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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
1 points

I struggle especially with letter A.  And sometimes P T K. There are moments where I wanted to cry cuz my name's phonetic sound starts with A, and when people ask it, I get stuck like a goldfish out o...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
2 points

When I’m alone and thinking things through I sometimes can still feel a block.  I then instinctively tend to start halfway in the same sentence and run through to the end. I don’t do it anymore when ...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
1 points

I've had great experiences with microdosing magic mushrooms But i think that's less because of the mushrooms themselves, and more the mindset you put yourself into with them. I've since achieved m...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
6 points

On this Reddit people have reported various levels of success with Abilify, Risperidone, Prozac, Sertraline, Baclofen, Propranolol and other antipsychotic medications used “off label” for their stutte...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
2 points

Agree. I used to have these horrible blocks and repetitions. Through facing my fear, changing my mindset, and going to speech therapy I have been able to speak fluently 75-80% of the time instead of l...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
6 points

I agree with you and have the same experience. I have reduced my stutter by 60-70% and its impact on my life by at least 80%. I can also speak perfectly fluent when alone, so I obviously don’t have a ...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
18 points

What we stutterers do is that we try to control our speech through gross motor skill try to force our words whenever we stutter but its a fine motor skill thats why our face goes weird or we face seve...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
1 points

i just kind of despise the fact that if i didnt have a stutter, i would get a job INSTANTLY. please. now, after 4 interviews, i still dont have a job. they dont even bother to give me a chance. why?...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
1 points

Hello. I’m now in my 50s and I’ve had a stutter since the age of 7. School was very tough, like you, there were so many times where I knew the correct answer but did not raise my hand to give the ans...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
1 points

I can contribute. I am 16 years old and have been stuttering sinxe I was 4, and recently my absolute biggest challenge has been to answer normal questions, the worst one being what my name is I am a k...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
1 points

As a teen myself, who stutters quite a bit, this helped me. However I wish I could speak fluently so I cound talk to strangers, and even the thought of that my family almost has never heard me speak "...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
1 points

Some people find just not giving a fk really helps them because they’re not self monitoring their speech so much, which takes the pressure and anticipatory anxiety away from speaking situations. The f...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
2 points

So this ended up longer than expected, lol. But I hope it helps! I first started allowing myself to stutter freely around a "safe person," which was my wife. I told her I was ready to try to stutter ...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
2 points

My dream job was to eventually be a Chief Information Security Officer, however, the corporate world places so much focus on eloquent articulation and communication, so I’ve pretty much given up on su...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
2 points

Yep, my anxiety was getting out of control too, so my doctor put me on Fluoxetine (Prozac), and now my anxiety Is significantly reduced. It’s helped a lot with my fluency because I don’t experience ...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
3 points

A lot of friends of mine don't stuttering a lot but they shared me a tips I can use to not a stutter. The most helpful tip for me is not speed up my speech. I analyzed I am stuttering only when I'm no...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
2 points

Nice post! I've been trying to tell people this very thing for a while now. I like how the article mentions Claire Weekes. I've read her books and know her work quite well. I ended up in a accute pa...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2025
2 points

Management is often full of people spewing meaningless hot air management speak and accomplishing nothing. What worked for me was speaking plain-truth and having no fear in pointing out the elephant i...

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postr/StutterDec 2, 2025
1 points

17 year old aspiring marketer

17 year old aspiring marketer How do i do it? Im very good at marketing, did it outside of school, but i dont know how marketing is done in an office, is my stutter going to fuck everyhing up?y stutte...

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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....

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