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commentr/StutterNov 15, 2024
4 points

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but many stutterers get caught up on personal identifying information and words they know they cannot easily cheat and word switch on. It's only a matter of time b...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
postr/StutterNov 15, 2024
13 points

Name change

Name change Hello! I 19M have had a stutter ever since I could talk pretty much. I’m moving to another state soon, and seeing how my name starts with L and L’s are hard, I was thinking about going by ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterNov 14, 2024
3 points

Only Stutter when Speaking a Different Language

Only Stutter when Speaking a Different Language For most of my life, aside from a period of time in elementary when I took speech therapy classes, I haven't had any problems stuttering when speaking i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
postr/StutterNov 13, 2024
6 points

Could anyone make time to collaborate with me on a scientific text I've written on advancing stuttering remission?

Could anyone make time to collaborate with me on a scientific text I've written on advancing stuttering remission? When I mentioned making time, I was referring to a commitment of several days or even...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionPreparation & Rehearsal
postr/StutterNov 13, 2024
19 points

Please help me! I'm really feeling helpless.

Please help me! I'm really feeling helpless. I'm 17 and I'm just fed up with my stuttering problem. Just a few minutes back, my mom's frined who lives in our society rang the doorbell and asked where ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 13, 2024
1 points

I'm also an extrovert gaslighting myself to be a introvert I can say many words fluently but this fear makes those easy words hard, I struggle at beginning once I'm comfortable I can use those words a...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
postr/StutterNov 12, 2024
4 points

First time posting ? Seriously I don’t know what I’m doing.

First time posting ? Seriously I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t really know what I’m trying to achieve here. But think I just need to vent ? Anyway I’ve stuttered my whole life, I think it’s deve...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2024
2 points

You don't know how much this has helped me. Thank you so much. And yes, last year and in 7th grade I did do choir but they don't have a choir at my high school 😔. I have noticed that H's pend up as a...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2024
2 points

Anytime man, ive been through it all, as i got older tho i found if im talking to someone normally somewhat ill let them know i have a speech impediment and it kinda helps keep it away at times cause ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & NamesDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2024
3 points

Same. My worst problem are phone calls. It really makes my life complicated. Would be much easier to just make a call, ask for something instead of texting and waiting for response. I am still trying ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesSchool & Academic LifeSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2024
2 points

I am Irish. So what we say is the word “CHEERS”. I as well get blocks with “TH” words. Also another thing we do is give the “thumbs up hand gesture”. When I was a teenager I have a sever stammer even...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2024
1 points

I know it that i only have one life left and i need to make it worth my while without any fear but sometimes I can't even control my stutter and i stutter terribly infront of people and i feel helples...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 7, 2024
1 points

You definitely did better than me my interview was a whole hour and I stuttered a lot like u except for worst...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 7, 2024
1 points

I just had the worst stuttering experience while being on the phone, and even worse - I’ll be meeting this person in like 30 minutes. They were also super nice to me, as there was zero energy change w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Feared Words & NamesStress & Fight/FlightValidation & Empathy+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2024
1 points

I lurk here often and this one got me teary eyed. Since 2020 my childhood stutter came back like it was part 2 of the movie IT. I've been having blocks with this same issue. My name or any kind of per...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterNov 5, 2024
6 points

Kind of a rant/vent post

Kind of a rant/vent post I'm supposed to be recording a video for a school project of mine and the script starts with "Taking". My mouth for some reason does not want to not stutter on taking no matte...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesFrustration & AngerHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2024
2 points

I’m a nurse and my name is so hard to say so that’s the worst part of stuttering. Nobody really cares though...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2024
1 points

I work in video games. I lead a team of \~7 people and I have to communicate constantly about different things. Thankfully a lot of it can be done through text, but being in a meeting is still scary a...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2024
1 points

Something that I have found to help is to focus on pronouncing the second letter in my name more than the first letter. Starts with a D which is a hard letter for me, so I instead focus on the second ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterNov 4, 2024
9 points

i can read fluently but i stammer while talking & get blocked in the first letter like [(K, B, P, R, D, M) & Joint letters like (Tr, Kl, Pr)] ...I try so hard to get out these letter

i can read fluently but i stammer while talking & get blocked in the first letter like [(K, B, P, R, D, M) & Joint letters like (Tr, Kl, Pr)] ...I try so hard to get out these letter ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesFeared Words & Names