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commentr/StutterDec 16, 2020
1 points

You've spent the most time with your family members since you were a child, so you have a strong stutterer-identity around them (and you're afraid what they'd think if you suddenly don't stutter aroun...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionExperiential Association
commentr/StutterDec 16, 2020
2 points

For me it’s the opposite. The people who is the closest to me is with who I stutter the most. Have been all my life discovering why. Any hint? Thanks!!...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Experiential AssociationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 15, 2020
5 points

I did McGuire over 20 years ago, just before Anne Blight had a disagreement with Dave McGuire and went off to form Starfish. The main focus is taking large breaths, like you do when exercising or sin...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesPreparation & RehearsalExperiential Association+2 more
postr/StutterDec 3, 2020
12 points

New here. My pet helps me as it encourages me to speak everyday. My Parrot is also a very emotinal animal and needs attention and as i stay alone lets me speak aloud everyday. WARNING : Parrots do need attention and time !!!

New here. My pet helps me as it encourages me to speak everyday. My Parrot is also a very emotinal animal and needs attention and as i stay alone lets me speak aloud everyday. WARNING : Parrots do nee...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Experiential AssociationPersonal Stories
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

How bad was your stutter before? Did you stutter when reading or talking to yourself?...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationExperiential AssociationSituational Variability
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
3 points

I’m not sure actually, I’ve never noticed myself stuttering. And yea, I do it without realising...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Experiential Association
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
2 points

Do you stutter when you talk to yourself? :) Many people talk to themselves sometimes. Whether or not yours is "extreme", I don't know. Do you do it without realizing or without any control, say?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Experiential Association
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
2 points

I think this can definitely help us hear our own voice, and know that's it's there, so to say. :) But bear in mind that many stutterers experience a stark contrast between talking on their own and ta...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & Avoidance
Assistive DevicesExperiential Association
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
2 points

I’ve been talking to myself since childhood. It gets lonely and the only one who fully understands you is you....

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Loneliness & IsolationExperiential Association
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2020
6 points

Well, I don't know how often you do , or is it visible, however i talk to myself too, sometimes it noticeable, mostly i just create a world on my mind and i drive in,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Experiential AssociationAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterNov 30, 2020
14 points

Realised that I’ve been talking to myself a lot

Realised that I’ve been talking to myself a lot I don’t really talk that much to people, mainly due to the stutter and I catch myself talking to myself frequently. I think it’s getting kinda bad, my f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentExperiential AssociationHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterNov 30, 2020
3 points

Reading comics can actually help

Reading comics can actually help I’ve been reading tower of god and manga out loud to myself slowly , and it’s been helping since your just reading slowly and outloud to yourself and your mind. Just p...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesExperiential AssociationTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2020
2 points

Haha I love this. What I do when on the phone is just talk to myself in my washroom mirror. Not sure why I speak more fluently when I do....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & ConcealmentExperiential Association
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2020
1 points

Yea it was exactly like that, i thinks its bc of trauma as it only started to show up again when my abusive parent started being more in my life since school started...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Trauma & PsychologicalExperiential Association
commentr/StutterNov 3, 2020
1 points

I've wondered the same thing. My speech is fine when talking to myself. Also if I sing it or whisper I don't stutter when speaking to people. Of course I only do that when talking to my husband or fam...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Situational VariabilityExperiential Association
commentr/StutterNov 3, 2020
1 points

interesting. i find the more comfortable i am talking to somebody the worse i stutter. when i met my current gf i rarely blocked or had any issues but as I become more comfortable around her it starts...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentExperiential Association
commentr/StutterNov 3, 2020
13 points

No i never stutter when im talking to myslef or alone...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Experiential AssociationSituational Variability
commentr/StutterNov 2, 2020
1 points

I’ve had this issue my whole life, at an early age I would read a lot... I learned synonyms for the most common words... whenever I KNEW a block was coming I would be able to inject an alternative wit...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionExperiential Association
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2020
4 points

My father singlehandedly turned my occasional stammer into a stutter. When the child starts speaking dont rush it, dont yell at it(i mean you are asking a question here so im guessing you wouldnt do t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationFrustration & AngerPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterOct 26, 2020
2 points

Lifelong stutterer here, 34 now. I agree that the clapping and tapping could cause a problem. A lot of stutterers do develop some sort of coping Mechanism that can help them speak. I roll my hands f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationStress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more