postr/StutterApril 9, 2013

do any of you guys have phone anxiety caused by your stutters?

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do any of you guys have phone anxiety caused by your stutters? So theres occasions where i need to make a phone call and its mostly when something is important i get really anxious that I'll stutter or stammer, i have trouble with K's and C's and once i needed to call my moms job and couldn't say her name and kept saying umm umm umm trying not to stutter or stammer, ive found when i think about it more it gets worse but i dont know to deal with it have any of you had similar experiences?

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Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering

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Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages

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