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commentr/StutterMar 28, 2021
2 points

I'm in a similar situation. My stutter has always been pretty prominent and I'd never say I've gained any mastery over it, but I've been able to give presentations and serve in leadership positions in...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2021
1 points

Oh my gosh I’m so happy someone else has this experience too!! There’s several letters and numbers that I cannot write smoothly, I pause and have to try and try again....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2021
1 points

I used to not have trouble writing. A few years ago I developed a problem writing 3s, and to a smaller extent Ss and 5s....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterMar 28, 2021
2 points

I made a post here a while back and this is basically just a follow-up one with questions.

I made a post here a while back and this is basically just a follow-up one with questions. So in my previous post I explained how I always used to stumble over words but nothing I would class as a stu...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & SubstitutionExperiential Association
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2021
6 points

I had a bad stuttering problem as a child, all the way up into my teens. Went to speech therapist and of course it did absolutely nothing to help. My late teens I decided it was something I’d have to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2021
1 points

Listen, it’s dudes who don’t stutter at all but fold up like lawn chairs when they met women. Many have no clue how to put a verbal avalanche in her ear so her body can get so hot her brain start to m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & CareerDating & Romance
commentr/StutterMar 28, 2021
2 points

Very much so. I look at stuttering as a bad habit, made worse by anxiety. Speech Therapy gave me techniques to break the habit. Applied to those moments of anxiety. Most people these days don't consid...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 27, 2021
2 points

I try my best to hide it (: but being in this field with a stutter/speech block is the most frustrating thing ever (in my pov). As a teacher, they expect us to have this super power that we could and ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 27, 2021
3 points

me too! on the flipside though for me there’s nothing better than blurting out a sentence without thinking about what you’re saying or how you’re saying and it comes out 100% fluent. i always look for...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2021
5 points

Good on you! Confidence is way more important than worrying on a stutter here and there. Often people say “Ummm” a lot, even though it’s not the same as a stutter, but maintaining fluid speech isn’t a...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2021
3 points

As frustrating as it is, I wouldn’t be too worried. I remember when I first bought an Alexa, I couldn’t speak to it and it made me feel so stupid because it’s a machine, like why would I stutter talki...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 26, 2021
2 points

I've done this same job in the past. Sometimes when you initially do the setup for the headset you say the words differently to how you would naturally say them while you're working. In that case, try...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
2 points

I have a combination of blocks and consonant/vowel repetition. When trying to speak a sentence I'll usually have a block first (I'll instantly know in a split second that a repetitive word sound will...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
2 points

Yes happens to me time all the time People say that I always start to tell something and never finish it, I just change topics...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
3 points

The current situation is that I make an "eerrr" before a word I have difficulty with - but it's not necessarily a difficult word nor do I have a pattern with sounds. Before I started improving (or no...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
1 points

MY ENTIRE LIFE. I use bigger words than most people so "they'll be forced to pay attention to what I'm saying" and I speak fast so that even if I block I've already gotten my words out....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
7 points

I block a lot. Usually just the inability to make sounds. For some reason the word I struggle with the most is community. Definitely repeat sounds, but mostly blocking. I've been trying to reduce my r...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
2 points

Sounds like you're doing an amazing job and being incredibly supportive. It's hard it even impossible to say what's objectively rude though. Different people have different preferences. Personally,...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Listener ReactionsAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
2 points

It's so freaking weird, like "banana" 0 way I'm saying this, but "banane" ? 50/50 chance even though it'd literally a one letter difference. Maybe a thing about flow and stressed sounds and "melody" ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
1 points

Oooh it must sound like a very pretty language ! smoooooooth sounds Edit: so funny, I can't listen right now so I checked for romanized words (can't learn an alphabet right now ha ha) and I actually ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution