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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
2 points

Not at all, my job is so easy that sometimes I help other people a lot or just do their jobs to pass the time, this way nobody cares if I speak with them or just stay quiet all the time. Also, I stay ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
1 points

It is hard I know, It is frustrating I know. Sometimes it feels unbearable, but... It will not disappear in one day, maybe it will not disappear in one year.. but that is the real problem our wanting ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
2 points

I do know that the things that run through my mind and the things I want to say are important. but most times I really just dont have the energy to talk and I feel like it's just not worth the pain an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
1 points

I completely relate. I'm too scared to talk. im too scared to go out. but I genuinely like seeing new faces and going to new places. I keep telling myself to behave like an introvert. I try to convinc...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
3 points

ik. I once went for this coaching class. I wouldn't speak a word. I wouldn't even smile at any1. even if they say something funny. I would just sit by a side. people thought I hated them all and that ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
2 points

Oh I thought the stutter only happens when you try to speak English. Sorry bro. I know it’s hard but don’t give up. Keep trying to practice your speech. Your stutter doesn’t define you!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
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commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
1 points

ikr. its really hard. imagine being afraid to speak even though u can. imagine wishing you were just mute. it is difficult....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
2 points

Same here, I'm exactly like this at my workplace. I think it's better this way. I try to compensate my lack of communication with hard work so nobody annoys me....

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Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
3 points

I totally get what you are saying, btw i am also from India, i also feel that i stop myself sometimes from conversations or initiating one, i think it's maybe because we don't want to go through the p...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
5 points

I was like this at my workplace for a while. All my co-workers thought I just didn't like them for a while....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
2 points

You could start every sentence with so what’s your opinion about. Or try imagining that the people you are speaking are little children or small animals...

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postr/StutterJul 5, 2020
18 points

is it just me?

is it just me? I dont know when it started. Not talking about my stutter. but my habit of forcing myself to not open my mouth, almost challenging myself, when guests or friends of family come over. I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2020
4 points

Absolutely not my experience. My stutter was so mild through most of high school that most of my teachers didn't know I had it (and I was a vocal, know-it-all kind of kid), so there was no "negative f...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2020
1 points

I am a 74 years old PWS -person who stutters I fall apart in real life social settings but I am a dynamic salesman....go figure. I’ve been to Hollins College program...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2020
1 points

Maybe that’s because your pretending to be someone else. I have a tough time when getting together with extended family so I just shut up or avoid them when possible...

Anticipation & Avoidance
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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2020
2 points

I can relate to the i'm not fluent in any language part, i "speak" 3 languages but it's more like i'm limited to only understand them because of my stutter. My stutter varies a lot like, i have a mode...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2020
3 points

Well, I mean, there are a various tracks we could follow in this topic. • One is how we do often tend to be most harsh on ourselves, but that's probably understandable, because we're the ones experie...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2020
2 points

Sometimes I just pretend I am a mute, especially if it is someone I'm never going to see again. I just write things down on pen and paper...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2020
2 points

Ok i understand why you got crazy sleep schedules now. I think i'm a cat person even tho i never really had a pet in my life (i just think they're cute and kinda lazy, lazy like me). I'd probably get ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2020
15 points

I’ve literally just stopped talking half way through a word because I’m stuttering so bad and people lose interest lmao...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
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