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commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
1 points

Every time. Talking to ai is as bad a doing calls for me cuz then my stutter is the worst. I think that is weird. I can talk to a real human better in real life than ai on the phone. Stuttering makes ...

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commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
2 points

Fair. That's another conversation then. One for a late night of either whisky, weed, or a stary sky - and there i go getting all poetic. Haha sorry, I've had a beer. Haha There are ways to deal with...

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commentr/StutterDec 17, 2025
1 points

me too, it's one of the reasons im trying to quit. That and also it makes you lazy. I have a job interview tomorrow, and i haven't smoked in more than a week...

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commentr/StutterDec 16, 2025
0 points

I've been stoned for 20 years, lightly. It used to be an impossible expense but now it's an affordable self medicating solution. Coffee, green, sertraline and environmental control (live on my own, ...

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2025
4 points

Yep anxiety really exacerbates stuttering, so if THC makes you more anxious or paranoid, best to avoid it. 👍🏼...

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2025
6 points

THC causes surges of dopamine in the brain, and stutterers already inherently have a dysregulated dopaminergic system. This would explain why THC in weed would exacerbate stuttering. Probably differ...

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2025
2 points

Same , I asked the same question to chatGPT few days back lol , usually weed play with your brain and mess up with the motor speech wiring which is already messed up and results in stuttering for few ...

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commentr/StutterDec 15, 2025
21 points

I can second this. Been an avid smoker for 4-5 years now. I recently quit a couple of months ago and with it, my anxiety improved and my stutter GREATLY reduced...

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postr/StutterDec 15, 2025
30 points

weed and stuttering

weed and stuttering is it only me but i noticed when i smoke weed for a few consecutive days or if i smoke weed heavily, my stuttering gets worse later when im sober. I noticed that last year when i...

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commentr/StutterDec 14, 2025
1 points

En mi caso, me ayuda. Ayer fue mi fiesta de promocion y aunque invite a amigos, tartamudeaba y estaba ansioso porque no soy la persona más sociable, aunque ellos trataron de que no tome alcohol porque...

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commentr/StutterDec 11, 2025
2 points

Its not just for stuttering. People will make fun of anything. Go on instagram or tiktok comment section. Those comments are funny but not for everybody. Stuttering is seen as just a disfluency so ...

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commentr/StutterDec 8, 2025
1 points

When I let my guard down and am relaxed around family, my stutter improves because I’m not self monitoring my speech so much, therefore there’s no real anticipatory anxiety around my close family. Wh...

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commentr/StutterDec 7, 2025
3 points

I thought the "stuttering is a gift" posts are bad. This is a new low for this sub. Now we are junkies...

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
1 points

The only “overlap” between stuttering and drug/alcohol addiction is the neurotransmitter Dopamine. Addicting is “craving” that dopamine surge in the brain, and that euphoria that comes along with it....

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
0 points

Alchohol and drug addiction are made by bad choices, mental illness and stuttering are things you can't control 9/10 times it's something you're born with or developed over time. It's not anything con...

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
-2 points

I know, I know it doesn't give us any satisfaction, but I feel that the problems we have are no different from those of a mentally ill person or a drug addict....

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
2 points

Isn't relapsing deliberately choosing to for example smoke another sigarette or drink alcohol. I never choose to stutter again, I hate stuttering and I don't get any dopamine out of it. So for me it's...

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
3 points

Yep, it takes the edge off and makes speaking more effortless, which is how it SHOULD be! I find that effect after 3-4 alcoholic drinks. Why? Because alcohol floods the brain with GABA which puts th...

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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...

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commentr/StutterDec 3, 2025
1 points

I smoke a lot of weed, but I always see it as managing my anxiety rather than managing my stutter. When my mind and body are feeling good, I'm more fluent. If not, I'm not. I try not to look further i...

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