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commentr/StutterApr 5, 2025
1 points

i'm not sure how much this applies to me since i'm pretty self-assured and i refrain from speaking before doing extensive research. i also don't think i've been made to doubt myself in my childhood, a...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterApr 5, 2025
3 points

Yes this is pretty common I'd say. Its rooted in how we essentially view ourselves/self worrb etc etc. There may have been a point in our developmental stages where we most likely been made to uninte...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringTrauma & PsychologicalVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
postr/StutterApr 5, 2025
8 points

I only stutter sometimes?

I only stutter sometimes? Hi all! I'm a 17 y/o girl and I stutter. Mostly the first syllable of a word, or a monosyllabic word. I find that I mostly if not only stutter when I am speaking naturally, n...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringPropositionality & Weight
postr/StutterApr 5, 2025
5 points

Struggling with Stuttering – Looking for Advice and Support

Struggling with Stuttering – Looking for Advice and Support Hi everyone, I’ve been dealing with stuttering since childhood, and it’s something that still affects me today. Growing up, I was told it w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation+2 more
postr/StutterApr 4, 2025
2 points

Stutter(?) coming back

Stutter(?) coming back I had some speech issues when I was a child (apparently mostly due to poor development and anxiety) and I know I had some speech therapy done at school and was often off reading...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 4, 2025
22 points

I’m sick of people finishing sentences

I’m sick of people finishing sentences Seriously I don’t blame them but it zhurts I didn’t ask for this and I’m suffering even friends and family are doing it now ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringListener Reactions
postr/StutterApr 4, 2025
15 points

I’m going to fucking crash out

I’m going to fucking crash out I'm not even a complete introvert, I am a social person to some extent but for some reason my stuttering, which developed in the past few years and was quite minimal, as...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
2 points

You have" blocks " I have a lot of blocks when I'm sick or if i don't sleep 8 hours...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesEnergy & Biological RhythmsOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
6 points

Developed a stutter at 20?

Developed a stutter at 20? I think I developed a stutter but I thought they were something you were born with. I'm struggling, because I don't know if it's really a stutter, it's like I can't get my w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
2 points

Unexpected “narration/demonstration” & FREAKING out

Unexpected “narration/demonstration” & FREAKING out hi y’all, i have to give a very unexpected narration of my upcoming lab experiment and this is my worst effing nightmare!!! For context i got surger...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
4 points

It's extremely tiring to stutter. You should try not to! 🤪 Jk, I just had a final interview for a job I really wanted. Two days have passed and I'm still physically and mentally exhausted from all th...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Energy & Biological RhythmsAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
36 points

Tired

Tired 20 (f) and I’m just so tired of having to live with this. Not to be all pessimistic and dramatic but my speech is really something that has consumed my life and it’s become so exhausting. I’m at...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
1 points

Thank you very much for your response—it will be very helpful for me to add to my understanding of all this. As for the "switch" you mentioned, it’s quite a coherent idea. I’ve read some cases of p...

Community & SupportAnticipation & Avoidance
Personal StoriesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
4 points

I know exactly what that is, I also stutter and where I work people speak really well. I'm currently on a new product and this is very bad for those who stutter in new places. And I work well, I try h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringEmployment & Career
postr/StutterApr 2, 2025
27 points

I felt humiliated & defeated at work today. What do I do?

I felt humiliated & defeated at work today. What do I do? This story has many layers but I’m going to try to make it as clear & concise as possible; So I 27M have a pretty obvious/severe from time to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

And through enough time of strenghing these new fluent patterns my brain will stop fearing speaking completely, thats my approach now. It it works for me, hope I helped...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

Hi so it went like this, as I said im on thid journey for a year now a bit more. And there were a lot of tackles and breakdowns along the way, at the end tho after realizing it its like everything cli...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

Hi, I completely agree with your perspective. I believe no one is born with a stutter—it’s something that develops over time. It’s also not a speech defect because our articulation is perfectly fine. ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Medicalization / NeurodiversityHope & MotivationFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

I stutter, 29F. I had the same feeling like you and I feel the more I stress and overthink, the worse it gets. Coming from an overthinker....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
5 points

Greatly reduced its impact But there is so much to say on it, I wouldn't know where to start unless we talk about topics here and there.  From mindset to a better overall understanding of it and not r...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more