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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 27, 2025
5 points

Struggling with decision for Master’s abroad due to stutter and debt

Struggling with decision for Master’s abroad due to stutter and debt Hi everyone, I’m a working professional from India with 4 years of experience. I had a mild stutter in school, which became moderat...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2025
5 points

I'm right there with you. It's always so anxiety-inducing *before* the presentation, and instead of being relief that it's over, it was just a dread of "well now they think I'm dumb" *after*. The thin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

obviously he has a stutter but very mild one we stutter when we get nervous and especially in fromt of many people (at least for me)...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 1, 2025
1 points

If you think you would not be able to manage your stutter in the interview, it would probably be best to self disclose in the beginning. This may help set you more at ease and the interviewer will kn...

Social & Relationships
Disclosure & Telling OthersAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterMar 19, 2025
2 points

48F and blocking! Mostly hidden but more and more apparent if I speak with more people (I hate work calls)....

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesHiding & ConcealmentAudience Scale & Group Size
postr/StutterFeb 17, 2025
12 points

People stop talking just to listen to me, which makes me feel pressured to finish my sentence quickly

People stop talking just to listen to me, which makes me feel pressured to finish my sentence quickly It's supposed to be a good thing, right? The class is usually busy in themselves during lectures, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2025
1 points

Hey I also used to live with flatmates in my first year at uni. They were mostly girls (I'm M) lol so a little bit different, at the time my stutter wasn't too bad. My advice would be to occasionally...

Social & Relationships
Friendships & BelongingFamily Support & ConflictAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2025
2 points

Last time we’ve had 6. The point is to get as many people as possible so we can simulate real life stress in comfortable environment...

Social & Relationships
Audience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterFeb 7, 2025
3 points

that's the thing isn't it? In a discussion between non-stutterers they are constantly interrupting one another. but from what I’ve read in comments here, stutterers don’t like being interrupted, and...

School & WorkIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Access & RightsStigma & BullyingSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2025
1 points

Don't worry about the speech, what ever happens happens, no sense in worrying about what's out of your control.  But how we react to it is within our control.  We can still smile after.  If you want t...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
1 points

Good idea! But sometimes for me it's weird that, I do stutter in online calls. Don't know why, but I think it's because in face to face interaction I would use some gestures and movements that facilit...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
1 points

How does this align with what SLP’s who *specialize in dysfluency* suggest - put yourself in uncomfortable speaking positions, look toward the listener, disclose or use voluntary repetitions? What ar...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAudience Scale & Group Size+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2025
1 points

Sometimes. You usually have the option to rerecord if you don't like it. Where does the pressure to be fluent come from? ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
8 points

if i know that i’ll need to be speaking in any kind of public setting, a trick i do that lessens my stammering is wearing one earbud and playing a song i find to be motivating. set the volume to a lev...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Environmental TriggersAudience Scale & Group Size
postr/StutterJan 25, 2025
10 points

A question of etiquette in the service industry

A question of etiquette in the service industry I work at a bar and have a regular customer who struggles to speak. I would be very grateful for anyone who deals with this that can shine some light on...

Social & Relationships
Listener ReactionsAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2025
3 points

We all stutter differently. You can let the other person know that you stutter and it can take you a bit of time to say some things. When you state that, the other person won’t expect fluency from you...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling OthersAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
9 points

It's interesting, I have a severe stutter but when I'm alone I can spend hours talking out loud and not a single blockage, but the moment I perceive or think that someone may be listening to me, a "cl...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social JudgmentAudience Scale & Group Size
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2025
2 points

This is where I literally can’t get a word in haha. I want so much to just be able to chime in or squeeze in a joke or something but i have gotten used to being quieter in group settings. The bigger t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAudience Scale & Group SizeAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2025
8 points

Only in large social groups where a million people are all talking over each other and the conversation is going super fast, then I tend to not talk as when I pause to stutter, people speak over me. B...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more