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commentr/StutterJul 4, 2019
1 points

If i talk to someone i dont think know my language i speak fluently. If i dont think the other guy in the phone is listening i speak fluently....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2019
3 points

I don't have a very severe stutter. It was more pronounced when I was younger, but it's still there hiding, I block on certain words sometimes. I recognise what you mean with it being worse from time ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterJul 4, 2019
2 points

Need advice and help over stuttering

Need advice and help over stuttering My reaching 1/4 of my life, am reaching adulthood soon. Some of us might be excited. Not for me. I have been a quiet, shy and well-reserved individual in school an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
postr/StutterJul 4, 2019
3 points

Advice Needed. Please Help

Advice Needed. Please Help Diagnosed as a non-stutterer 2 times but encounter speech blocking during high tension-inducing situations (interviews). ​ Im fluent in daily casual conversatio...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
2 points

I don't, no one 'likes' a stutter. You just learn to cope with it and it becomes just an inconvenience rather than a ponder or something to worry about. When you get used to something you become natu...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
1 points

I don't like it and I have learned to live with it. I've dealt with it for over 25 years as well. I mean I wouldn't have accomplished the things I have accomplished in my life if I couldn't live with ...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Quality of LifeAvoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
2 points

I hear you mate. I’m 31, and a pastor so I sing/speak in front of hundreds each week and it’s a part of who I am. It’s tough and not a fun road. Most people will never understand the shame that a simp...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
3 points

I like the hiking analogy. It sounds like you look at the bigger picture. It was painful on the hike but you saw some great sites so it was all worth it. I don't necessarily think the same could be sa...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Quality of LifeAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
1 points

Talking slower can have an effect. however, people who are not trained speech therapists or other stutters should not be telling stutterers that. We know our speech and our speech patterns, we know ho...

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

I totally understand what you’re saying. I feel like I stutter more when I am thinking about it or worrying about it. I’ve recently started to be more open about my stutter. When I began grad school, ...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersAcceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
2 points

I cant so relate to that, all the question like where do you live and how old are you... You just sound like you are not sure...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
1 points

I stutter from birth. I also have problems with aggression from birth, so when I get excited, my stuttering becomes apparent. because of this, as a child, for many months I was afraid to talk, I wa...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalStress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2019
1 points

Same. I can't express myself the way I want to. Coupled with social anxiety, I hardly even express myself at all. I trudge on every day but the future seems bleak and that's fairly depressing to think...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSadness & HopelessnessAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2019
3 points

As a kid I was very embarrassed over my stutter when it comes to people I'm not close to so everywhere I was this mute werido. Now it's social anxiety and well I still think stuttering is my biggest e...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2019
3 points

Yeah, totally. It's hard to engage in a real conversation for very long without becoming exhausted, and it's easier to just avoid conversation altogether than trying to duck out at some point. I fee...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Quality of LifeAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2019
2 points

I talk with my hands too, but when I stutter my hands stop moving so I'm basically a statue...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2019
2 points

I do that when I’m having a bad day with my speech, so I attempt to explain with gestures before I actually say what I mean...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2019
3 points

I felt this so much. Once I was eating out with my buddy and the waitress must of thought I had finished, even though my plate still had food on it. She picked up my plate, said thank you and walked ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2019
24 points

On that fateful morning, I would grab a coffee and make smalltalk with the barista. Henceforth, I would make smalltalk with everyone. Basically, I'd become my dad....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2019
1 points

I honestly did not think about it like that, i honestly just discovered 3 years ago that i do stutter, before that i just been told i was a fast speaker or don't really pronounce all my words.. but yo...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution