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commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
1 points

It means to accept that you stutter and it is what it is. Stop being afraid to do stuff because of your stutter...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
1 points

Also, some people with autism have a hard time making eye contact when speaking, just like people who stutter who are shy/afraid....

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Physical TensionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
1 points

To me it’s mean not feeling any negative emotions when you stutter. Accepting that is how you talk and not feeling ashamed about it. Also not being afraid to talk just cause you know you will most lik...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
5 points

Let me give you a longer answer. I think you are looking at this the wrong way, it sounds like to me that you think stuttering should keep you quiet. That is not accepting the stutter, that's the pola...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & AgencyAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
3 points

No one's actually said that to me, but I do get treated like I'm stupid/slow a lot (yes, I know that autism /= slow necessarily, just saying). I honestly think that, quite to the contrary, even thou...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
3 points

A friend of mine who stutters, is diagnosed for autism. He told me that he had to answer the question of the psychologist. The psychologist wanted to hear 2 stories of my friend. One of the stories wa...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Medicalization / NeurodiversityIdentity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterOct 7, 2022
28 points

Has anyone ever had an acquaintance think that you had autism because of your stutter (being quiet/shy/awkward/introverted/etc when communicating)

Has anyone ever had an acquaintance think that you had autism because of your stutter (being quiet/shy/awkward/introverted/etc when communicating) I (30m) recently found out that one of my high school...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
10 points

It's such a simple concept... But I still can't get over it and master it. I guess it's because of my experiences along high school and such that insecurity took root in my heart, and it's so damn har...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
3 points

This honestly doesn't make much sense to me. If you have to push to get your words out, then that is a specific trait of the way you stutter and the effort you need to put in to break a block. You p...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAcceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
2 points

I'd like that yes. I also actually recently started changing my ways. Like I've been getting out of my comfort zone more often and I vent alot. Maybe the venting is allowing me to be more expressive e...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAnxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2022
1 points

Did you disclose to the interviewers you have a stutter and just require a bit more patience and respect to articulate your sentences? It is really tough and I’ve also been on the same boat with const...

Social & RelationshipsSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersEmployment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2022
4 points

**What can we learn from this?** An important thing to recognise and remember is that anticipating stuttering or anticipating communication failure is not enough in itself to cause stuttering. Stutte...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2022
1 points

**What can we learn from this?** So, everybody is different. Importantly, it is possible to have quite severe underlying language and speech deficits and yet still never develop a stutter. This is of...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2022
4 points

I recalled a phrase that goes: " the problem is always bigger in your mind than it is in reality"....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterOct 5, 2022
44 points

Felt zero anxiety today going into two phone calls

Felt zero anxiety today going into two phone calls For almost my entire life, I would completely avoid using the phone, and I'd opt for trying to figure out a way to do it on a website, email, or chat...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2022
1 points

Lots of people here seem to forget that even fluent people can stumble and trip over their words and have a short stutter on occasion. Not everything related to speech other people do is directed at u...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterOct 4, 2022
32 points

I think my teacher penalized me for having a stutter.

I think my teacher penalized me for having a stutter. Over the few years, my stuttering has gone worse and I transfered to a different school for 10th grade. I've never had this teacher and he's a har...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic LifeAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2022
1 points

Most of others discomfort is bc they have no idea what’s going on. If you give them a heads up, they’ll understand. And most of the time bc patient...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2022
4 points

>You aren’t bothered by it, and a stutterer can become president (please - leave the jokes out). Why is your fiancée bothered? Good question. Honestly, it never bothered me until someone I was cl...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2022
8 points

Consciously do not speak quickly. Make normal eye contact whrn blocking. Breathe out. Enunciate You aren’t bothered by it, and a stutterer can become president (please - leave the jokes out). Why...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesPhysical TensionAnxiety & Social Judgment