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commentr/StutterApr 27, 2020
-3 points

If you find a way to surpass your weakness, that's a nice goal to achieve. But for what you want to do, you just can't stutter. Even if you don't surpass it completely, you just have you sure you don'...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2020
3 points

Damn dude, I've stuttered since I was 6. Not nearly as bad you however it sounds. But I worked in a call center for over a year. I hope you are more fluent now or that's just phone issues. But ya I've...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2020
1 points

I know I'm a little late, but as a person who stutters, I have a lot of feelings about Bill Denbrough from It. He was actually the first fictional character I had ever encountered who's stutter wasn...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2020
1 points

Oh yeah I see what your saying but after making fun of each other, you can’t “lose” because of your stutter if that makes sense....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2020
3 points

It usually depends on the situation, joke and the person saying it. People around me learned that a “safe zone” for a joke is right after I make fun of it. You can always tell if someone’s just being ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2020
9 points

I feel you. Just yesterday I was thinking about the first time I got to talk in front of the whole class on my first year in high school, like, 15 years ago. I remember I couldn’t speak one single wor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2020
2 points

Hey, you’ll get it. I hated ordering food over the phone. Since lock down I’ve been stuttering way more. When I picked up take out I was so scared of stuttering (can’t even say my name) but I was hop...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2020
5 points

Years ago before online ordering was a thing, I tried to order Dominos for lunch. The person taking the calls hung up on me. It was probably one of my lowest points. Fast forward years and I still s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2020
6 points

YES!!! Never quit! Keep moving forward! I keep having difficulty ordering food but I keep breathing and I keep doing it. So proud 👏 of you!!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2020
25 points

Well I did it again and the girl at the restaurant wanted me to text her the order, She just wanted to get the order right and I’m not disappointed I feel good for trying and I got it next time...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2020
1 points

I worked in hospitality for 4 years and decided to change to a call centrel. I worked in the call centre for six months and for the first while it was perfect. My speech had been great for years but t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2020
2 points

Call a therapist. Don't take any chances. Stuttering becomes more of a habit later on and then it's hella hard to get rid of that wiring in brain.. As a kid he/she is still building habits so better m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2020
2 points

Man, you did great. My grandparents have a old phone that doesn't display the caller and sometimes I can't get out 'Hello, [name] here!'. Really frustrating....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2020
5 points

Goodjob dude! Proud of ya. I know how hard it is I gotta do this. I put it off so much I feel so bad. I gotta call my grampa but he is hard of hearing and won't use a hearing aid so it's hard to tal...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringMindset shift
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2020
3 points

I am gonna share what i did. I had online class presentation and I recorded the voice memo where I practiced and stuttered less and i turned it on and nobody knew it was a voice memo Hahaha once also...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2020
2 points

Once i read that we struggle more in our imagination than in reality. It s hard but its a journey we have to go though! We must more think about what we say than how me say it! I have times when i pre...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringMindset shift
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2020
1 points

Theres no cure. the only thing i've found being helpful is getting enough sleep, being healthy and having a good headspace. Youre stuttering and so am I, somedays I can barely talk to people because I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2020
2 points

These are the same thoughts I have sometimes, especially recently! I was stuttering since I was 6 and I am now 22 and its crazy how we have almost the same experiences growing up and the same feelings...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2020
3 points

I’m 33. I felt, and feel, a lot of what you wrote. What the first commenter says is correct: it’s a mental block more than anything. For me, missing out on life was much more agonizing than being laug...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2020
2 points

Sometimes i just watch my phone ring😂 its really hard and now because or corona virus this online classes are not my best friends... but i will have to go though it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight