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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2021
1 points

Bad situations like this have the hidden benefit of giving you motivation to improve your speech and reach a next level in fluency. I had a situation where I heard from a common friend after a date th...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2021
1 points

Thanks but im pretty sure that every stutterer uses this technique naturally, at least i do...

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commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2021
4 points

It’s horrible. I hate it. Just last week, I asked the cashier at a rite aid/cvs (don’t want to say which for obvious reasons) if they had something. He said he wasn’t sure, & said that he could “...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2021
1 points

I put this in another thread about how I handle my stutter, if this helps even one person I'd be stoked: I had a very bad stuttering problem from 7th -10th grade. I was very lucky that I wasn't tease...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2021
2 points

I had a very bad stuttering problem from 7th -10th grade. I was very lucky that I wasn't teased in school. I've been to specialists when I was younger and honestly, none of them really worked out. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2021
3 points

Work groups used to be my biggest struggle as well. Feeling excluded from the conversation and the jokes. Often being too scared to say anything because I didn't want to "ruin the flow" of the convers...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2021
5 points

Yea, I think we all go through a similar situation. I still get nervous as hell before certain speaking situations. I took speech therapy as a kid and it was useless. What you need is a therapist that...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2021
6 points

You’re not a piece of shit for something out of your control. I’m sure everyone here can agree stuttering fucking sucks. As much as it sucks its not worth taking your life over. You’re friends don’t w...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2021
3 points

Being a stutterer socks but youre not the only one with this problem you got to cope it until get better enough to live your life without stuttering limiting you to what you want to be im not the best...

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commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2021
9 points

How old are you? My roughest years were in my teens. You do learn to live with your stutter. I used to think a lot of negative things about myself, that I would never be successful, find a girl, etc. ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2021
1 points

Write the things on a notebook and read a few words from it while you speak. I use this often because I don't stutter as much while reading as I do when speaking something normally....

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Avoidance & SubstitutionGenetic & Family FactorsFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2021
2 points

In my school we had to take permission from our teacher to go to washroom but I had developed avoidance because of my stutter and used to leave classes whenever I saw the opportunity to. Some teachers...

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commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2021
4 points

I used headphones to play loud or vulgar music. Stammering is a lot about the expectations of speech patterns for me, and this deflects the feeling that all the attention is on me....

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postr/StutterFeb 7, 2021
1 points

Stuttering on Video Response/Tips

Stuttering on Video Response/Tips I have a moderate to almost severe stutter and am currently applying to a program that will help place me into an entry level position after college through coaching ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 6, 2021
1 points

I always talk so fast as I just think that Im gonna stutter beforehand so I want to get through with it but slowing down words definitely helped I wish I didnt care about what others think about why i...

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commentr/StutterFeb 6, 2021
-3 points

I think this is how many of us got it (either consciously or unconsciously). That's how parents can pass it on to their kids, or siblings to their younger siblings. As far as I know it's not inherited...

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commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2021
1 points

Had one of those days today. I had to interview to see if I could get on a new project today, and I stuttered so much she ended the call while I was answering one of the questions. I want to be a pr...

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commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2021
1 points

Oh for sure, you can only get away with slowly sounding a word out once in a while, but it’s a tool I’ve used and tried to play it off like I forgot or am thinking while talking. My old speech therap...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2021
1 points

Also I've heard the advice talk slowly all the time but I always seem to forget to when the time is to talk. Or I just feel silly talking too slow it doesn't seem normal to me but it does help lol....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2021
1 points

Filler words for the win! People must think I’m so forgetful, I’m always adding in filler words and stretching words (pretending that I’m thinking about it as I say it slowly, but in reality I had to...

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