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postr/StutterJun 29, 2025
7 points

Offered a university instructor job

Offered a university instructor job I am a 24 years old male who’s been working in cybersecurity for a year now. For the past year I used to work mostly in night shifts and at clients sites so my dire...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2025
1 points

I could barely string a sentence together from 9yo until 17yo. Secondary school was f**king grim to say the least. Actively avoided speaking to classmates, except my close friends. I felt such guilt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionStrategic Swearing/CursingRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
2 points

This really clicked with me. I’m 44, and just like you, my “stutter” is seemingly brought on by certain situations that make me nervous, or self-conscious. I also have learned, since a very young age,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
2 points

It really pisses me off also. Feel free to vent i completely understand. Your name is your name, no getting around that unless you make up a name, in my opinion that's worse. I hate when I start getti...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
2 points

i really, really, really relate. feeling very stuck and hopeless about it but glad that i am fairly fluent otherwise. trying to desensitize myself to it by attempting to struggle through getting it ou...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterJun 28, 2025
57 points

I've Overcome My Stutter by 90-95%

I've Overcome My Stutter by 90-95% I'm 23 years old, male, a successful developer at my job, studying computer engineering. First, let me talk about some situations. I used to stutter. I really stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

I could barely string a sentence together from 9yo until 17yo. Secondary schools was f**king grim to say the least. Actively avoided speaking to classmates, except my close friends. I felt such gui...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionStrategic Swearing/CursingRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
-2 points

Just change your name to something that is easy to say, pick your fights. Or find a phrase where you can say your name easily and just stick to it, no matter how odd it might sound sometimes. Who ca...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
5 points

steve harvey didn’t cure his stutter. he just found the workarounds and strategies that worked best for him and just kept practicing....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterJun 28, 2025
22 points

Not being able to say your own name.

Not being able to say your own name. So yep as the title says this happened, I was at the garage getting my car booked in for some work, all was going well talking fine like a normal person. And then ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

Hey! I relate completly to your case. I also struggle with letters/phrases, and I also will try to switch out any word that I know I will have a hard time with. I am in speech therapy and it has hel...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more
postr/StutterJun 28, 2025
12 points

Almost ex-stutterer

Almost ex-stutterer Stuttering has been a big problem for me since I was about 10 years old. I was often teased, I was afraid of speaking in public and I closed in on myself. I took some courses on st...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
postr/StutterJun 28, 2025
2 points

People who stutter (Ontario, Canada)

People who stutter (Ontario, Canada) Hello everyone, I recently moved to London,ON from Vaughan, ON, and I’m looking to connect with others who stutter. Growing up, I had a severe stutter, but after ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

I too embrace my stutter. I think it's good for us and for the society. But never stop working in improving stutter....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterJun 28, 2025
5 points

can anybody relate to my case

can anybody relate to my case I feel like I have a unique case of stuttering. I stutter with certain letters and phrases which result in long blocks, this happens whether I am talking to myself or to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+1 more
postr/stuttering_supportJun 28, 2025
1 points

مشوار التأتأة.. محتاج إيد تتمدلك

مشوار التأتأة.. محتاج إيد تتمدلك كتير من الشباب بيعانوا من التأتأة، ودي حاجة ممكن تخليهم يحسوا بضيق وقلق كبير. مش سهل أبداً إنك تكون عايز تعبر عن حاجة جواك وتلاقي الكلام مش بيطلع زي ما انت عايز. المش...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

Same, I’ve considered doing it so many times but it makes me feel that I’m admitting defeat by doing that. So I give my real one, no matter how hard it is....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
2 points

“You can’t say the word? Just say it…” The look i gave this person should’ve been on tv or something lol...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
2 points

I say my name is “Q” or “TJ” something easy to say so the chance of me stuttering is low...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

Twitching is another technique that I used to use. I used to like flap my arms like a bird or twitch my legs just to say something. Not good but I understand where you are coming from....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension