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postr/StutterJul 4, 2025
3 points

Stuttering from early childhood

Stuttering from early childhood Hello everyone! I have been stuttering since I was about 5 years old, now I am almost 15. It is very difficult to live with it, especially when there is stress from exa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
postr/StutterJul 4, 2025
11 points

My stutter disappeared completely for a year long time ago and since then I can't figure out how to make it go away again

My stutter disappeared completely for a year long time ago and since then I can't figure out how to make it go away again Hi guys. It's gonna be long. I figured out that maybe there are people whose s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
1 points

Lately I've been making my brain temporarily enter singing mode if I have a block. I don't actually sing the sentence or first word, but just the first touch of the first word, long enough to get a fl...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Situational VariabilityAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
1 points

he said that wen he was younger his friend and he faked speech impediments and it stayed with him and i shouldnt be worried since i dont stutter that bad...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
0 points

no wat i wrote it myself but it just cleaned it up, this is not fake, i just have terrible grammar. Every word is mine. If i write myself it would be like this : hi, im \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 4, 2025
2 points

I went on the McGuire Program a few years ago and to be honest I thought it was a cult. It reminds me very much of a pyramid scheme, as all of the coaches are former students of the program and aren...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentAcceptance & PrideAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2025
1 points

You know, it's hard to define it. Like me, if you are someone who did not stutter since you we're born, and you developed it, it's probably because something happened, and while the problem is mental,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2025
1 points

I would say When I'm explaining something to known or unknown people Thats when I'm stuttering. Or even when arguing I'm stuck with my words....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight
postr/StutterJul 3, 2025
11 points

My dad is more bothered than my stutter than I am

My dad is more bothered than my stutter than I am I'm trying to become a flight attendant at a major airline. I've been doing a lot of research into the interview process, and I'm pretty confident tha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
postr/StutterJul 3, 2025
1 points

COOKED

COOKED What’s the point of life when you’ve been stuttering since childhood? No matter how hard you try to stay strong, you always seem to fall. And yet, every single day, you get back up and keep fig...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPropositionality & Weight+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2025
2 points

:( Without really realizing it (that ^ what you just explained), i had adopted that approach/method throughout a large part of my academic career. Long/short: - after undergrad, i entered grad scho...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Preparation & RehearsalAvoidance & SubstitutionSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
2 points

YES. I especially hate the “hehe, you forgot your own name or something?”. I’ve learned if I stutter through something really embarrassing, I repeat it immediately afterwards, and I may sometimes eve...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesAvoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
postr/StutterJul 2, 2025
3 points

I'm going to a week-long course to learn how to be a guide and present things in front of a class, in three days... I'd love some tips.

I'm going to a week-long course to learn how to be a guide and present things in front of a class, in three days... I'd love some tips. Just as the title said, Next week I'm going out of my home for a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
1 points

I also have the same problem , I can casually talk without any shutting, but when it's a time for presentation I got stuck very much and finally ended up like an idiot in front of the whole class...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
1 points

I agree that stuttering isn't JUST a result of our mentality; there are definitely other things that cause and contribute to it. I think that this person was saying that, in their experience, stutter...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2025
2 points

It is not easy to live with stutter,we all have been through that phase.You feel you are less human and all,but that is not who we are.Don't let stuttering define you.I am a Highschool teacher and i c...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career+2 more
postr/StutterJul 1, 2025
14 points

The whole situation is messed up

The whole situation is messed up Have you ever just lost hope after trying so many times to speak normally without stuttering? Like, you made a plan, set up specific exercises, maybe even booked sessi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
1 points

try air flow linking, it helps with vowels [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3bsB9wGow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3bsB9wGow) name in some situations are the hardest part for me, but the bi...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterJul 1, 2025
5 points

Teaching at a college (with a stutter)

Teaching at a college (with a stutter) I am writing this up because my effort to reachout (via a post here) was deleted. I started stuttering when I was in third grade... it continued and reached it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 30, 2025
3 points

This is so so so real, i’m the exact same way - especially with being able to hide it sometimes with substitution. but it’s hard to substitute another word for your name haha!...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names