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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
3 points

Im glad you posted this because i had come to the same conclusion about my own stutter, its really just a case of neuroticism that rears its ugly head when i talk. Easily solvable by increasing T with...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
1 points

It's a combination of t levels going up and the false assumption you made in your mind that it's curing the stutter which created a placebo effect that allowed you to relaxe with an elevated sense of ...

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
4 points

What are you saying. It is indeed very common. The solution is to acknowledge it and not let us bother us so much. Find people who appreciate being around you....

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commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
5 points

**TL;DR summary**: (of the post) Stuttering is a complex mix of psychological, neurological, and social factors. Triggers include childhood experiences, social judgment, and fear of speaking. Strateg...

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Mindset shiftMindfulness & BreathingIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
1 points

Agreed! Even if these tips help just one person, I believe they’re worth sharing. Of course, they won’t address the underlying neurological factors, but my advice to everyone is to focus on what we *c...

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Mindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
1 points

I was a cashier when i was 16 until i was 18, after that i worked in a shop where I had to sell jewelry. When I had a huge stutterblock I just said something like "I'm sorry, i have a stutter", and wh...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2025
2 points

I disclosed my stuttering to my therapist in our first session. She believes that my anxiety and task avoidance are due to me always avoiding any stressful social or speaking situation during my form...

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Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2025
2 points

Most pws have same issue as you, they have situational stutter/blocks. I have had the same issue all my life, and over time I learnt that this is mostly caused by underlying social anxiety issue. Over...

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Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2025
2 points

Techniques are band-aids to a larger wound. They will work at times, but they're still techniques. The real problem is the emotion that comes up when starting to speak, being immediately suppressed be...

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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2025
1 points

Real. This year, instead of trying to hide it in just going to let it happen. I find the more I’m fixated on it the worse my blocks get....

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Hiding & ConcealmentMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2025
2 points

I was about to ask the same question! I’m almost 30, never had a girlfriend. Stuttering has ruined my self esteem since high school but this year I’ve made the honest effort to let it go. Just let it ...

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Hiding & ConcealmentMindset shiftShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
9 points

Project confidence. Project confidence. Project confidence. People are attracted towards confidence. I know it’s tough to be confident when you stutter. Confidence means owning your stutter, and not...

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commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
2 points

I know it sounds dumb, but... BE more confident. Do something that you find difficult. Hike 29 miles, climb a mountain, wrestle a bear, eat an entire bag of Doritos without a drink. Doing something th...

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Mindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2024
4 points

You have to pass through and become strong. We have all went through this time of school and college. Make new friends and cut the ones who mock you. Start exercises of stuttering and improve yourself...

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commentr/StutterDec 30, 2024
5 points

I never found speech therapy to be super effective for me, what worked for me is putting myself in enough deeply uncomfortable situations so I acclimate and then don’t get nervous. Otherwise I just ...

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Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 30, 2024
1 points

Dont try to overcome it. There is nothing to be overcome. You can visit a speech therapist to be doubly triply sure about the origin of the stutter( unless its a rare physiological cause which can be ...

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commentr/StutterDec 29, 2024
1 points

Also check out Man’s Search for Meaning, The Coddling of the American Mind (the 17 cognitive distortions), and choose a spiritual attitude that you will not over think your speech too much knowing it ...

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Mindset shiftHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterDec 29, 2024
9 points

There’s a few reasons we stutter (and will always stutter from time to time like normal fluent speakers do and you will get there too) 1. You hyper-focus on speech in a very self conscious way (this...

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Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2024
2 points

I understand. like everybody else, we too have our own strengths and weaknesses. it's upto you whether this situation stays either temporary or permanent. accept it, move on and focus on next thing po...

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Acceptance & PrideMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 24, 2024
3 points

I think the most important thing you can do is improve your mindset, thoughts, feelings and emotions surrounding stuttering. Fluency might come from that, however it shouldn’t be the goal. If fluency ...

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Mindset shiftAcceptance & Pride