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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2015
1 points

I completely agree with ShutupPussy. The techniques only works in a stress free environment, when you are faced with a real speaking situation your fear will be very high for the technique to hold. Fe...

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2015
1 points

Seriously, all the time. It's always there. I've tried it all; drugs, therapy, meditation, breathing exercises, weird dental procedures, yadda yadda. The only thing that comes close to being a miracle...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2015
3 points

I don't think I've ever stuttered in my head. I thought that was one of those rules. Like how you can't stutter while you sing. It might be a mental block you have to push past. Force yourself to spea...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJul 24, 2015
8 points

My stuttering is overwhelming

My stuttering is overwhelming Hello ! Im 23 years old man from a third world country and my stuttering is overwhelmingly intense .. even my stammers friends are shocked how grievous it is. Am concid...

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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

> But your new outlook didn't cure your stutter. I don't want to say "cured" but changing my outlook (meaning actually visualizing/practicing validating myself instead of having a "freeze" reacti...

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Acceptance & PrideStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

just got summoned for Jury duty and am completely stressed out now

just got summoned for Jury duty and am completely stressed out now This will be the first time that I have had to do it, I am 22. Does anyone maybe have some experience with this, and possibly getting...

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Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2015
5 points

Yea, same situation is with me. I stutter the worst around my family and friends, but when I have to talk in front of more people or if I am meeting new people my stutter becomes rather mild....

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

Hm, I wouldn't say I have those conditions, but I have problems putting my mind into language. But that's rather my ADHD, which btw strengthens my stutter because of the H. So I sometimes end up sayin...

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Stress & Fight/FlightIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJul 23, 2015
2 points

Is anyone stuttering less under stress?

Is anyone stuttering less under stress? I noticed that sometimes when I'm under some sort of stress, I'm almost stutter free if not completely. It's not always like that though. I also don't mean the ...

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Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 23, 2015
1 points

>Another part was changing my emotions to feel safe when talking to other people and to validate myself more often than seeking others' approval. I don't mean being braver; I mean not having subcon...

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postr/StutterJul 22, 2015
3 points

Social?

Social? Hello there everyone, I've been stuttering as long as I can remember, as most people, it seems, and the severity of it differs quite a lot actually. This spring I was rather fluent in my spee...

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postr/StutterJul 22, 2015
7 points

Does anybody else have a problem talking, more than just stuttering, like aphasia/dysphasia or know similar conditions?

Does anybody else have a problem talking, more than just stuttering, like aphasia/dysphasia or know similar conditions? I have always had problems talking (but none thinking), but I do not think I had...

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Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterJul 20, 2015
5 points

Opinions needed

Opinions needed I'm in my 30s. I've been stuttering as long as I can remember. My mother actually swears that I started speech therapy in early elementary school because I pronounced my "R" sounds l...

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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2015
2 points

The chance that your headache is caused by a parasitic infection or worms is VERY small. That is unless you've been to a remote jungle lately a drank from a still water source there. My guess it's st...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightEnvironmental Triggers
postr/StutterJul 17, 2015
2 points

My stutter has gotten worse this year

My stutter has gotten worse this year but I've also been getting crazy headaches. I feel like I might have some worms in my brain, some type of parasite. I've taken advil and excedrin but still feel t...

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Stress & Fight/FlightEnergy & Biological RhythmsSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
postr/StutterJul 16, 2015
30 points

For my fellow stutterers going through a hard time

For my fellow stutterers going through a hard time For those of you who have a stutter, no matter how big or small. For those of you who have trouble forming sounds of words sometimes. For those of yo...

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postr/StutterJul 14, 2015
8 points

Reflections on my less than fluent youth.

Reflections on my less than fluent youth. This is not to say my stutter has completely gone now, because the truth is, it's still the same as it always was. The only difference is the lack of forced p...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2015
1 points

I have been stuttering since I was like... can't even remember, my mother said she noticed it when I was 4. I have a diagnosed depression and a social anxiety disorder, I'm pretty sure both of those s...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterJul 12, 2015
10 points

Feeling low for the past couple weeks/months, i'd like to tell this community due to a lack of an outlet.

Feeling low for the past couple weeks/months, i'd like to tell this community due to a lack of an outlet. Hey guys/gals, This is my first serious post where i'm just saying whatever comes to mind. A l...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 9, 2015
1 points

No, I meant that anxiety exacerbates stuttering. That's not exactly a huge mystery. High emotions of any sort exacerbate stuttering. But peoples' chronic disfluencies aren't caused by cowardice or a f...

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Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying