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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

As a not-ugly guy, I think being soft spoken and approachable also adds to the pretty privilege on my part. Hearing how you are when depressed is interesting, because when I’m depressed, my anxiety an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
2 points

> That made me think that we are often too hard on ourselves, and maybe people don’t notice our stutter as much as we do. That's true to some extent, people who don't have a stutter do stutter somet...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
2 points

I think I made very clear since the beggening that the theories are not 100% based on evidence. There are articles about dopamine and stuttering, but quantitiy and doest not mean quality of evi...

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Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
5 points

I never had this experience, personally. I stutter more when I'm anxious. Happy or sad doesn't affect it... but I also haven't ever dealt with depression, so I don't know how that would affect it....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMar 21, 2025
56 points

Being a girl who slutters (Does pretty privilege exist?)

Being a girl who slutters (Does pretty privilege exist?) Being a girl who stutters Hi, I recently found a post about a girl saying that a boy told her that attractive girls have it easier when it c...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & RelationshipsCauses & Variability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideDating & Romance+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

Yes, but because I didn't stutter he might have blown me off. He did prescribe a very common antidepressant that made things worse. My stutter is situational. I stutter badly when trying to explain an...

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Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
2 points

I’m on the same boat with you, phone calls and talking over a walkie talkie. Usually breathing on the exhale works for me and talking slow but not too slow. Anxiety is still there but since I’m on the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

"The theory suggests that emotions are vectors through which the genetic condition necessary to develop stuttering manifests." That is not a claim you can provide evidence for, it's exactly the same a...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

The theory does not say that emotions cause stuttering. That would imply that anyone emotionally affected enough could develop stuttering, and that’s not the case. The theory suggests that emotions ar...

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
3 points

The contradiction is that your theoretical framework is based upon the notion that emotions cause stuttering, this is not a claim that research supports. We know stuttering can occur without social p...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

Can you explain the contradiction regarding the role of emotions in stuttering? This is a discussion for that purpose. It is quite possible that the theory I proposed doesn’t explain 100% of stutterin...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
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commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
3 points

I don't think you see the contradiction on the role emotions play in stuttering. Its clear they play a role, but it's not clear or true that they are involved to the extent that you claim. Additiona...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

Keeping calm will certainly help people who stutter, but it is impossible to be calm all the time while speaking. If you observe people talking, you will see that they express many emotions because sp...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoss of Control
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
3 points

because the emotional aspect is the main trigger for stuttering to emerge in early childhood development. A child is born with a genetic predisposition for speech disintegration to occur more frequent...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalPhysical Tension+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

You've acknowledged that stuttering can occur without social pressure or without anxiety, then why in your original post have you placed a lot of emphasis on the emotional aspect of stuttering? Also...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

Manter a calma certamente ajudará as pessoas que gaguejam, mas é impossível estar calmo o tempo todo ao falar. Se você observar as pessoas conversando, verá que elas demonstram muitas emoções, porque ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoss of Control
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

Not everyone experiences an improvement in their stuttering when speaking alone. In some, stuttering simply disappears, in others, it only decreases, and in some cases, it does not change at all. Ther...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Loss of ControlPhysical TensionStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
1 points

So is the solution being stupidly calm and meditation? Calmness can solve the disintegration. Meditation can prevent the anxiety by present...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Mindfulness & BreathingStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 20, 2025
2 points

What happens when there is no social pressure or any anxiety, yet stuttering, just happens?...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Loss of ControlStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMar 20, 2025
7 points

My stutter wants to talk to the manager, apparently!

My stutter wants to talk to the manager, apparently! Gonna start this off by saying one time a week meaning person on the phone blessed me like I sneezed every time I struggled. I think of this woman ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
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