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commentr/StutterAug 19, 2020
3 points

I recommend this to all my friends who stutter but if you’re inclined check out Stuttering & Anxiety Self-Cures by Lee G. Lovett. It talks about using autosuggestion and meditation to help lessen ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 19, 2020
14 points

To my fellow brothers and sisters who stutter. I got some motivation for you.

To my fellow brothers and sisters who stutter. I got some motivation for you. I've been practicing semen retention for the last 15 days and my confidence has boosted is significantly. The reason why I...

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commentr/StutterAug 19, 2020
1 points

I 100% agree that the mind body connection is important (this can be achieved through meditation amongst other things) but due to the varying nature of stuttering I don't think there's one size that...

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commentr/StutterAug 19, 2020
1 points

I don’t think it’s helpful to think that stuttering has nothing to do with the mind. It certainly is not a problem of *intelligence*, if that’s what you mean by mental; but the mind-body connection is...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
2 points

I’m a huge video game player and I just like to imagine that I’m playing the game of life on hard mode. It keeps me going. BTW I’m 29 and a doctor who still has severe stuttering. Do’t let it ever bri...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
1 points

aww ty! Don’t talk about your stutter like that though ! and fun fact, i actual lot have a moderate-severe stutter! i have to do multiple takes to get the video right and i’m constantly avoid words a...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
2 points

I'm 28 and it does kill your personality and recently I have used a different name cause it's easier to spit it out.. so yeah it's a mess...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
2 points

A lot of these comments have a great advice, but as a fellow 17 year old who has also struggled socializing with kids, I think I can provide some advice. The biggest one for me was working on myself a...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
4 points

Stuttering is not a disease. It's a disorder, an irregularity, disturbance, or interruption of normal functions. . You can't take antibiotics and kill some microbe causing it. It's probably somethin...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
4 points

Stuttering isn’t a mental problem, but I could see how it could affect your mental health. I have been bullied and mocked all my life but honestly u just gotta deal with the cards you’re dealt. Life s...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
7 points

First of all stuttering is a speech problem and not a mental problem. I get that it affects your mental health and some days you feel like screaming because it just doesn't seem to get better but don...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
18 points

I’m 24 now, so not much older, but old enough to be in a different stage of life, and I’ve gotten here while stuttering all the while. First off, you’re not fucked in the head. Social anxiety is nor...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
22 points

I was once your age (I feel old saying that, I’m 28, lol) It was a scary time to communicate with other people and finding work. It’s definitely tough living with this impediment. It’s something you...

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postr/StutterAug 18, 2020
2 points

8 year old son

8 year old son Hi everyone. I have been lurking around and reading up on stuttering. My 8 year old son has been stuttering for a few years. He was born with spina bifida (full time wheelchair user) an...

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commentr/StutterAug 18, 2020
1 points

We should probably note that we don't know how precisely stutter _works_, so that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about models of (self-)understanding. If we think of ourselves in a ce...

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Overthinking & MonitoringMindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 17, 2020
1 points

Yes, I understand what you mean, we shouldn't underestimate ourselves, but when you live in a normal world, you see yourself as the only freak, and everyone avoids me, especially the girls 🤦‍♂️.....

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commentr/StutterAug 17, 2020
1 points

And did your girlfriend accepted you when you were stutter?...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2020
2 points

Believe me, I am totally with you. It feels like you are another of me. Perhaps, you can read the books which resonates the real myself. ‘No longer Human’, ‘The Stranger’(by Albert Camus) I don’t wan...

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postr/StutterAug 16, 2020
8 points

Did you suffer in your emotional relationships because of Stutter?

Did you suffer in your emotional relationships because of Stutter? I am aman And my age 21 year old . One of the problems in my life is always because I suffer from stuttering, and they are love rel...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2020
3 points

Hi I just wanted to say I am so sorry you're going through this. You're def not alone, I know that suffocating feeling all too well. I know the feeling of trying to fix things and feeling hopeless bec...

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