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postr/StutterJun 21, 2019
7 points

This is just to make each individual who reads this laugh in solidarity so we can all give each other one big bro-hug (and sis-hugs where applicable)......Click me:

This is just to make each individual who reads this laugh in solidarity so we can all give each other one big bro-hug (and sis-hugs where applicable)......Click me: Them: What...you don’t remember you...

Community & SupportAnticipation & Avoidance
Humor & Community ToneAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 21, 2019
2 points

For B, try starting a word with the “mmm” sound almost like you’re humming. Instead of saying “boy” say “mmboy”. Soon you’ll get better at using this and only have to make the humming noise for a spli...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 21, 2019
4 points

Chick fil a is my favorite restaurant because I can order from the phone app, but pick it up in the drive through. It makes me feel a little better about drive throughs and I can get what I want....

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Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterJun 21, 2019
68 points

sometimes when I am felling like mad lad. i order food in the drive through.

sometimes when I am felling like mad lad. i order food in the drive through. then i ask for the food I want to eat instead of the food that is easy for me to say...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJun 21, 2019
2 points

Jesus B and D specifically give me hell. I just try to avoid words with those letters or change up a word...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 20, 2019
2 points

A lot of what I say starts as a sound/a complete block. Just air coming out and a mouth noise lol. Something i've been practicing with my speech therapist is "light contact". Basically just trying to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 20, 2019
3 points

This may sound odd, and not always doable depending on context, but with how my stutter used to work (for the most part I grew out of it in my early 20's but occasionally run into a block when I'm tir...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 20, 2019
3 points

My stutter has ruined countless punch lines. It's almost worse when everyone just politely waits for you to spit it out and half asses a laugh . "I don't need your sympathy chuckles you fucks" usuall...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 20, 2019
1 points

i try to use the glide one or whatever it’s actually called but it doesn’t work very much, i just tend to avoid it lol...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 20, 2019
1 points

Yeah, I have a few more hard letters. But, B has been my biggest trip up for some time. Do you use any techniques?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 20, 2019
1 points

I get that. If I wait and say a sentence in my head before saying it, it's way worse and I intensely focus on every word. If I'm caught off guard and have to speak, it's oftentimes completely fluent. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 20, 2019
12 points

Same thing happens to me. Then you repeat the line, and people because don't realize it's a joke they're confused for a second until they do a mental switch to "oh, he's making a joke" and the entire ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingDisclosure & Telling Others
postr/StutterJun 20, 2019
21 points

Stutter during Piano Lesson

Stutter during Piano Lesson So I had a piano lesson this morning and my teacher, who is brilliant, always uses analogies and demonstrations to help explain what he means. So in order to tell me to clo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHumor & Community Tone
commentr/StutterJun 19, 2019
1 points

this took me back to my chemistry viva session's . I couldn't get a word out of my mouth even though I know the answer to every question they were asking . during those session's I couldn't stop my co...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJun 19, 2019
1 points

Lol yeah. I used to have this habit of starting all my sentences with the sound '' Uh '' to build momentum. No matter what I said, I always said '' Uh '' first. And my friend would tease me for it....

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Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 19, 2019
1 points

It's worse on the phone yeah. I was once applying for a job, and then guy kept hanging up on me because he thought I was pranking him or conning him because my answers took too long. lol...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 19, 2019
3 points

I kinda get what you're talking. Is it spontaneity? Spontaneous quick speech? Sometimes when I wait before I say someting, I stutter a lot. But if I say it without even thinking about it, it comes out...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2019
6 points

i wouldn't mind, i personally think it'd help me get rid of my stutter...

Anticipation & AvoidanceMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2019
1 points

I swallow my letters too. Just try to .......speak slower? I don't know, just wanted to say that I have this too so you're not alone....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2019
1 points

Oh shit! I think I just understood the connection! My mom sometimes gets irritated when I stutter and when I gnash my teeth together, and I think I gnashing my teeth together us me trying to prevent s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger