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postr/StutterAug 2, 2020
8 points

Interview Help

Interview Help I am going for an interview in a couple of days for a corporate job. I'm not sure if I would address my stutter before the interview starts or should I just go forth with the interview ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 2, 2020
1 points

Ill be the odd one out and say that this isn't a good thing, you need to eventually face your fears(Even I don't always do this) no point in hiding. I'm probably not the best person to get this advic...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
postr/StutterAug 1, 2020
12 points

Stressed out about getting a job

Stressed out about getting a job So, I’m 15 years old and I’m expected to get a job soon. I do want a job, but I’m expected to talk more and get my stuttering in check before I can even try to get a j...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

I have it the same way and its kinda nice, its not bothering me at all that im stuttering around people im comfortable with. I still stutter a lot when i have presentations at school tho...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

I know right. I had a pretty small class so I just did all of my speeches but I completely butchered them and it was not fun to watch. I thought I was done with all of that shit but of course in col...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
School & Academic LifeAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

That's all so true! Interviews and speeches are always in part scripted. And I definitely try a lot less to speak fluently at home like oh well mom you just gotta wait during this stutter block lol...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Preparation & RehearsalAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

Oh gosh I hated my communication class. Was always "on my period" and had to skip class lol too bad that excuse doesn't work in the real world \*sigh\*...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterAug 1, 2020
30 points

Freshman in community college and just found out my public speaking course won’t be face to face

Freshman in community college and just found out my public speaking course won’t be face to face Dude I’m so happy lmao. I was about to freak out because school starts in a few weeks and they announc...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

Here's something that has helped me: figure out your words that you stutter on and avoid using them in certain situations or work on obtaining a certain level of fluency. For example, I have issues ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

Even If i talk with someone nothing not can help me they can't take it away from me, Just I'm tired with months staying in my room all days because of this shit, I'm seeing my friends of high school t...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
2 points

Thank you so much, I am also in highschool and I hope to fix this ASAP. I just have a problem speaking to fast that I stutter, not any word particularly...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
2 points

I feel your pain so much.... All we need to overcome this hell we are in is to have a strategy on how we talk.. Sometimes I cry and wish I wasn't even born.. Non stutters don't know what we go throu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 31, 2020
1 points

I hate that then the topic moves on and you can't without people getting all weird about it. My mom and brother have watched me hit a block take a moment then when I go to continue my thought they've ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 31, 2020
1 points

Kind of a little different but in the same vane with 1 was when I had a guy acuse me of making fun of his stutter and tell me to go to a therapist because I was fucked up. I wasn't making fun of his s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionStigma & BullyingRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterJul 31, 2020
45 points

A technique that might help somebody.

A technique that might help somebody. A technique that might help somebody I used to get the worst blocks and stutter horribly when I was in grade school and in my early high school days but my speec...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 31, 2020
5 points

A dude that I didn't know behind me at a cash register starting speaking for me once. He apologized to the cashier for me being slow. Naturally, my speech locks up even more after this so confronting ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterJul 31, 2020
-1 points

It does get you down. I stuttered in school but when I got to college it was still there but nobody really knew. I used word replacement for the words I was going to stutter on and a light accent cha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
postr/StutterJul 31, 2020
35 points

Want to make someone with a stutter contemplate murder? Follow these 2 easy steps!

Want to make someone with a stutter contemplate murder? Follow these 2 easy steps! 1.) Ask if they stutter intentionally / ask if they try to control it at all 2.) Recommend speech therapy Seriously...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAdvice Requests+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 30, 2020
3 points

i will say this path is the best way it your stutter is severe. stuttering has embarrassed me in the past but most of those embarrassing moments come from blocking. sitting there not being able to utt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 30, 2020
18 points

Disagree, maybe this is the case if you were “born” with a stutter but this is too generalized. Many of us are developmental stutterers as well. And just as you can be fluent and develop disfluency , ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride