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postr/StutterOct 19, 2025
6 points

Conventionally attractive and stutterer

Conventionally attractive and stutterer Not tooting my own horn at all. But when you are conventionally attractive, people assume you’re being stuck up when you’re really just socially anxious because...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
9 points

Ik i can find someone who doesn't mind but the problem is that i mind. I wouldn't want to bring someone i actually love into this mess, theres way more to it than just the speech, stuttering has fucke...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterOct 19, 2025
6 points

I need some encouragement.

I need some encouragement. I’m taking a theatre class this semester and I regret it every day. I took drama and high school, and really enjoyed it, so I thought it would be fun to do it again in col...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
postr/Stutter_remissionOct 19, 2025
1 points

Should we speak more calmly? (to improve our fluency)

Should we speak more calmly? (to improve our fluency) Generally, calmness tends to reduce everyday normal-disfluencies for all humans. From a stuttering perspective, states such as anger, excitement, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+2 more
postr/StutterOct 19, 2025
21 points

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety = Life on hard mode

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety = Life on hard mode I am cooked. I have a block stutter; I can think of the words perfectly fine, but when I get even a little nervous, they just won...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterOct 19, 2025
1 points

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety Life on hard mode

Stutter + Resting bitch face + Introvert + Anxiety Life on hard mode I have block stutter, I can think of the words perfectly fine, but when I get even a little nervous, they just won’t come out. It m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
1 points

Weed makes me stutter way more, and makes me a lot more anxious too both in the short run and the long run...

Meds & SubstancesEmotional Experience
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Harmful Med OutcomesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
2 points

Developmental stuttering (the one that appears in early childhood) is indeed the most common form. It usually arises from a mix of genetic predisposition, brain development, and environmental influenc...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesIdentity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

It’s not necessarily a principle for me, but I definitely know what your saying. Sometimes I think about stupid shit like being on a date with a girl and stuttering while ordering, and just other stuf...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
2 points

I believe in that same. Root-cause seems like anticipatory & performance anxiety mainly. Rest is just side-effects of these anxiety types....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

I think my underlying issues are peer bullying, self awareness, situational anxiety, social anxiety, anticipatory anxiety, performance anxiety- triggered speech blocks with no repetitions and prolonga...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

I used to not stutter alone, and 99% of the time I don't. But there are letters that cause me to block these days, especially if I am practicing a script I have to record. Letters like I, A and H caus...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

My situation is very similar to yours, and I wish I could tell you how therapy is going for me. But I can't go without my parents knowing until I turn 18 in 4 months because of some stupid law here. ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

I also don't stutter when am alone eg.i can say my name perfectly but also when am alone and try to visualize introducing myself to random stranger/group of people, i cant say my name without blocki...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

No, it means that other people have more to juggle when speaking publicly than when speaking alone. They have to choose words more carefully, enunciate more, react to crowd responses, etc. That’s all ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Propositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
2 points

Actually, no. Stuttering is genetic and neurological. We can’t help it. The reason why you’re not stuttering when you’re alone is because stuttering is very inconsistent in nature. It doesn’t typicall...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsNeurological & BrainCycles & Randomness+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

I’ve tried going it wasn’t for me. My stutter isn’t severe it activates more when I’m nervous...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
3 points

Think of it like juggling plates. When you’re in a social setting, you have to juggle more plates intellectually—so you’re more likely to stutter. When you’re alone, you have fewer plates. (No social ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Propositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
6 points

I hear you bro, tbh I don't really have a friend to share my such awkward situations with, maybe a friend i tell him sometimes, but he is like he doesn't care about it, so i just keep it for myself, y...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
2 points

Hey.. I can totally relate to you. I don’t stutter when I’m alone or talking to animals or the people I feel comfortable with. Most of my stutter comes from social anxiety I guess. Did you find any so...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career