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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2025
2 points

I see, i guess I have convert stutter. You got any tips on how to deal with it? Thanks!...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2025
3 points

Maybe a little yeah. I try to avoid public settings and talking to strangers and stuff despite wishing I could do all those things. Not to mention isolating myself and not really being able to communi...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Friendships & BelongingQuality of LifeHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2025
5 points

I consider myself quite introverted in life. I can talk to people in social situations, often for quite a long time, but I will stop for fear of embarrassing the other person, and I don't especially a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2025
6 points

It sounds like a classic covert stutter. The best way through it is to learn how to key others hear your repetitions. Let me know if you want more info on exactly how to do that....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Hiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2025
1 points

Avoidance of anything you fear tends to reinforce the fear. For some people who stutter, fear of talking leads to anxiety, depression, or social isolation. There are other therapies for stuttering t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2025
1 points

Yes, all of his 20 “crutches” (his word) are avoidance techniques. His theory is that if you avoid all instances of stuttering for long enough (if you “hear only fluency”), your brain will change into...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2025
1 points

I still don't like to talk unless in person, even then it's always some anxiety. Iv just decided, it's who I am, why not use it as a way to let people ask me questions or practice their patience. I a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2025
2 points

I honestly am better at listening to people stutter now. Part of my job is editing my own podcast, and hearing myself stutter is always really hard though....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2025
1 points

I wish I could do that because that’s so funny. I hate acknowledging my stutter so I could never...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2025
3 points

Thank you. I went to a psychologist, but he said it was a problem I could solve and suggested I learn and find a solution myself. I'm considering another psychologist, but I don't feel I need one beca...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAdvice Requests
postr/StutterFeb 22, 2025
7 points

Struggling with Blocks and Stuttering-Looking for Help

Struggling with Blocks and Stuttering-Looking for Help Hello everyone, I want to talk about my problem, and I hope someone here has a solution for it. I've been stuttering since I was three years old...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2025
3 points

I am so sorry you had this experience. I feel you. If I was very nervous about my stuttering for a particular job interview, and I feel like it might be a car crash then I would start with telling the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2025
2 points

Here’s what I find, the only person that thinks twice about your stutter is you, most people don’t even think twice about it, they have their own problems...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Hiding & Concealment
postr/StutterFeb 21, 2025
75 points

Is it just me or you guys also can't watch a video of someone/yourself stuttering?

Is it just me or you guys also can't watch a video of someone/yourself stuttering? I have noticed this thing in myself where I just can't watch a video of myself, or someone else stuttering. It brings...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2025
1 points

Again, how nice of you to tell me about my experience lol. I may sound like a dickhead but I really can't relate to all the shit y'all talk about on here about preplanning words or phone anxiety or ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2025
2 points

 I'll just say I haven't had speech therapy in 15 years, but I did recently go to a speech center to see what was new in the stuttering world, and the approach that's gaining a lot of traction is Avoi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2025
2 points

Stuttering to me is like something that just "happens" to me. Ive posted about this and have discussed this in the comments a few times. Heres a post i made on this exact topic: https://www.reddit.com...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightNeurological & BrainHiding & Concealment+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2025
2 points

I will say too that going mute won’t help at all, for me personally that is; definitely made fluency a lot more difficult to achieve. You’ve got this!! don’t discourage yourself!! Everyone has bad day...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2025
2 points

Oh my god. That’s one of the reasons why I stopped talking. I just keep to myself and shut my mouth, because I know anything I say will result me in stuttering...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2025
1 points

That's awful! I would probably cry. My tip for answering phone calls at work is to pretend I'm an NPC. Brain off, just "Hi, (name of department), this is (my name), how can I help you?" in that clic...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentFluency Techniques