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commentr/stutteringDec 6, 2025
1 points

What if you do stutter when you are alone? I read out loud when I'm alone and I still stutter when reading, sometimes I cannot get certain words out and I skip them....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationGenetic & Family FactorsRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2025
1 points

Basically there’s this friend I have whose extremely articulate and she talks very fast. She doesn’t use filler words either. Which kind of reduces my stutter somehow? But the opposite also happens. I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Experiential AssociationSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2025
2 points

Maybe so, but it also happens to me, for example, when someone speaks before me and doesn't speak well, either because they stutter a little and don't have good diction or they speak quickly, it makes...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Experiential AssociationSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
2 points

Thank you for you comment! Very interesting that we don't stutter talking to ourselves, isn't it??...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Experiential AssociationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
1 points

Maybe because around strangers you subconsciously try harder at implementing fluency shaping strategies more than around family, where your guard is down? Is there any unresolved tension between your...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Experiential AssociationStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2025
1 points

I can get multiple words out when I am alone. I can talk pretty well, I just still do stutter and block, usually on the Th sound , S sound and a few more sounds . I can be fluent when I sing. My main...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsSituational Variability+1 more
postr/StutterNov 24, 2025
12 points

Speech impediment triggered by family

Speech impediment triggered by family Hi guys, I’m 20F and I've recently came to the conclusion that my stutter and lisp are only triggered around my family — I’m home on a school break and I'm strugg...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Experiential AssociationCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2025
3 points

Im an extrovert at heart, one time in my life I had many friends and an outgoing life. Now because of my stutter I am an insecure, paranoid and frightened stuttering mess. I feel like a fragile leaf a...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyExperiential Association+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2025
1 points

I have a very bizarre condition. My stuttering worsens when I visit my hometown. I find it relatively easy to speak when I am away from my birthplace....

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Cycles & RandomnessExperiential Association
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
1 points

What happens if you stutter a lot when you talk to YOURSELF? My stuttering is VERY weird!...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Cycles & RandomnessExperiential Association
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
1 points

I’ve been a life long stutterer however I noticed my triggers in childhood stemmed from my overbearing mother and twin sister who would always talk over or interrupt me. I was always shy but became in...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Experiential AssociationAvoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability+2 more
postr/StutterNov 13, 2025
3 points

Do you stutter when you are alone?

Do you stutter when you are alone? For context, I can shout at the top of my lungs without blocking a single syllable if I know no one can hear me. I can read, sing, pronounce adrenaline and whatnot. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationSituational VariabilityRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterNov 12, 2025
10 points

Just sth

Just sth Tomorrow, I’ll be meeting my childhood friend after two years (the first time since her marriage) and her parents will be there too. But every time I meet her, it feels like I go back to sq...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Experiential AssociationBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 11, 2025
1 points

You need to pay attention and figure out why and when you stutter. I just met a guy who is a happy-going person and I realized I’ve never stuttered around him. My family is always intense, and so I’...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Experiential AssociationStress & Fight/FlightSituational Variability+1 more
postr/StutterNov 10, 2025
6 points

What goes around comes around

What goes around comes around I want to share with you this crazy story. I recently knew that my biggest bully in elementary school (who bullied me for my stutter), her current boyfriend stutters too....

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Experiential AssociationStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterNov 7, 2025
14 points

How do I interact with a stutterer I recently met/dating? Please read & advise, I am at a loss.

How do I interact with a stutterer I recently met/dating? Please read & advise, I am at a loss. There’s this guy I went on two dates with. He’s handsome, has a nice voice, a decent career. he has a ve...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringExperiential AssociationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
1 points

My therapist used to say "Stuttering is what stutterers do when they try not to stutter.", and I believe that. When I am alone, I can talk better than anyone. When I am around someone, talking to so...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. MaskingExperiential Association
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
3 points

Curious. Is English your first language? Do you train the dogs in German? Do you stutter in German? Coincidentally I’ve been learning German for 3-4 years. Yes. I still stutter in German 😂...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Situational VariabilityExperiential Association
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
1 points

(I didn't mean to write a whole tutorial but it just happened somehow) This is good while rewiring your brain to speak fluently.  When you're in this phase you need to avoid "bad incidents" as muc...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureExperiential Association+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
1 points

I only stutter in person to person. I rarely stutter alone, reading alone or to the class, and talking to children. I stutter a lil bit on the phone and radio. Weird thing is I only stutter in engl...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Situational VariabilityExperiential Association