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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
1 points

I also love to sing and it’s not because I’m good at it. I find the fluency freeing. Stuttered my whole life. Much less so as an adult. But yeah saying my name when meeting new people is a very com...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesSituational Variability+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
2 points

I suffer from the same thing. I'm really bad with saying my name. So I've found that saying something before my name makes it a lot easier like "my name is Max" instead of just saying Max....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
1 points

I am Canadian, 33 years old, and I have heard this a hundred times. It makes me avoid meeting people because I can never get my name out and my first impression is generally bad. Even people who turn...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
1 points

Maybe if you read better I said “for some stutters” I personally don’t have any specific sounds it’s just sometimes I stutter & sometimes I say the same word fine. Don’t assume what I ment read what I...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Feared Words & Names
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
2 points

I’m a professor at a state university. Nothing has really changed. Although one thing I’ve struggled with is telling strangers I’m a professor. I always laugh afterwards about what they thought about ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2025
1 points

I’ve had the stutter for as long as I can remember. I mostly stutter when I’m anxious or on certain words like my name and job title. It’s easier for me to speak to my family and close friends. I don’...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment+2 more
postr/StutterDec 1, 2025
2 points

Is stuttering and speech block permanent

Is stuttering and speech block permanent 21M here and I have been stuttering a lot and having speech block. I don't know when exactly did I started experiencing this problem but the earliest I can rec...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesFeared Words & NamesLoss of Control+3 more
postr/StutterNov 30, 2025
11 points

Block type stuttering suffer

Block type stuttering suffer Hey, I’m a 20-yo who has been dealing with block-type stuttering since I was a kid. I have some mild repetitive stuttering too, but it doesn’t bother me nearly as much as ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
1 points

Was giving a presentation to the CEO and upper management folks, I was stuck on the word "Analysis" and kept saying - anal...anal...anal like an idiot....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
1 points

BROOOOOO saying my name is crazy but i stuttere very very mildly...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
1 points

I have issues ordering food, like many other people do. When I was on campus and visiting particular spots often enough, people would learn what I wanted and understood that the words wouldn't always ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
1 points

Using your name mid sentence usually helps. For example, saying “HeyI’mAlex” by linking and flowing each word into the next significantly reduces blocks. If we start with just “Alex”, there’s a high...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesPreparation & Rehearsal+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

Well meeting new people is the biggest issue. Like I can’t meet any new pistols especially girls since I know how will I tell my name. I’m thinking of using a nickname but can’t use that around my old...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+2 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

I had to deal with this every 2 days in a class last year because we would have to talk to someone new every time and ofc people expect you to introduce yourself. Sometimes it came out and other times...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
3 points

I wonder if its "chicken or the egg" with this. My most difficult first letter sounds just happen to be the start of my first and last name and my occupation...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
7 points

This isn’t true. Some words or vowels are harder to say for some stutters it’s not about emotions....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
13 points

Dont think its a long term fix. The reason you stutter in your name is because its emotionally charged. The same will happen to your new name....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
2 points

I feel this, I stutter on my name every time I say it and I have to introduce myself to strangers every day for my job. I always say though “I’m sorry I have a stutter” when I introduce myself so the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment+2 more
postr/StutterNov 26, 2025
9 points

I so much want to change my name

I so much want to change my name I hate my name. Stutter alone is enough and in top of that I have a name which is extremely hard to pronounce. This literally stops me from meeting new people even tho...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment