commentr/StutterDecember 3, 2022

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Edit: I thought that was a response to my comment in the cross posted thread. Lol. Read that for more info. That wasn't really the take away I had hoped if you read the whole thing. I was trying to change my mindset in regard to my social anxieties through philosophy and meditation for years prior. That did a lot of the heavy lifting so I could just hang out with friends and shoot the shit without analyzing my words so much. Stuff like job interviews, or asking a girl I really really liked out I still thought was super serious, and my stutter would come back full force. I took LSD with friends with no specific intent, and everything became absolutely hilarious. While tripping I started to think about all the "serious" situations that made me stutter in the past and how nothing serious ever really came about from them. The interviews that didn't go well? Fine I had 10 others that did with people I was comfortable with. Asking a girl out? Same deal. Even if it was serious, like calling 911 when a friend attempted suicide -- my stammer was completely irrelevant to how that unfolded and I still got the job done of getting paramedics there. It let me look at all these embarrassing memories without feeling embarrassed or giving a single fuck in the present. Essentially I stopped caring if I was going to stutter or not, and in that mindset the stutter very quickly just stopped happening. I may be the exception not the rule, and I recommend trying to change your mindset without drugs first.

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Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyMeds & Substances

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Genetic & Family FactorsMindfulness & BreathingPsychedelics & Microdosing