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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
1 points

I also met like two other people, ever. For some reason their more severe stutter made me not stutter at all. Probably because I made conscious effort to chill as much as possible so that they don't g...

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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
3 points

Only this one time around 2 years ago that I went up to chill out upstairs in the arcade. I noticed the lift wasn't working so I panicked and thought to myself that I've got to ask someone where are t...

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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
3 points

One of my best friends at school has a stutter, a guy I met at university has a stutter - extremely mild although I was able to pick up on it. Anyone else probably wouldn’t have...

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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
1 points

I knew one guy in HS who had a horrible stutter. Far worse then me. We didn’t get along too well but that’s because of other reasons. I met an older man in a place I volunteer at that also has a stutt...

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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
1 points

I worked with another guy who stuttered, it was a bit tiring because you can't help but 'tune up' to a person you're talking to, so I stuttered more as a result. He was also more on a negative side li...

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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
5 points

Thats interesting. I met a guy who stuttered too, and i stuttered more when talking to him. I felt bad cuz i didnt want him to think i was mocking him...

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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
7 points

Several people actually. First person was a girl in college, then several people telling me they use to stutter as kids. The latest person was a coworker. He had such good fluency and technique that I...

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commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
16 points

In my entire life, I've only encountered three dudes and one girl who stutter, and for some reason when talking with them I was able to stutter less (as well as they do when talking with me)....

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commentr/StutterMay 17, 2021
3 points

I think it's more because singing is processed differently than speaking. Most stutterers also don't stutter when they whisper or when they speak in unison with a group....

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postr/StutterMay 8, 2021
13 points

Writing certain letters?

Writing certain letters? Anyone else get stuck on certain letters almost like a verbal stutter but while writing? Growing up bilingual I had strong stutter that was more prevalent in one language tha...

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postr/StutterApr 28, 2021
7 points

How to speak slower

How to speak slower hey, so i have this problem... I think fast and talk fast, an example would be I have a topic in my mind for about 5 seconds and a new one pops up. But I'm able to also talk fast, ...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionCycles & RandomnessRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2021
2 points

Reading aloud is still (and perhaps will ALWAYS) be something I cannot do fluently at all. But, I did teach pre-K for a few years and found over animation or over annunciation/inflection helped a lot....

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commentr/StutterApr 23, 2021
1 points

He will say “hey daddy, C...(freezes for 2 seconds)...AN we go downstairs and read a book?”, honestly it’s the only word. I’ve asked him if he’s faking it and sometimes he kinda smiles and admits he i...

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commentr/StutterApr 21, 2021
1 points

Lucky you. Me, I stutter all the time, even when I'm talking to myself....

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commentr/StutterApr 20, 2021
1 points

I block at vowels and repeat b’s and p’s and th’s, but I don’t stutter unless I take a breath. So when I talk in convos I just speak excitedly and don’t take breaths. But when I’m reading a whole page...

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commentr/StutterApr 20, 2021
1 points

I block a lot at words with an vowel at the beginning or b's and p's. so I often "connect" words while reading it softly. it doesn't sound like a big big word all together, just like you use a more so...

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commentr/StutterApr 16, 2021
1 points

good to hear, so do you not have trouble talking in groups? I get speech blocks mainly but if I try to speak through them then I'll stutter. I stutter on pretty much every consonant haha but once I ge...

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commentr/StutterApr 13, 2021
3 points

I get so stuck on M's as well, especially in very pressuring social situations! One technique my speech therapist suggested is using the slide technique so you basically would prolong the 'm' on purpo...

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postr/StutterApr 13, 2021
3 points

prolongation + filler words

prolongation + filler words most of my life I had problems with blocks. even now, blocks always occur when I speak. but since about a year, prolongations got more and more - although before that it wa...

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postr/StutterApr 12, 2021
60 points

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK I just had the worst stutter ever during my computer class while reading. I fucking hate my life why is it like this. Why can everyone read so fluently and I stutter every wor...

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