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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2021
9 points

I feel your pain! I worked at a call center for a few years and that was extremely hard and almost quit a few times (plenty of rude customers asking why they would hire someone with a stutter...). I w...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2021
2 points

I usually struggle on starting sentences and words that start with vowels. I also struggle on words in the first person especially ‘I’ or ‘I’m’. To avoid stuttering I repeat the words in my head a lon...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterFeb 24, 2021
33 points

Stuttering Salesman

Stuttering Salesman I just got hired at a car dealership a couple of weeks ago. I have to make tons of phone calls throughout the day. Everyday I dread coming to work because of my stutter (it literal...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2021
1 points

If you stutter when you speak to people but never when you're on your own then you must read 'redefining stuttering' by John Harrison as the content directly applies to people like you. I stutter just...

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Research & ResourcesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2021
5 points

I didn't really talk about it until after college. Even with my sibling who stutters, just kind of tried to ignore it. Mostly because it's a bit awkward. Even then I don't go into how it's affected me...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentGenetic & Family Factors+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

1. Plosive sounds. 2. Prolonging the first part of the word or just the sentence in general. 3. Depends. If i know them, and they have been around me for a while, I will straight up tell them hey wtf...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

Most of mine are hard letters like c, k 1 c-c-c- cute 2 c- cute 3 - cute 4 c-c-cute cute 3 - its hard to explain so i will show in a sentence She is so - cute. At that ti...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

I'm seeing a lot of similar answers to mine in the comments so I hope there's something to go off of! 1. 'S' sounds are by far the most common for me, 'F', 'M' and 'N' sounds are also up there. I've ...

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Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

Worst feeling has someone who stutter is when someone compelte the sentence you're saying because they think you need help. We do, but it makes you feel like shit because you can't even complete your ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

Thank you for asking and wanting to be accurate! 1) Most often: sh, s, f, glottal stop (like the beginning of *apple* or *if*). Sometimes: t, ch, w, k. It's not an exhaustive list, but those are my...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesRepetitions & ProlongationsBlocks & Stoppages+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
3 points

I'm not a PWS, but some issues that I've come across are: -not dating someone whose name is too hard -ordering something you don't want because it's too hard to say the right thing -people thinking...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of LifeStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
3 points

I don't remember all the letters from the top of my head, but for sure I stutter on words that start with L, M, N, S/C. Oh and when someone asks my name, I stutter with my name. As I said, when some...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & RelationshipsSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
7 points

This 1000%. It is such a detriment when the characters whole personality is centered around a stutter. Agreed in that don’t have them act irrationally angry when someone corrects them or finishes a se...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
2 points

I stutter on all the things, it it varies on context and tbh I don't really know the triggers. H and I, I stutter on both and both just sound like I'm breathing really hard. M, a long hum, but most of...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
15 points

1. Plosives sounds (P, b, d, t). These are the most common sounds I struggled on, and the most common ones that still slip out. Also, pretty much all softer sounding words. Alliteration is a pain. 2....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringSocial & Relationships
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postr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
20 points

Help writing stutters

Help writing stutters Hi, I just discovered this subreddit and I don't stutter, so I thought I'd find information from those who do. I want to write characters that realistically stutter in a way that...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
3 points

Hi there! I am an SLP as well as a person who stutters with 10+ years working with children and adults who stutter. I have to agree with u/Jaeger__85. Recommending filler words and sounds are consi...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPositive Therapy Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

I didn't realize I stuttered until high school when someone told me what it was. It was just how I've always talked, and no one had ever given me any flack about it as a kid. I found that my stutter o...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

I’m sorry you had to experience that, here’s some tips exercise regularly, meditating also has helped my speech immensely, also recently I’ve deleted all my social media so now I just give 0 fucks lik...

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Mindfulness & BreathingMindset shiftHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2021
1 points

Hey! Thanks honestly I think that’s what I need to do not let my stutter affect me or stop me from doing what I want to do. But yeah I get you there’s been many many times where I’ve been talking to s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more