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postr/StutterDec 4, 2025
12 points

Nervous about teaching online

Nervous about teaching online I have a chance to start teaching online and finally start earning! (i'm disabled). But I'm so nervous and stressed and feel like students won't understand me as my stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
11 points

Yes i agree. Sometimes in college when professors ask me something, I end up stuttering while answering. They stare at me weirdly sometimes and some classmates even smile a little. My friends ask me l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringFrustration & Anger+2 more
postr/StutterDec 1, 2025
10 points

A Harvard researcher said something about speech and confidence that really stuck with me

A Harvard researcher said something about speech and confidence that really stuck with me I came across something recently that I wanted to share here because I think a lot of us will relate. Dr. T...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
1 points

Been there before... in high school in my Spanish class I stuttered during a presentation and teacher docked off points for "pausing and stopping" smh...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
School & Academic LifeShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
1 points

For me I would say a small moment that I remember is popcorn reading in school. A classmate called on me and I had to read a few pages of a story to the entire class... needless to say it felt like a ...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
School & Academic LifeAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2025
2 points

I think that will be your best first step. Learn fluency shaping techniques to build up your confidence speaking in public/social settings. Uni requires lots of presentations, so the sooner you get ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
3 points

Thanks for sharing your story. We all know what you’re going through. We have been through it too. If your anxiety is so high in social settings, I think you could benefit from anti anxiety meds and...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Advice RequestsFluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
2 points

Don’t make the same mistake I did. I didn’t go to grad school because I was so embarrassed of my stutter and the thought of presenting made me sick. I regret it to this day. And in my career now I l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

I am thinking about that since I’m about to start university next year. However, can’t use any nickname around my old friends...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

Currently in my 20’s and i always think about this college was a mess no friends the ones i did have made fun of me. University is even worse presentations and stuff I’m avoiding them for now not sure...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

Every time I have to speak in front of a huge group of people all i could think about is that one time in college when i was taking public speaking class and everyone was peer reviewing each other out...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2025
1 points

I’m not sure on the what exact scenario to use, but all I know is that you will definitely have to include multiple minutes of footage before the actual interaction if it’s something like ordering foo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2025
3 points

Reading in class or having to do a presentation is something that kills me inside. I try to control my stutter but it is difficult, like lifting a weight, a really heavy one, and as soon as I stutter ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2025
1 points

I hear you. Its really heart breaking as a parent to see your child struggling in speaking. My 13 year old son has the same journey. Stutter since 4 and started speech at 2.5 for late speaking. We sto...

Parent & CaregiverSchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Parent Emotions & GuiltSchool & Academic LifeHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2025
2 points

Hello, stutterer since I was 4 (accident). Support her no matter what, listen to her, let her speak at home without finishing the sentences. Just let her know she is accepted with all the issues she h...

Community & SupportParent & CaregiverSchool & Work
Validation & EmpathyHome SupportSchool & Academic Life
postr/StutterNov 24, 2025
4 points

Sharing something

Sharing something So I like to share something about my current situation right now, I'm 20 years old and pursuing MBA and as you guys know that in MBA we have to give a lot of presentations and all, ...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hope & MotivationSchool & Academic Life
postr/StutterNov 24, 2025
6 points

Giving a presentation at university tomorrow

Giving a presentation at university tomorrow so ive been lurking in this sub for a long time and i never post, but today i just feel the need to. so im a guy with severe stutter coupled with social en...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2025
1 points

I have a number of colleagues who use an application called CaselyAI, it let's you practice your presentation and then gives you feedback on things like filler words, speaking speed, clarity etc. It a...

Coping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Fluency TechniquesSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2025
1 points

I have a number of colleagues who use an application called CaselyAI, it let's you practice your presentation and then gives you feedback on things like filler words, speaking speed, clarity etc. It a...

Coping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Fluency TechniquesSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
1 points

I’ve been a life long stutterer however I noticed my triggers in childhood stemmed from my overbearing mother and twin sister who would always talk over or interrupt me. I was always shy but became in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Experiential AssociationAvoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability+2 more