it as a struggle. I see what you mean tho. But I don't think he meant any offense by...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentListener Reactions