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postr/StutterApr 27, 2024
3 points

I'm looking for people's imput and experiences in order to understand my stutter better

I'm looking for people's imput and experiences in order to understand my stutter better I'll lay out from the start that im turning 20 soon and I've had a stutter my whole life. The worst bit is the b...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-PerceptionOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
postr/StutterApr 27, 2024
12 points

I have a problem with one particular word even tho i know i can say it

I have a problem with one particular word even tho i know i can say it My girlfriend lives in a gated community, so the security guard asks me her address everytime i visit her Her address starts wi...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
postr/StutterApr 26, 2024
49 points

Battled with my stutter all day today and ultimately won

Battled with my stutter all day today and ultimately won So I’m starting my career in the trades and I’ve been in school for 3 weeks. My stutter has been really bad with a bunch of blocks these last 8...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationHope & MotivationBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
postr/StutterApr 26, 2024
3 points

Help!!

Help!! Have an interview in a prestigious govt organization on 29th. Any tips to face the panel members without having to think about stuttering? I have repeated words and blocked words kinda stutte...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesFeared Words & NamesPreparation & Rehearsal+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2024
2 points

I care less about what I’m classified as within society and care more about my own personal experience. MF you just said you got blocks! What do blocks do? DISABLE you from speaking. 2+2=4...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 26, 2024
8 points

when a beautiful girl appears in front of you out of nowhere to give you your whatever and you are trying to find words, jibberish comes out. Tell me have you ever been there?

when a beautiful girl appears in front of you out of nowhere to give you your whatever and you are trying to find words, jibberish comes out. Tell me have you ever been there? Today im coming out from...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
1 points

Chin up soldier nothing to worry about even if you can't speak certain words sometimes. Hard relate on the creator making me crippled by speech but physically fine. I am at such a point where i can't ...

Speech & StutteringSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesSchool & Academic LifeAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 25, 2024
31 points

Stuttered in front of my best friend today

Stuttered in front of my best friend today Today I went out with my close friend after a while and coz I’m super comfortable with her I don’t stutter around her that much. But while giving my order t...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
2 points

How u assuming I ain’t got no blocks. I been had blocks since my teenage years up until now. Shits cooked. But ain’t no way we are classified as disabled. Ain’t no way...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Blocks & StoppagesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
3 points

Hot take! Guess you’ve never been physically unable to speak before even though you know exactly what to say. Lucky you man!...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
5 points

Damn that’s interesting.. any tricks for E? I struggle with words like Emma or eight? Ironically enough that’s my girlfriend’s name so it’s hard to avoid that one!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
5 points

That’s a good question. I honestly don’t. One thing that helps me on “e”s is just to kinda softly “sing” the word in a rhythm or melody or lightly position my lips to say the world. One thing I’ve not...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension
postr/StutteringPHApr 25, 2024
1 points

Hello.

Hello. I created this community as a support group for people, diagnosed and still not diagnosed, with stuttering in the Philippines. This is my first time to create a community too so I'm still tryin...

Community & SupportIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Personal StoriesIdentity & Self-PerceptionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
1 points

As with most people, it varies from situation to situation. I will stutter infrequently if I am one-on-one with someone I know, talking about a subject I am confident with. I have a blocking stutter....

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesEmployment & Career+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2024
3 points

For me, blocking could be anywhere between 6-10 seconds before attempting again, then get blocked again. Then when I do say it, it sometimes sounds like I’m out of breath. Stuttering (for me) really d...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2024
3 points

What is your definition of severe stutter? I’m also on the journey of getting a tech job. Do you block for like 10 seconds or more(like me) or do you repeat words for like 5 secs to the point it becam...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2024
6 points

Most people commenting here don't really have severe stutter from the looks of it. Or maybe our definitions are different. My stutter is really bad to the point I can't get a word out for 10-15 second...

Speech & Stuttering
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2024
1 points

Yep, of course! Recently, as in the last two weeks, I was diagnosed officially with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and PNES (psychogenic non-epileptic seizures or functional seizures). Appar...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2024
1 points

I have a hard time saying any word with a hard syllable. B’s, D’s, and M’s I especially struggle with. I always get buffalo chicken 😩😩😩....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterApr 23, 2024
6 points

Venting it out

Venting it out I have been a stammerer for the past decade. My root cause is my anxiety. I have been trying many techniques that actually work(not the prolongation). It worked a lot before a year or c...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages+1 more