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commentr/StutterMar 28, 2025
2 points

Hey friend. Are you me? Stress, anxiety and high levels of cortisol can make it hard to think clearly. I graduated in the top 10% of my high school class and I was being absolutely crushed in Univers...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological Rhythms+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2025
1 points

Start your sentences slower than normal, use your speaking muscles delicately, speak slightly softer than normal when beginning sentences and speak on a gentle outflow of air. Ride out breath while sp...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 24, 2025
2 points

Absolutely true, but they carry habituated thoughts (sometimes subtle sometimes not) that contribute to and activate the tension that causes word scanning/stuttering/blocking etc. People who don’t stu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMar 24, 2025
2 points

You think that people who don’t stutter are thinking about stuttering before they speak?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 24, 2025
4 points

This is a great question to explore. Also what is the difference between a stutter and fluent person speaking? What are they thinking about vs a stutterer and how are they speaking physically vs a stu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterMar 23, 2025
5 points

tips on doing fluency techniques?

tips on doing fluency techniques? somehow I always forget to do it when im interacting with people. maybe because its so many and I it’s hard to focus on them while im talking. what do you guys do?...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

Thanks for your thoughtful response! I'm gonna do my best to answer your questions, and answer them in a way how I personally see them. You asked: >*"One thing I'm not sure about is why I stutter mo...

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Overthinking & MonitoringExperiential AssociationAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

How would we go about break the underlying urge to try to force or increase tension when speaking? I don’t stutter when I’m alone but even if it’s a recording or some other reason for additional press...

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Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

It's like stumbling over while walking. If we continue to try to walk, we continue to stumble and we aren't really in control with so many signals being sent to our legs. It is critical to realise whe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Overthinking & MonitoringLoss of Control
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
1 points

u/bookaholic4life # You mentioned: >*"There are many cases of young children who don’t display any feelings or negative emotions until later childhood. It's not caused by emotions but exacerbated. ...

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Overthinking & MonitoringLoss of ControlStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

>*"Easy onset is the name of a strategy widely used in speech therapy that aims to do the opposite of applying force at the beginning of speech to improve fluency."* Agreed. Here is a description of ...

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Overthinking & MonitoringLoss of ControlStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

>*"The development of motor behaviors in speech hinders fluency. For example, when a person who stutters exerts extreme effort to pronounce a syllable at the beginning of a word—when, in reality, this...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringLoss of ControlStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
postr/StutterMar 20, 2025
8 points

Thinking about making a youtube channel but I don't know if I can.

Thinking about making a youtube channel but I don't know if I can. I've posted here before, took it down because I'm shy and I forgot the login for this account for months😭 (apologies for anyone I di...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

First of all, I am a people who stutter who also study stuttering, just finished my masters degree at psychology and stuttering, and that's my conclusion after reading a lot of studies, thoeries, a...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2025
1 points

I think this is one of those things where if you try to not do it, that's a sure shot way of doing it. It's like spending 15 minutes a day practicing to NOT think of a pink elephant....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Overthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 18, 2025
1 points

Hey man, been a bit but wanna respond. I’m gonna send you a chat request so we can be able to stay in touch easier. Appreciate your thoughtful reply. One of my big problems is that I often define ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-PerceptionTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 18, 2025
1 points

nice to see someone feeling the same way as i do🫂 i dont feel alone anymore. I dont know abt the gaba tho. It isn't available in my area and idk if that's even safe for me (17) haha. If may i ask, wh...

Community & SupportCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Validation & EmpathySituational VariabilityAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 17, 2025
7 points

Yeah I have gone through the same thing in school, I have stuttered a lot while giving the annswer which I already knew, I have felt really bad afterwards, the memories still haunt me but the thing is...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
School & Academic LifeAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMar 17, 2025
0 points

I guess one problem is confidence.. i guess you are not comfortable with the word.. whether you will pronounce it without stuttering.. when you have this thought come up.. then you will stutter whethe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMar 17, 2025
6 points

Why do I stutter even though I am completely calm?

Why do I stutter even though I am completely calm? I am a 17f, diagnosed autism and anxiety. I have always had a bit of a stutter problem. However, it usually only occurs when I pronounce something wr...

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Overthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & SubstitutionLoss of Control+1 more