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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2024
7 points

There’s actually a LOT you can do about your stutter, especially if you have fear based blocks and avoidance behaviors....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2024
1 points

I always have problems when making phone calls, not answering but just picking up the phone up and calling anyone. I’m so glad texting is so wide spread and an acceptable way to communicate now....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2024
9 points

Yeah it's another stuttering mystery, just like using the telephone.. I now just go inside and use the self order to save embrassment...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2024
4 points

the mental battle was the hardest, getting it out of my head that people were judging me every time I spoke...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterOct 17, 2024
1 points

Order Ahead Apps: better but not perfect! [Venting]

Order Ahead Apps: better but not perfect! [Venting] So, I love the apps. Grocery app is the most important but fast food apps are good when I need nutrients and don't/can't cook or if I need to limit ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterOct 17, 2024
16 points

How I Overcame Stuttering in Just One Year: My Personal Journey to Fluency

How I Overcame Stuttering in Just One Year: My Personal Journey to Fluency Hey everyone! I just discovered this subreddit and I’m really excited to share my journey of overcoming stuttering, which I d...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentMindset shift+2 more
postr/StutterOct 16, 2024
11 points

Standing up for ourselves

Standing up for ourselves Hello fellow community members, I am writing today to ask for some help with my research and submission of a disability act. (Let me explain) I live in a country that are s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterOct 15, 2024
1 points

Passport Note?

Passport Note? Hi In June this year I was flying to Stockholm, and I unfortunately had to book BA for the flights from Glasgow to Stockholm via Heathrow. The second flight pushed back and we got pull...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
1 points

Sounds like your speech therapists don’t have training in dysfluency! All of the “techniques” you mentioned are unlikely to help, and can make it worse. If you get fear-based hard silent blocks and...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 15, 2024
3 points

As others have said, this guy sounds like a jerk and I’m sorry you got hurt by him. Also, in regards to your second sentence - I struggled for years trying to hide my stutter and it caused nothing bu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
17 points

I let stuttering take my teen years, my 20's and it's about to take my 30's. I've never dated, had my first kiss or held hands or any of that. I don't know what it's like to enjoy a conversation. I ha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
1 points

Again... the sheer arrogance. You know absolutely nothing about stuttering. You've never lived with it nor had to think about it for longer than 2 seconds. Allow me to educate you since you clearly di...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
0 points

Answering your original question. I do feel drained after a difficult day of having to speak a lot and trying to cover my stutter. What I need to do is I need to be alone and just recharge. Like im do...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
13 points

+1 more thing to add: I also left this Subreddit during my process to not see anything related to stuttering. I did not want to get reminded of anything related to stuttering. So just add that +1 to...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterOct 13, 2024
14 points

How should I get out and meet friends as a stutterer?

How should I get out and meet friends as a stutterer? So I (m20) Have stuttered ever since I was like 7 and it's usually pretty moderate, Sometimes it can be severe but The past couple of years I have...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentFriendships & Belonging+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
2 points

I do not think i could be able to work in a call centre, i believe i have learned to mask my stutter but im not that comfortable with it to work with phones😂...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
3 points

Hang in there my stutter is worse for some reason I used to not care, now I get really frustrated when I stutter and mostly avoid talking when I don’t have to. Plus is anyone here from NYC?...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Frustration & AngerHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
3 points

That’s fair… Also, I did specify to know what a stutter TRULY is. I’d argue that bc stuttering is so well known in pop-culture, that makes the gap between true thorough understanding and “knowing th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
2 points

You don’t need years of a dysfluency degree to know what a stutter is, it’s one of the most common disabilities in pop culture. Idk, you’re right that there’s people out there who are genuinely carin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
3 points

Wait…someone asking if you are ok after you display unexpected behavior (often including appearing to be fearful or have trouble breathing) is an asshole thing? Most people have no idea what a stutte...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentMedicalization / Neurodiversity