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commentr/StutterDec 29, 2020
2 points

You know people do it a lot to me. I ignore it, and keep going. What she did is unacceptable, did it destroy my day? Not really, do I forgive her? Yes I do, but I won't forget it. I don't want pity or...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionStigma & BullyingHumor & Community Tone+1 more
postr/StutterDec 28, 2020
3 points

Stutter gets worse when hearing other stutterers speak. How do I keep myself from stuttering more???

Stutter gets worse when hearing other stutterers speak. How do I keep myself from stuttering more??? I can’t watch some movies and shows like It. Being around other stutterers makes mine worse. Even w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
1 points

Edit: Sorry what i wrote wasn't so much a trick and I'm afraid it might come across as a mean critique so i have to edit it out....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterDec 28, 2020
9 points

Stuttering is the final boss of my life. The last thing I need to overcome.

Stuttering is the final boss of my life. The last thing I need to overcome. I feel like my life would be quite literally perfect if I no longer stuttered. I am 22 years old, working at a top tech co...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
2 points

I used to dumb down my personality as well, but also swear before every word I would stutter on. Swearing at the waitress on a first date because I couldn't get a word out.. rough go Those days are...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStrategic Swearing/CursingAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
4 points

Yeah, this happens to me all the time. With name, phone number, address. Before Covid, if my wife wasn't around, I'd open up the notepad on my phone and type everything out, then hand them my phone. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
postr/StutterDec 28, 2020
7 points

This can't go on anymore I'm DETERMINED to change - my story as a stutterer.

This can't go on anymore I'm DETERMINED to change - my story as a stutterer. Hi everyone I just want to share my story. I don't remember when exactly I started stuttering. When I was a kid I was ver...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
3 points

Been there many times myself. Sometimes I pretend cough to avoid the first number or just say a totally different number that is easier to say to avoid an embarrassing moment....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
1 points

The blockage definitely affects my breathing. I usually stop what I’m saying to take a breath and then try again. Sometimes it works, sometimes it just doesn’t at all and I just say “nevermind”...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2020
9 points

This one is hard for me too, lucky I always have a business card in my wallet with my number on it. A life saver....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
postr/StutterDec 28, 2020
46 points

Couldn’t say my phone number

Couldn’t say my phone number Someone sent me a parcel and I had to tell them my phone number to retrieve it. I just stood there for some time, without saying anything. Although the lady there was real...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentQuality of Life
postr/StutterDec 27, 2020
8 points

What are some of your “tricks” that turned to bad habits and crutches?

What are some of your “tricks” that turned to bad habits and crutches? I’ve been stuttering for a long time now and I’ve noticed I picked up tricks to get be through a moment but inevitably something ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterDec 26, 2020
24 points

Creeps up on me..

Creeps up on me.. I stuttered a lot as a child and not so much in day to day interactions as an adult. For some reason it creeps up on me at times. This lockdown has not helped. I started a new job in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2020
3 points

Talking to yourself is a low stress activity where you don't hit your stuttering treshhold. I'm a very severe stutterer when communicating with someone but fluent when talking to myself. Stuttering is...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2020
0 points

The most important thing you need to do is ignore you're child's stuttering. Talk to him and listen to him like he doesn't have a stutter. I have vivid memories of everyone in my family bringing up st...

Parent & CaregiverAnticipation & Avoidance
Parent Emotions & GuiltAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2020
1 points

I think it started wayyy back in elementary school for me. I had a very strict home-room teacher who'd go ballistic over anyone talking in her class, so I developed this habit of not talking at all, a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterDec 25, 2020
29 points

Spontaneous speech is gone?

Spontaneous speech is gone? I feel like my spontaneous speech is just irreversibly erazed.Even I have to say something trivial I overthink it and my self-confidence regarding speaking is at at an all ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterDec 24, 2020
2 points

you know what? You are me and I am you. I feel as if communication is my natural talent, something that comes natural to me but as fate would have it, my stuttering worsens when I go out there and try...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterDec 23, 2020
1 points

Will look. have tried discord before but it seems like it's more for the gamer-ly-inclined? it's like teamspeak isn't it?? lol I used to play WoW so that's my only reference. I was just going to say ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 23, 2020
1 points

This reply I wrote got long but TL;DR is that those are 2 reasonable questions but I'm not really here for another "DID YOU REALLY TRY THO?" Maybe you stutter and got therapy that worked for you! I am...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+3 more