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commentr/StutterNov 10, 2022
2 points

It fells so bad to us to have to fight ten times more to achieve something that is basic to everyone and sometimes don't even get the result we deserve People don't get the amount and the severety o...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsCommunity & Support
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of LifeAdvice Requests+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2022
3 points

How it comes about is a fascinating topic to me. I've thought about what happens in my brain that causes me to stutter my entire life. Maybe a good discussion would be comparing older, and more common...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Neurological & BrainPropositionality & WeightAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2022
1 points

Yes it helps that this is the benefit of growing old as it's impossible to feel worth it if I live with my parents and have no social life and job. Even though I have good degrees. It feel difficult t...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & CareerQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
2 points

No, with writting it's much easier to speak my mind as you can tell, out loud it isn't. I've never tried to write in order to keep talking though, it's never really an option since I work in retail an...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Authenticity vs. MaskingQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
5 points

I do my best not to let stuttering hold me back. It might be an extra challenge for me to do the things I want to do, but when I achieve it, I feel even more accomplished. My stutter is only a small f...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
3 points

That's what I mean, I describe it like a printer running out of ink to my friend, I want to keep talking to someone but it doesn't work anymore and I start only saying like 3 words. I don't know why i...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
2 points

I'm still confused. If you know what you want to say and you brain has "forgotten" that could be word-retrieval issues with some anxiety. ​ If you think that impactful stuttering is commo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
2 points

Having an impactful and sometimes disabling stutter is neither normal or common. Heck, even many many professional SLP's have no idea how to assist people with dysfluency. Running out of things to s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
2 points

Life is fucked up, you get dealt a hand and you have to play with it :( The only solace you can get is from your strong traits. I am fairly smart guy, smarter than most actually when measured usi...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
1 points

Yeah. I don't get as stressed as I used to, though. I would usually refuse to ask the questions on Trivial Pursuit. Once my friend wanted us all to play a game which involved loads of talking. When I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
1 points

As long as I can remember. I believe there's nothing to grow out of. There are better things in life to focus on....

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2022
2 points

I’ve been there…I’d love that pulled pork sandwich but I know I’ll get stuck, so I’ll have the chicken sandwich....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2022
5 points

I don’t even like hamburgers, but I order them because it’s typically stress free. I’ve learned it’s not worth the battle....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2022
2 points

It sucks I once went to Dunkin’s and wanted a sourdough breakfast but got a donut instead because i couldn’t say the world sourdough...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2022
5 points

No one will ever know how depressing it is to struggle while ordering food on a drive thru and not be able to say the Shake you want.. i couldn’t say the simple word strawberry and i felt so sad and j...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2022
5 points

How many great jokes or one liners I never say simply because it would take to long and would lose the moment…...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
postr/StutterNov 3, 2022
116 points

Most people will never know

Most people will never know how hard it is to struggle to even say your own name or say "hi" or "hello", how hard it is to count to ten or repeat what someone says, how hard it is to even recite a fun...

Social & Relationships
Quality of Life
commentr/StutterOct 31, 2022
2 points

There are different types/intensities of stutters. The negative self-concept w stuttering is reciprocal and it’s a chicken/egg situation. But some ppl have a hard time making most words come out of...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 26, 2022
7 points

Those are all secondary behaviors that go along with an impactful dysfluency/stutter - it is considered part of the stutter, and when you learn NEW ways to gain more control of your speech, those seco...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Physical TensionAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2022
2 points

Am I wrong to think that if we can’t accomplish a job like normal people, then we shouldn’t be doing that job? E.g., instead of being customer facing, maybe be a cook? If it makes the entire team lo...

School & WorkSocial & Relationships
Employment & CareerQuality of Life