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postr/StutterMay 3, 2021
3 points

theatre

theatre hello people (: I hope you all are doing fine. So tomorrrow for Dutch I have to do a theatre piece of 5-10 mins with some classmates. I know my lines but sometimes when I'm practicing I just...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionPreparation & Rehearsal
commentr/StutterMay 2, 2021
1 points

last time i went to walmart it was so embarrassing i needed to know if this case would fit my tablet and any worker i asked ppl would look at me and just ew, better to find things out myslef...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 2, 2021
13 points

I keep overthinking and it’s driving me mad

I keep overthinking and it’s driving me mad I have found in the last couple of years in particular I have started to overthink about my stutter and everything around it so much. I’m 17 now and I’m at ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 2, 2021
1 points

It's hard to do complicated tasks online through chat. Even for companies that offer online chat help, the functionality is limited to certain predetermined options....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterMay 2, 2021
33 points

How are you supposed to flirt if you stutter? How are you supposed to flirt in general?

How are you supposed to flirt if you stutter? How are you supposed to flirt in general? I’ve refrained from doing it because I feel like I would make a fool of myself; I think my stutter gets in the w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
1 points

Yes. I've been scared to get a new job for a few years because of it, even though I need the money. My stuttering makes my social anxiety all around worse, I try to work around it though....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
2 points

I’m not saying I want rep’s emails to go out to customers. I’m saying have non verbal option readily. Secure messages are a thing, it took many questions and requests for the hospital I was talking to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
1 points

>Why does it HAVE to be over the phone? With most call centers, the customer service rep's email addresses are never given out to the customers. Among other things, this ensures that people don't...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
6 points

How about those silly voice phone trees one has to navigate to get to customer service? I find those just as annoying....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
1 points

I'd have to concur, definitely. Just the simple of meeting and interacting with people on a daily basis is stressful enough, and even moreso in a professional setting like work. Socially, it's almo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
3 points

100%. So much of a stutter is in your head, over thinking, avoidance (anxiety), ego, being hyper aware to it etc. Its that internal dialogue you have with yourself, putting yourself down and worrying ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterApr 30, 2021
30 points

It astounds me how in 2021 there are companies that don’t offer non verbal options for customer services.

It astounds me how in 2021 there are companies that don’t offer non verbal options for customer services. Summary: I called customer service for a problem with a medical website for my appointment an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
1 points

i trained myself to break eye contact gently, still facing them but looking slightly to the side. I'll also switch my secondaries often: a gentle finger tap, saying "uhh" or "um", a gentle head nod, o...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
1 points

I got my AA in psych. Idk what to do with it. If I can even use it for anything...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
1 points

Haha I like the "idgaf attitude" concept. Ill definitely try not giving a fuck and see how people react, because usually I hide my stutter by either not speaking or by using different / less words, mo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
3 points

I find that I deal with my stuttering by writing, instead (also doesn't help that I'm deeply introverted). I pen my thoughts out in ink and find some soothing in such endeavours. I usually have a lot...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
2 points

Not directly psychology, but I'm doing research in learning and instruction. Educational Psychology if you want. Where do you study?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
2 points

I definitely do not think it is necessary. I opened up to my senior manager during my internship a while about having a bit of a stutter at times, and asked for some tips when presenting meetings at w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
1 points

And no there’s nothing else other than the number or a name that you need to say. I enter the restaurant with my thermal bags that say SkipTheDishes on them, big orange thermal bags, they know and jus...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
2 points

I deliver with SkipTheDishes in Canada and I just say a 4 digit number. I think with Uber Eats you’ll need to say the customers name.. if I ever get stuck saying a number, which so far it happened onl...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career