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commentr/StutterAug 12, 2019
10 points

Back when I was younger My first job was at Jamba Juice. I was scared shitless of serving the drink but my manager made me do it. I won’t forget that manager. Anyways. I find that as a stutterer if yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
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commentr/StutterAug 12, 2019
1 points

Thank you so much. I will keep you updated. I am thinking of going in early and telling my 1st hour teacher about my stutter, and ask if he could help accommodate it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterAug 12, 2019
1 points

I have a stutter and I stream league whenever I can. Just enjoy the game and let the talking come secondary. Usually helps me over come it....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability
postr/StutterAug 12, 2019
18 points

I’m getting my first job... I need help

I’m getting my first job... I need help I have a stutter obviously since I’m on this thread. It gets pretty severe when I’m nervous, especially when I’m talking people my age. The job is at a fast foo...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 12, 2019
1 points

Hi, what I found to be helpful would be to write a script of what you most commonly say. I found that if I stutter reading the script helps me stay on task. Also it gives you a chance to eliminate...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterAug 12, 2019
3 points

After reading your story it made me realize how many things I’ve been doing in the past years that has been effecting my speech in a negative way. I replace words that I know I’m not going to stutter ...

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commentr/StutterAug 12, 2019
2 points

Let him know you have the issue, if they don’t already know, but tell them you want to learn/get better at it. If you do it long enough, you will get better at it. The only thing that irritated me i...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterAug 12, 2019
14 points

Wanting to get into a job, but scared of answering the phone to my employer :( what do i do?

Wanting to get into a job, but scared of answering the phone to my employer :( what do i do? ...

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commentr/StutterAug 12, 2019
3 points

Normally the introduction part is the first like ~20 minutes of the lesson so maybe arrive in late and just say there was traffic or something? Or you could pretend to be sick in the nurses office unt...

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commentr/StutterAug 11, 2019
2 points

You are on the right track. The way to stop being nervous is to talk more, stop worrying about stuttering, stop hiding, and accepting yourself as a stutterer. Find a support group. Volunteer, find peo...

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postr/StutterAug 11, 2019
32 points

Changing perceptions- beyond my wildest dreams

Changing perceptions- beyond my wildest dreams Presentations, radio interviews, meeting new people, striking conversations with people on the plane, comfortably using the phone in virtually any situat...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 11, 2019
3 points

I totally relate 💯. It limits me in my daily life and I hate it. I feel when im going to stutter before I even say anything. I cannot say what I wanna say most of the time....

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Quality of LifeAnticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterAug 10, 2019
1 points

I’m not sure. Some people say that over time the effect wears off. But when I tried it for the first time it did help with my stutter....

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commentr/StutterAug 10, 2019
2 points

Yeah, I'm starting to think that people who are bilingual tend to stutter more. I stutter way more when I'm speaking Arabic, it's kinda Hard to pronounce the words. Barely if ever when I'm speaking En...

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Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterAug 10, 2019
2 points

Does this count as a stutter?

Does this count as a stutter? I've been stuttering since I was about 10. Then it stopped. Then it came back for 4 years till I got proffesional help. Then it got way less. And now I'm thinking if this...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2019
2 points

I also had a SpeechEasy. I used mine for a few years until I started working remote. You can't wear it with headphones on conference calls all day! Also, it died in my ear literally right as I was be...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Assistive DevicesAvoidance & SubstitutionPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2019
2 points

Hi! I just finished school. I've had a stutter since I was about three years old also. I usually get word blocks which last indefinitely or for a few seconds. I suppose I have learnt a few things wh...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterAug 9, 2019
1 points

I've done this with friends using a phone app. I didn't seem to stutter any more than the app made my friends stutter, but I was able to overcome this new kind of stuttering much faster than my friend...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterAug 9, 2019
1 points

>Our situations are remarkably similar (your disdain for religion aside).I too aspire to be a politician some day, which for, pretty obvious reasons, necessitates fluid speech, and I seemed to be c...

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commentr/StutterAug 9, 2019
3 points

Like that meme with the guy touching his forehead: "you can't stutter if you never talk."....

Anticipation & Avoidance
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