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commentr/StutterMar 6, 2020
8 points

It is not something easily controlled. It sounds like You might need a new speech language therapist. If you aren’t seeing results. I agree overly Positive-ness can be annoying but their absolutely is...

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterMar 6, 2020
48 points

People need to know that stuttering is something we can’t control, and it’s not our fault that we are like this.

People need to know that stuttering is something we can’t control, and it’s not our fault that we are like this. It’s like i always try to explain people that it’s not our fault that we are like this ...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyAnxiety & Social JudgmentMedicalization / Neurodiversity+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2020
1 points

I think Its because I put myself in their shoes, it would sure be akward to be in a room with someone who seems to be on a high wired caffeine drop every time he opened his mouth. And making conversat...

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Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2020
5 points

Pardon me for perhaps being blunt, but "cringe" doesn't have to have anything to do with a stutter at all. When you experience these situations, do you manage to communicate? Do you get to say the th...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFrustration & AngerPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2020
2 points

Same. Ppl often tell me to not give a fuck about what others say etc rtc but it's not that easy. Insults gets to me...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2020
2 points

Hi sanidaus, Your testimony is inspiring. I too, am a stutterer and I am a college senior. Currently, my speech has been more obvious in my daily activities. I am no longer able to "control" it like...

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Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
1 points

Thanks for taking the time to read and respond, it means a lot. My post may have been slightly more dramatic than I wanted. But yes, I am definitely projecting my childhood experience onto his future....

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
3 points

You are definitely not wrong for feeling this way. Having a stutter is difficult, and living in a world where atypicality is misunderstood is very stressful. People that don't stutter really don't und...

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commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
0 points

Thanks for taking time to respond and sharing. I will definitely be looking for more specialized therapists in my area. I might have come across a little more dramatic than I wanted. The floodgate w...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
8 points

I am also currently undergoing speech therapy, and i know exactly how you feel, the slp talks and teaches us all those techniques and they thinks according to them it’s helping but in reality it didn’...

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Therapy ExperiencesAnxiety & Social JudgmentFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterMar 5, 2020
5 points

Self-consciousness - A bad habit when it's more than a small dose

Self-consciousness - A bad habit when it's more than a small dose I'm sure there are many stutterers are like me, in that we can't help but think about how people would judge our every action. Its as ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterMar 5, 2020
41 points

stuttering has made me the most awkward person ever

stuttering has made me the most awkward person ever I used to be able to make friends and stuff back in middle school but I feel like In high school I hit a wall because that’s when I started to stutt...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
3 points

Thank you!! He forgot the words to the Dec of Independence, he tells voters to vote for someone else, he challenges voters to a push up contest to avoid answering questions about his son. It's ridicul...

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Frustration & AngerStigma & BullyingAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
2 points

Finally a sensible comment instead of "yay he stutters" he says dumb shit sometimes....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterMar 5, 2020
15 points

I got hung up on...again

I got hung up on...again I was talking to a lady on the phone, and had a few 2-4 second blocks. She kept saying I was cutting out and she asked me if I was distracted. Then she said to just email her ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
3 points

Even though Joe has a stutter, the incoherent speech and most of the gaffes are from something different. Call it senility or dementia but he’s clearly suffering from a cognitive decline of some sort....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
3 points

I personally make these mistakes as well, sometimes I try to rush through a word or a sentence. I am mostly fine, but it still happens to me sometimes especially if I try to talk quickly or I am nervo...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-PerceptionTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
15 points

As someone with a degree in political science and a stutterer myself, there is a difference between Biden’s stutter and his straight up incoherent statements. His “corn pop” gaff has little to do with...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
2 points

If Biden is the nominee, it’s pretty much in the bag for Trump. He can’t out debate him because Biden isn’t as charismatic or has the amount of stage presence as Trump has....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 5, 2020
5 points

I understand and 100% agree, but my point was to point out how people can misinterpret a speech impediment with mental disability or low intelligence....

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Identity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment