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commentr/StutterSep 15, 2022
1 points

"I HATE this mentality." "other people speaking to me is already a favor" "they gain confidence and don't respect you as much" "Stuttering is not something I chose, neither something I'm proud of." Y...

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commentr/StutterSep 15, 2022
2 points

By facing your fear of stuttering. You anticipate because you fear stuttering. Which is scary because there's probably a lot of struggle and you don't feel confident in getting your words out. Good th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringTrauma & Psychological+1 more
postr/StutterSep 15, 2022
17 points

How to stop anticipating a stutter? I felt like I’ve started to anticipate a lot on different words and as a result I have gotten really nervous. When I don’t anticipate sometimes, I don’t stutter on the word. Any suggestions?

How to stop anticipating a stutter? I felt like I’ve started to anticipate a lot on different words and as a result I have gotten really nervous. When I don’t anticipate sometimes, I don’t stutter on ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2022
2 points

thank you very much, I'll try to do as you said. My problem is that it is difficult for me not to think about this, it is a fear of stammering, which makes me stammer ... I have to work with all my s...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
postr/StutterSep 14, 2022
53 points

Phone job interview today.. it was cut short... hung up on!

Phone job interview today.. it was cut short... hung up on! Looking for a new job while working full time at my current position. Today on my lunch break, I scheduled a phone interview during my lunch...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2022
1 points

I feel like. The worse thing for people like us is worrying and overthinking way before it actually happens. We giving a huge shadow to something that's insignificant. I watched some video on YouTube ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+3 more
postr/StutterSep 14, 2022
9 points

Ancipatory anxiety and blocks

Ancipatory anxiety and blocks Hi everyone, I'm 18, and have been stuttering for as long as I can remember. I started from kindergarten, I had a friend of mine who stammered and to imitate him or just...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentExperiential Association
postr/StutterSep 13, 2022
5 points

How do you avoid uncomfortable interactions?

How do you avoid uncomfortable interactions? Hey everyone, I've been thinking about something and it's been weighing on me. My stutter has been great this past year to the point where most of my cowor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2022
5 points

The balding part is easy. Shave it all. Not that you should have to do that. But it's a quick and easy way to have a clean haircut, and take your balding concern off the table. I promise you that you...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterSep 13, 2022
8 points

1 week left and i’ll start university

1 week left and i’ll start university I’m pretty stressed about it, especially due to the fact that i’m balding and that i stutter quite a lot sometimes. I thought that i’d have met serious and matu...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2022
4 points

I'm a teenager, too, and I've been stuttering my whole life. Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions except speech therapy, which I keep plugging away at hoping it will pay off eventually. My stutt...

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Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
postr/StutterSep 13, 2022
10 points

stuttering as a teen

stuttering as a teen I'm 16 at the moment and I've been stuttering for the past few years, I've got a feeling it may have been caused by a concussion I got a few years ago but I'm not overly sure. I g...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterSep 13, 2022
8 points

Help regarding stutter due to anxiety

Help regarding stutter due to anxiety So i actually have continuous months where i don't stutter at all, but once i start having a bad time i get severe blocks and stutter for days.. my stutter is pur...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2022
2 points

I totally get where you are coming from with your view on speech therapy, as I used to view it that way too. It can be frustrating to see that there really isn't a way to get rid of a stutter fully, b...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2022
6 points

I had this from age 22-26, and I never really had a problem before or after that. There was no concussion or stroke involved, but it was a season of severe, debilitating and somewhat self-inflicted a...

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Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2022
1 points

I'm currently in high school and I have a stutter, I get really sad that other people who have no desire to do any work or participate can speak really fluently. Whereas there is me who really wants t...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2022
-1 points

Please stop telling people “to not be bothered by a trigger”. An actual trigger is something that creates an automatic feeling of distress. People only get to the point of having blocks around *on...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2022
1 points

The only way to get rid of the stutter is by not focusing on improving only the fluency, dont see stutter as a disability that is stopping u from being ur best a stutter in most cases is caused due to...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2022
4 points

I was similar to what you are experiencing. When I was nervous or anticipatory, like knowing I was getting called on in class, public speaking, phone calls, ordering at a restaurant, my speaking was n...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentSeverity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2022
6 points

My stutter went from light moderate at age 12 to almost gone at 19. I’ve always thought it was the anxiety of the teenage years that made it bad for those years, and once I matured a bit it helped. I ...

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Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment