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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
3 points

i heard that exams in brazil are pretty hard. just know that the lack of confidence causes more stutter, and its natural to be nervous while speaking a language youre not fimiliar with. maybe all you ...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
5 points

Man im Brazilian and I’m going to have a English exam (celpip). I’m totally screwed up. For some reason I stutter more when speaking English...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
1 points

I get that. And felts the same way right into my 30s. I’m 40 now so age really does really help. Just ask yourself do you respect people that mock people with other disabilities? because I sure as f...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
1 points

dud, I get where you're at but your kind of being a baby about this. Your ten to fifteen second delay is only the problem you make it to be, I bet your not assertive about the fact that you need a lit...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
4 points

I was painfully shy and introverted before the stutter developed....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
4 points

It used to for like almost my whole life (I’m 27 lol). I was doing a first semester at a community college and had to enroll last minute, ended up in a public speaking class. HA I was freaking tf ou...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterNov 15, 2025
14 points

What’s your job & how did you get it?

What’s your job & how did you get it? I’m a new graduate currently interviewing for a professional job that requires a lot of talking. I’m feeling so defeated because I know my stutter and blocking i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
3 points

Before, I would have said yes, but now the problem is mainly finding the right words, gestures, and phrases for each social situation rather than just saying them. Few people have truly judged me for...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
3 points

well amoung friends its fine but amoungst strangers it can be quite frightening, but i usually state that i stutter (if i end up stuttering) and that im not some kind of an idiot to lighten the mood...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
11 points

100% my personalities would change dramatically if didn't have stuttering. I like to be extroverted, be with people, hang out, joke around. But the stuttering and anxiety keeps me away from being myse...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
2 points

I appreciate the advice. I have tried to DM online in the past, but it's just not the same. One of my more difficult stuttering triggers is not being able to see who I'm talking to. It turns my blocks...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Environmental TriggersAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
1 points

I approached my wife in the street and I stuttered. We've been together 10 years. I remember fearing if I'd stutter then asked myself the question “ would you rather potentially embarrass yourself for...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
2 points

Eventually you have to surrender all tricks and realise that overcoming the fear of stuttering is the only thing we can really control. Trying to control fluency leads to misery long-term....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
1 points

This gives me a bit of hope as I am a new grad in healthcare and interviewing is making me go insane due to my stutter. I’m beginning to feel hopeless and filled with anxiety daily worrying if I can f...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterNov 15, 2025
40 points

I scrutinise people's faces for any hint of a negative reaction to my stutter - perhaps this is unfair and we need to give people a chance to be human?

I scrutinise people's faces for any hint of a negative reaction to my stutter - perhaps this is unfair and we need to give people a chance to be human? I'm not talking about tolerance of bullying or t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
1 points

I stuttered in all my interviews for technical roles and I still ended up getting the job offer in the end. I always request zoom/video interviews as I find I stutter less in those...although most rol...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
1 points

Hell yeah, there are some people who seem to trigger my stuttering far more than others. I can go from hardly stuttering at all with one person then in the next moment talk to someoneelse where my stu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
1 points

Yeah I can see it affecting women as well, the problem is that men are largely judge on cofidence when it comes to attraction and even when you confidently stutter everyone sees it as a personal flaw....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-PerceptionDating & Romance
postr/StutterNov 14, 2025
6 points

Not a stutterer ...

Not a stutterer ... Hey, I am not a stutterer but have a very specific and uncommon speech impediment. Anyhow, I had a client who stuttered and was unclear if I should unlock eye contact when he was s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
1 points

i wish im like that ; cuz i say i dont care but i end up being anxious and ashamed , it got worse when strting uni this year...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life