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commentr/StutterDec 8, 2025
6 points

I'm not c0sm0 but they're absolutely right. I still stutter but have reduced it significantly by simply being more confident in myself. Which is of course easier said than done My take is to push you...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationHiding & ConcealmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 8, 2025
12 points

For me it looked like confronting my avoidance behaviors over and over again. For example, I used to avoid the phone like the plague and would work myself up every time I needed to use the phone, and ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterDec 7, 2025
2 points

I regularly say this at the start of important calls, meetings with new people etc, even though I consider myself mentally over my stutter. It both defuses the stuttering (it's already brought up so i...

Social & RelationshipsAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Disclosure & Telling OthersHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterDec 7, 2025
2 points

i used to do this all the time, but now i try to not to hide my stutter. if i feel a block coming i usually tell other people that i need to write something down (i use a text to speech app to help me...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
2 points

i do this too if it’s a specific word with no substitute. ill either spell it out, write it down, feign ignorance, or tell the other person im having a hard time getting the word out and then give the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
13 points

Yes I do this lol. I pretend I've forgotten the word and maybe even give hints to the other person so they can help me "remember" it. Oddly, once they say it, then I can say it too (sometimes perfectl...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterDec 6, 2025
1 points

Anyone else do this?

Anyone else do this? Recently, I've noticed that when I'm experiencing a word "block"(I think that's what it's called), I pretend like I've forgotten the word or the subject at matter. It's that, or I...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
1 points

Sounds like you're just too lazy to put the work in. "Life on Delay" by John Hendrickson is a memoir that delivers hard-won, practical advice for stutterers: Accept permanence. Letting go of the "fl...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureDisclosure & Telling Others+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
2 points

>Omg I do the cussing thing and the forgetting the word thing, I always say f\*cking in every hard sentence I know I can’t say normally. My friend think I have such bad memory cause I’m there like “...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
3 points

Omg I do the cussing thing and the forgetting the word thing, I always say f*cking in every hard sentence I know I can’t say normally. My friend think I have such bad memory cause I’m there like “wa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionStrategic Swearing/CursingHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
2 points

I (m34) stuttered since I was about 7 years old, but I only got really conscious about it when I went to highschool, around the age of 12. High school always felt like different territory than primary...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStrategic Swearing/Cursing+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
3 points

I was at a bar and already high on dxm which made my stuttering much worse and was attempting to order two michelob ultras and couldn’t get it out. The bartender just said what and my friend ordered i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & ProlongationsHiding & Concealment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
2 points

i would really recommend being upfront about your stutter from the beginning. i know it feels embarrassing to say “just so you know i have a stutter!” but honestly telling people lets your mind shift ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
1 points

Many of our speaking environments include strangers. If you have a covert stutter, your listener won’t even know that avoiding eye contact or unexpected pauses are how your stutter presents. We ne...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
2 points

I’m a stuttering lawyer. I say what I want when I want to. I stutter in almost every sentence. And I still go to court in front of a judge. And you know how I do that? I’ve accepted my stutter. I do...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
3 points

You can absolutely work on reducing your stuttering, using fluency techniques if you need to, or masking it if you can. The problem is that stuttering is a neurological disorder—so you'll never be com...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/stutteringDec 5, 2025
1 points

I have stuttered since i was around 7 years old! I dont stutter all the time tho i used to stutter at every other word when i started stuttering it gotten better for me speaking for me is easier w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
5 points

Some people do it. It might be because you're ashamed and how it looks when you stutter so you cover your mouth to hide it. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterDec 4, 2025
4 points

I Want Freedom.

I Want Freedom. I’m 15, male, living in India, and stuttering has turned my life into a constant struggle. I can’t even have a normal conversation. I can’t even say my own name—if someone asks, I fre...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterDec 4, 2025
16 points

21M Stammering + severe anxiety + depression destroyed my confidence after joining college .Need real advice

21M Stammering + severe anxiety + depression destroyed my confidence after joining college .Need real advice I am a 21-year-old CS student. Till class 12th I had only had very mild stuttering (once in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more