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commentr/StutterMar 25, 2021
1 points

I had a online zoom today and I had to say a open ended question to the class. So I pre recorded it before class and played it when it was my time to speak. Worked like a charm no one knew...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 24, 2021
1 points

I'm a vegetarian so ordering anything from the vegetarian menu is always a nightmare. Vegetarian is already the worst word in the world for me to say, and veggie is only a little better. After the Imp...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMar 24, 2021
2 points

Yess! It’s that nice thing where I watch other ppl stutter as they try to say them, while I finally sound fluent ahahaha...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
1 points

100%. That's my go-to when I have a block show up. I had my therapist ask me about it once. When I told him why he was surprised because he never knew I even had a stutter. It's obviously noticable...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
1 points

100%. That's my go-to when I have a block show up. I had my therapist ask me about it once. When I told him why he was surprised because he never knew I even had a stutter. It's obviously noticable...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
1 points

I put my phone down when I’m stuttering and can’t get a word out, I’ve been asked about it and just kinda make up an excuse.. normally I say my hand is tired after holding my phone up which it is....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
3 points

Yes, that mindset also applies to "I stutter but I won't try new methods and practice everyday because it's pointless, stuttering is incurable anyway". Maybe it is, but it's still better to improve yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
1 points

Please search for 'Secondary Symptoms of Stutter' on the web. The movements like "eye blinking, jaw jerking, and head or other involuntary movements" are examples of secondary symptoms. What the secon...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Physical TensionAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
9 points

Yes, but I am trying to just stutter when ordering. Why does it matter if we stutter when ordering? We are just another customer, they see more people who stutter....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
9 points

Ah yeah, going out for food! I do the following: 1 - I try to not go out, where I have to speak. 2 - If I end up at any food court, it would most probably be with some other person. I take this per...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
1 points

Just dont have your lips be almost stationary when speaking. Move them, make letter shapes while you speak. Sorry for bad explanation, im not from an English speaking country...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2021
1 points

Yess, me 2 when I am excited, angry, happy, sad I stutter/ talk fast more than I usually do....

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterMar 22, 2021
23 points

To Order or not to Order

To Order or not to Order Anyone else order food from a menu just because its one of the easier words to say?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2021
2 points

For me, this method is less about tackling stuttering itself and more about tackling the mental gymnastics that goes on around stuttering. Especially the avoidance behaviours, they are protective shor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2021
1 points

Always, but always mimic what you are saying with your lips... Some of us who stutter just dont mimic what we are saying, almost as our lips are close to being stationary, if you get used to it, talki...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2021
1 points

This method really works if the conversation is sudden, do not stutter, but if the speech is arranged, the stuttering begins...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2021
2 points

I had the same issue. I still do especially when I'm excited about what I'm talking about. I used to tap my toes inside my shoes or my fingers in a rhythm so it helps the words maintain a bit of a be...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2021
2 points

If you can read it from somewhere then I suggest you to put slashes after two or three words. I first saw this in the king's speech and I used it my presentation too (which was via Google meet). I was...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Preparation & RehearsalAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2021
6 points

I had something similar in primary school Some tactics I used: - move your hands while you talk, so that you can't think as fast - practice reading aloud *slowly* (you can do it alone, to your pets, ...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMar 22, 2021
16 points

I did this as a kid because people would interupt me or stop listening to me if i stuttered too much. As a result i started stuttering more and became breathless. It has helped me to try to breath pro...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques