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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
3 points

Yes i know,it can be more frustrating than stutter itself,but try to overcome these thoughts,by caring less,exposing to more social situations and try to get a job which involves less communication.i ...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
6 points

Yeah thats what my experience is as well. If you give the stuttering and the worries a lot of room in your thoughts it gets worse. As soon as you worry push the stutter-thoughts away, Get out there an...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftHope & MotivationAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
12 points

This has been the key to my mental health. Grinding through school then 12 hour work days, i don't have time to worry how inconvenient my stutter is. Theres a threshold where you have to not care, b...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
1 points

This is my attempt to summarize PART 2 - the second [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYPt9iDXog&ab_channel=JM): * self-acknowledge that no one has the answer for me, and that only I should fi...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
4 points

100% hit the nail. Speaking is a skill. You will notice when you don't get out much you eventually slip back into your old speaking habits because you not proactive with your speech. In order to gain ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
4 points

I've taught at a secondary school for years and got blocks and slurred long pauses on single alphabet, it sucks but it's a human condition, I still went everyday, said what I needed to say and had a l...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
4 points

Welcome! In short, stuttering has been linked to genetics. However doesn’t mean your children will have it....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
4 points

I have a good feeling "pub", "girl", "me and my friends" being some of the key words is hinting at our OP being in university/ is a very young adult - I would hardly consider a 21yo a grown adult thes...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
3 points

Very mature of you not getting upset about it. Is there any chance the girl was tipsy or that she may have assumed that you were? Or may be she just thought that you were nervous about talking with h...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
6 points

I recently had an experience similar to yours. I was at an event and we had to do introductions as a part of it, so when I went I saw some people laughing and usually I would be affected and it would ...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
3 points

Embrace the suffering, there is no point in trying to avoid it, be present, do difficult things. We are not the first humans to live. When life passes by, it will feel like a second has passed. Just l...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
4 points

literally cannot count the amount of stutterers I know (some of these people block hard as fuuuuuck) who love being alive and have an amazing vibe. If you dont start sharing your stutter in an authe...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
5 points

Basically this, it’s never been an actual issue with the person I’ve been seeing beyond my own confidence. If it’s a first date sometimes I’ll mention up front that I stutter so if I can’t say a word,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
2 points

>Instead of being a confident strong young man adult I’m the complete opposite So youre a timid weak old woman??...

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
2 points

Not a fan of everything Biden does, as a leftist, but it does definitely break my heart when people make fun of him stumbling over words or making what are obviously (to me) just bad substitutions to ...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & BullyingAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
3 points

# Tips to improve stuttering (that I extracted from the video): * accept stuttering by not caring about it, and continue speaking * stop fighting it * be motivated to conquer stuttering: increase stu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
8 points

On calls I always bring up my stutter first, if not 50/50 chance they'll hang up when a block hits me...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
14 points

I worked at a restaurant and I was stuttering in front of this girl and she thought I was nervous because she was cute and I wanted to be like don’t flatter yourself I stutter for everyone lol....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
3 points

The Blank Center For Stuttering in Texas talks about this a lot - how stuttering can lead us to miss out on or not pay enough attention to other aspects of communication (such as the example you broug...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2024
3 points

Normally if this happened to me, I said to myself: it’s not the worst, just one of those days. Suck it up. Bad feeling will finally go away or fade out....

Identity & Disability
Authenticity vs. Masking