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commentr/StutterMay 11, 2021
1 points

Yea definitely unheard of, you are probably just going through a more severe episode with speech at the moment. I have a mild stutter and take SSRIs and nothing happened with my speech....

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Anticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2021
1 points

Interesting, because even when I had a severe stutter, I could talk quite fluently in a case of emergency....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2021
10 points

I had twice to call an ambulance, not of a person dying but still, because all the non-stutters were to afraid. I would prefer somebody else to do that, but i didn't let my stutter be hurting somebody...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterMay 9, 2021
2 points

same i know if i’m going to stutter on a word before i say it so i just have blocks...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 9, 2021
8 points

I'm not a therapist. But after receiving speech therapy (over 20 years ago), I certainly recognize his blocks and his techniques. I'm actually surprised with the number of times I've observed him dro...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnticipating Stuttering
postr/StutterMay 8, 2021
12 points

Would be interested in a professional speech therapists observations regarding Joe Biden's stutter

Would be interested in a professional speech therapists observations regarding Joe Biden's stutter Frequently, Joe Biden's speech sounds slurred, as if he were intoxicated with alcohol. Clearly, that ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterMay 8, 2021
4 points

Good on you for not letting your stutter win over you. Best tip I can say is to try to maintain eye contact and take subtle pauses and breaths if you feel an upcoming stutter. You got this!...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAnticipating Stuttering
postr/StutterMay 8, 2021
37 points

Starting a new job this week at a cinema and have an interview for a retail job this week!

Starting a new job this week at a cinema and have an interview for a retail job this week! Okay so I had a zoom interview for a cinema job and I got told I aced it which I was happy about. I just trie...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 7, 2021
2 points

That's maybe the worst piece of advice you can get. Talking spontaneously actually helps you to be fluent. Of course, it takes lots of practice to be able to be spontaneous....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2021
3 points

Everybody with stuttering try that...but the thing that makes blocks is FEAR....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2021
2 points

I'm sorry that you're going through this. There is no magic cure, but medicine can help quite a lot, my man. Maybe see your doctor and ask him what he can do. Benzos usually help, but they are pretty ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMay 5, 2021
13 points

Ways to avoid stuttering

Ways to avoid stuttering When you stutter, are you sometimes able to tell which word in the sentence you are going to stutter on? It happens to me a lot and it’s kinda like looming threat that I can’t...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2021
4 points

I hate E because I always stutter on it AND it’s the first letter of my name, so I almost always stutter when people ask my name...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & NamesAnticipating Stuttering
postr/StutterMay 2, 2021
13 points

I keep overthinking and it’s driving me mad

I keep overthinking and it’s driving me mad I have found in the last couple of years in particular I have started to overthink about my stutter and everything around it so much. I’m 17 now and I’m at ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
postr/StutterApr 27, 2021
34 points

Why is it that I can say all the words in such an eloquent way when I am on my own but as soon as someone is near me I start to stutter so bad?

Why is it that I can say all the words in such an eloquent way when I am on my own but as soon as someone is near me I start to stutter so bad? So I am taking Spanish classes right now and due to reas...

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Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2021
1 points

I can't for the life of me understand why it comes on and off in such random words in the middle of sentences but I do think the severity of it has something to do with our nerves in the sense where l...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2021
3 points

You need to go through more training. At 19 you may need a different type of therapy like mind training and different ways of speaking. Everyone has pressure. I'm 60 and have Parkinson's and stuttered...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterApr 23, 2021
1 points

That happens to me as well. Though, sometimes even when I am prepared, if I'm under a lot of pressure (say a class presentation or having to say something I have scripted but I know it's being recorde...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterApr 22, 2021
6 points

Unique situation

Unique situation Hi all. I just joined this sub and have been lurking around. I have stuttered throughout my whole life. Although speech therapy has almost eliminated it completely, I have noticed tha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2021
2 points

I read a book a while back about how to stop stuttering and it said that planning your words before hand is the worst thing you can do because you psych yourself up for it and it becomes a self fulfil...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & Monitoring