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postr/StutterSep 10, 2020
25 points

My continuing journey with stuttering

My continuing journey with stuttering *Some parts of the following post will be either positive, or neutral. Other parts will be negative. If you are someone who battles with shame - which is ok - ove...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Hiding & ConcealmentTrauma & PsychologicalPersonal Stories+3 more
postr/StutterSep 10, 2020
34 points

Your stutter isn’t going away

Your stutter isn’t going away Listen, there are ways to improve fluency but if you accept that your stutter will not go away it will make it easier to deal with. I remember my stutter in 2nd grade. I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
postr/StutterSep 9, 2020
1 points

What is your political orientation?

What is your political orientation? To me, stuttering and being a stutterer has markedly altered the way I perceive the world as compared to similarly situated individuals (millenial heterosexual whit...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 8, 2020
31 points

In my experience, stuttering is 90% mental and 10% physical. When we say something, we're constantly thinking about how we sound and what the other person is thinking and their reactions instead of fo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 8, 2020
3 points

Yes it doesn't define me, but stuttering it's me. It's really me, it's not just speaking, uttering words it's all my being. That's stuttering, speech isn't some separated phenomen from you, your words...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentSeverity & FluctuationShame & Embarrassment+3 more
postr/StutterSep 8, 2020
36 points

Video calling with a stutter is hard

Video calling with a stutter is hard I started school today and right off the bat, I'm supposed to introduce myself. I already don't like introducing myself, but it's worse when I have to say my name....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterSep 7, 2020
9 points

I was finally able to talk for a video!

I was finally able to talk for a video! I have a youtube channel, no ig deal, I just make simple and stupid programming videos. I always wanted to take it more seriously and talk/show my face for the ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 7, 2020
5 points

He will stutter and he will make a few awkward sounding sentences to avoid stuttering if he can (I’ve noticed this during debates and speeches in the past). But when he gets just a bit angry, he can s...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 7, 2020
3 points

I am really not sure if some of his speech troubles can be attributed only to his stutter. I listened to a lot of his speeches and sometimes, it is very unlikely that it would only due to a stutter. F...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
postr/StutterSep 6, 2020
8 points

Eve of the first day back

Eve of the first day back My stutter has got really bad since late August due to the autumn weather, coupled with the fact that I have acute rhinitis and a tendency to overthink EVERYTHING. Usually I...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 6, 2020
2 points

I also stutter less in my second language (English). I have been thinking of it for a while. Let me show you my thoughts: 1. English is more rhytmical than any romance language. People who stutter do...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityPropositionality & WeightIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterSep 6, 2020
18 points

Bilingual

Bilingual My wife's baby brother stutters in his native Spanish language (my wife and her family are Puerto Rican) but when he speaks English he doesn't stutter at all - and naturally he's trying to b...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 6, 2020
2 points

Awesome, you should be proud of yourself for doing so. I myself am in the human services program at my college and might go into the speech pathology field when I graduate. I've always wondered why we...

Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Seeking TherapyIdentity & Self-PerceptionPersonal Stories
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2020
16 points

I used to think a lot like that, still do sometimes like: Dude, you can speak anything you want without stuter, why don't you? It's easy for you, you don't have a problem. But then i realized that eve...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 5, 2020
1 points

You have just described my world. I totally understand you, I also felt so tired of stuttering but at some point I became even more tired of constantly thinking about stuttering and digging into it. A...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentIdentity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2020
1 points

Biden’s stutter has been a constant his whole life. What we’re seeing from him now is... different. Go back and watch his debates with Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin, or some of the CSPAN footage of when h...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 4, 2020
1 points

Dude what lol. I'm not mocking disabilities I HAVE A STUTTER. If you watched that video I sent, he does do it...all the time with other people. I don't support everything he does, but you're wrong so ...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
postr/StutterSep 4, 2020
46 points

People think I'm faking my stutter

People think I'm faking my stutter Earlier today in class I got asked how to pronounce my name, anyway, my name begins with a letter I usually struggle on, and I ended up stuttering on it. I felt real...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2020
1 points

I'm 15 and it has destroyed mine too. My father stutters as well but he has decided to not give a fuck about it and doesn't care. I wish I could think about it like he does...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & BullyingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2020
15 points

I'm 34 and I still stutter alot, it doesn't matter my friend, it's hard as hell believe me I know, but it doesn't define us, it's who we are apart from stuttering that defines us, have faith in Jesus,...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideQuality of Life