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commentr/StutterApr 4, 2025
1 points

Lol, do not tell a person that stutters that they are disabled. It depends on the severity and impact on their life. I stutter and am not limited....

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Identity & Self-PerceptionSeverity & FluctuationAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2025
1 points

Same! My stuttering increases by 80% when I don't sleep well...

Causes & Variability
Energy & Biological RhythmsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2025
2 points

Omg same here. Whenever I don’t get 8h of sleep or enough of sleep, my stutter gets worse....

Causes & Variability
Energy & Biological RhythmsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
1 points

My son struggled as well. My nephew too. My son still gets caught in that mode sometimes. Hang in there. For sone it gets better with age....

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
5 points

Like many things, your stammer will have its ups and downs. When you’re in a bad phase it’s hard to know if it will ever end. But it always does. If you’re worried an employer wouldn’t employee you ...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & FluctuationEmployment & Career
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
36 points

Tired

Tired 20 (f) and I’m just so tired of having to live with this. Not to be all pessimistic and dramatic but my speech is really something that has consumed my life and it’s become so exhausting. I’m at...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

My mother used to tease me and say: “stop stuttering you look like a retard” when I was growing up instead of looking for therapy or help. Hurts and I remember to this day… Thankfully my stuttering ha...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentFamily Support & Conflict+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
1 points

40. lol My stammer is more of a block when I speak. It’s like I can’t finish every sentence and it’s infuriating as all hell. Super powers?! Heck no! It’s a major hindrance if anything I’m nerfed!...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesFrustration & AngerSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
5 points

At 40 years old, I still struggle with it. Yes, it is very discouraging, but it has also given me chances to get out of my comfort zone and do things I NEVER would have thought I'd ever do. Such as be...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

I've been stuttering since age 6, had a severe stutter through much of my childhood, had it wax and wane between mild stuttering and severe stuttering between ages 17-26, then it gradually resolved ag...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationTherapy ExperiencesIdentity & Self-Perception+3 more
commentr/stutteringApr 2, 2025
1 points

37 and been stutter as long as I remember.. yes day to day life Is a pain.. I’ve come to terms with my stutter but it still controls everything I do...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

Very well said I totally agree. I feel I have the capacity for not letting my stuttering take me down but it is a life long struggle that you are reminded of every time you speak....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

I often think back to a presentation I had to give at university during a group exam. There were four of us in the group, and I was the one who was the most prepared and had written most of our assig...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
2 points

I still left with one more year for my campus placements and till now i have not given any professional interviews online or offline, I got good skills but can't expose out and show my skills because ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2025
5 points

Can relate to this so hard as someone in their mid 30s. Especially when we have so much pent up from not able to speak or express all through our early years....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2025
2 points

“Many stutterers experience significant struggle when speaking, which leads to the most common misconception about stuttering therapy: that speech therapists should help clients eliminate stuttering e...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainSeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2025
3 points

‘But what if I told you that struggling to speak doesn’t come from stuttering itself, but from how one reacts to a moment of stuttering?’ Is it? How about the fact it takes at least twice as long to ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMar 31, 2025
1 points

Sorry to hear that. Its so hard isnt it. I get so excited when he has a day where he is slightly more fluent and then the next day its back to being severe. Does your daughter have any secondary behav...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Seeking TherapySeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterMar 30, 2025
5 points

Is repeating full words a form of stuttering?

Is repeating full words a form of stuttering? I am an adult, early 40s. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting stuck on a word when trying to talk. Such as “The goal goal goal goal [pause]… th...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Repetitions & ProlongationsSeverity & FluctuationBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMar 29, 2025
1 points

I stuttered heavily during the speaking test. I got 25 in speaking and overall 105. I messed up in listening and got just 22. I also wonder why they scored my stuttered speech 25 😂...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationRepetitions & Prolongations