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commentr/StutterMay 2, 2025
3 points

I’m trying to create a solution to the whole “fluency when speaking alone thing”, do you wanna theorize with me sometime? I absolutely hate stuttering and how much it drains you....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift
postr/StutterMay 2, 2025
38 points

Stuttering is ruining my life.

Stuttering is ruining my life. Stuttering is literally ruining my life. Whenever I go to conversate with strangers (or with most relatives), I'm not even able to pronounce the first letter of the sent...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
postr/StutterMay 2, 2025
5 points

My secondary behaviors have increased like hell (Need advice for adult stuttering)

My secondary behaviors have increased like hell (Need advice for adult stuttering) Hi, I'm 28 years old and work as an English teacher at high school level in my country. My stutter is normally in the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 2, 2025
4 points

:( When i was younger (11-15 or so), my stutter morphed into "blocks" like u describe. During that time, i could not even answer a phone and say "hello" - it just won't come out! It would feel as if...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterMay 2, 2025
3 points

Same thing happens with me it's like my throat lock up when I am trying to say something. It only happens when I am introducing myself and on phone calls or in a public transport. I think it happens b...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names+1 more
postr/StutterMay 1, 2025
14 points

Block type stuttering

Block type stuttering Guys u have been dealing with thus for the past two years, imaging you want to say something Important and then you pause involuntary can't even say the word for about 15 sec and...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
postr/StutterMay 1, 2025
93 points

Despite having a stutter, I've led a relatively remarkable life.

Despite having a stutter, I've led a relatively remarkable life. As I sit here after a long shift at the hospital, I can't help but think that I've had a pretty good life despite this damn stutter. L...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2025
3 points

Yes. It hurts in conversations because I’ll be ready with a joke and the timing gets butchered because I can’t get it out exactly when I want it to land. So frustrating....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Frustration & AngerAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2025
3 points

Yeah I feel that way. I avoid certain words to not stutter and sometimes it messes me up bc what I’m trying to avoid to say , I can’t find the close word that make sense to what I’m trying to say....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2025
1 points

I stopped all techniques and the focus on fluency. We worked on reducing avoidances and slowly get myself to let myself stutter on sounds ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
10 points

Do yall ever feel like when you talk your talking in a hesitate way like always like it feel like you never talking the way you wanna talk

Do yall ever feel like when you talk your talking in a hesitate way like always like it feel like you never talking the way you wanna talk ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationLoss of Control
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
31 points

Does anyone else stutter a lot around certain people but barely at all around others?

Does anyone else stutter a lot around certain people but barely at all around others? For some reason, there are certain people who I stutter way more around than other people. It seems to be complete...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation+2 more
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
2 points

Stutter appearing after quarantine

Stutter appearing after quarantine Okay so: as a child, I had some slight speech problems but never saw a specialist. I remember people being barely able to understand me because I spoke too fast, wit...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightSeverity & Fluctuation+2 more
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
20 points

Stutter is destroying the dream I fought for

Stutter is destroying the dream I fought for Hi, I suffer from severe stutter when I speak another language than my native and its almost destroying my life. I have suffered from depression and abusiv...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 30, 2025
2 points

is there any hope for me

is there any hope for me currently crying in bed as i write this but i'm a high school student and i started out okay in my previous years in terms of social confidence and speaking to people despite,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
17 points

My life, my nightmare.

My life, my nightmare. Hello! I don't even know where to start so I'm going to start from the beginning! 😂 I suffer from stuttering since I go to high school at least that I remember, it all started...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying+2 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
1 points

making friends is impossible

making friends is impossible I've been trying to make friends but I'm embarrassed. Someone I've recently became friends with is a really good dude and is understanding of my issue. But he's wanting ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying+1 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
19 points

I can't take it anymore

I can't take it anymore Iam 25M currently pursuing b.ed course and as you all know.. b.ed course is full of presentation and its taking a heavy toll on me to get laughed at every presentation session...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
29 points

Neglected in childhood, severe stutter, no therapy, now unemployed

Neglected in childhood, severe stutter, no therapy, now unemployed Are there people here with severe stuttering, whose speech problem was completely neglected by their parents and they never went to a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying+1 more
postr/StutterApr 29, 2025
8 points

I want to accept my stutter without letting hateful comments get to me

I want to accept my stutter without letting hateful comments get to me For a couple years I’ve been “suppressing” my stutter bc I didn’t want my bf to make fun of me, but he says it’s cute so I try no...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingShame & Embarrassment+1 more