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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
12 points

I'll keep this brief (ask any questions tho and I'll respond when I can) Ppl who inherently stutter develop strategies such as pacing or filler words. These are called adaptive behaviors.  Adapti...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
3 points

It’s such an added burden that we endure. Life, generally challenges everyone, but our additional issue of being instantly conversant, when anything expressed verbally requires extra preparation, can ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

24m and i really needed to read this. Im feeling so overwhelmed by my stuttering right now that I isolated myself...

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Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterJan 23, 2025
8 points

Question for everyone

Question for everyone [I've been told that I have a weak nervous system and it starts to get tired after fifteen minutes. This may be due to an illness I've had early in life after which I think I sta...

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postr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

Question for everyone

Question for everyone I've been told that I have a weak nervous system and it starts to get tired after fifteen minutes. This may be due to an illness I've had early in life after which I think I star...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

I feel guilty that I'm making people listen to me when I stutter. I also feel guilty that I take longer to say what I want to say. Another commenter mentioned that they feel shame. I feel a lot of ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
10 points

It is not guilt as many people have said. It is self-loathing shame. It is hopelessness. You feel like you can't do even the basics of being human right. You can't talk as easily and trouble-free as o...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
6 points

i can relate man. i still remember my first interview, complete mess. completely broke my self esteem and confidence for so many days later. even the interviewer got irritated and agitated. i don't kn...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
3 points

No stuttering did not affect my work life one bit, both with customers and coworkers. Don't over think it. I did customer service for 14 years, with over 10 of those years being in a management positi...

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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
3 points

No one ever said anything to me, except one time on a zoom call where my anxiety was turned to 11 and I was blocking more than usual, and a superior said that I could write it on chat if I wanted to, ...

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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
3 points

I think you could always choose a job with less talking than a cashier? What about a stocker? This is not to say that you should avoid speaking. However, there will certainly be times where you stutt...

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Employment & CareerFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
1 points

Yes I did. I've learned at the end of the day you gotta what you gotta do. It's still embarrassing when I stutter but life has to be still move on....

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Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
1 points

Talking to strangers a lot. It almost eliminated my stuttering, but that helpless against prolonged stress...

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
3 points

For me, I don't think 100% stuttering remission is possible, however you can get to a stage where from a psychological aspect it doesn't affect you. I think stuttering is quite a complex disorder, how...

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
3 points

No there is a solution the solution imo is to let go and have that mild stutter, as long as you can carry a conversation or get your point across pretty easily with mild stutters then you're good. For...

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commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
1 points

As of right now there is no solution. It's not my thesis. It's general scientific consciousness that it's all the brain. Every person's stutter is different as well. I think desensitization, gen...

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postr/StutterJan 20, 2025
8 points

What do you think is the source of your stutter? I think I know mine

What do you think is the source of your stutter? I think I know mine Been doing a lot of reflection on my childhood and been hearing other family member’s perspectives. I grew up in an oppressive env...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
1 points

Even in normal situations I do stutter quite severely. In those times, my automated brain works to keep myself energetic and this is like in a random interval. But when i meet someone more powerful t...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
3 points

The sexual marketplace is brutal. Stuttering is a sign of incompetence and generally the more incompetent you are the less ‚successful’ you are in the vicious cockfight that is dating. I think a hug...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
3 points

A caring person should understand the problem and support you despite the fear of talking/stuttering. That being said we as stutters aren’t always able to “choose” a partner like normal people, it oft...

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Dating & RomanceHelplessness & Agency