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postr/StutterFeb 13, 2025
7 points

University in 2 days.

University in 2 days. So as the title says I start university in 2 days and Im so nervous and anxious because I have a really bad stutter. On the first day it’s orientation day so everyone gets to kno...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2025
2 points

Yes ofc, as soon as i got comments about my stutter and I realized that I really do have a stutter, my anxiety and the stuttering got worse. The moments where I forget about it completely it disappear...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2025
1 points

I can heavily related to this, while talking to myself or reading a book. I don't stutter, but when it comes to public speaking I stutter. It gets worse when I'm concious about it, and with each time ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringSituational VariabilityMindfulness & Breathing+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2025
2 points

I am sorry for the delay, I got squished between exams and family obligations. I read on a page on reddit that, speaking is a high metabolic task and requires a lot of oxygen. Many times when we spea...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringPropositionality & WeightEnergy & Biological Rhythms+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2025
1 points

Well not really, it's hard to stutter in a whisper even. But when I have to say something important then I do anticipate stuttering and keep practicing in my head....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringSituational Variability
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2025
1 points

I relate to this. My worst stutter is me getting blocked after a question is asked. Whenever, someone asks my last name it takes \~5 seconds to get it out. Being met with the "did you have to think ab...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
postr/StutterFeb 12, 2025
10 points

Help me understand what's wrong with me. I have blocks/stoppages in my speech, I have no repetitions or prolongations. This happens in large group settings, it's worse when I feel anxious, it rarely if ever happens in a small group setting or with my family. It never happens when I'm alone.

Help me understand what's wrong with me. I have blocks/stoppages in my speech, I have no repetitions or prolongations. This happens in large group settings, it's worse when I feel anxious, it rarely ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
postr/StutterFeb 12, 2025
2 points

Anxiety

Anxiety Hey, so I have a stutter and it’s became so much worse lately, I’ve had a stutter since I was maybe 12 years old, but for the past year it’s gotten so much worse and it’s honestly unbearable a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2025
1 points

I feel it’s the biggest trigger for when I have a bad speech day. You always hear of people who don’t stutter getting stage fright and nervous to speak to a group of people. That’s me X 1000...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2025
1 points

YES 1000%. When I’m conscious about my stuttering / the anticipation anxiety before stuttering really makes the stuttering and blocks 100x worse. When I speak without thinking / with my parents I just...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2025
1 points

Or using ssri because if you have an imbalance in your brain speech therapy would help only if you take it with medications imo....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyMeds & Substances
Anticipating StutteringFluency TechniquesMedication Inquiries
postr/StutterFeb 11, 2025
6 points

Stuttered through the interview (it ended fast)

Stuttered through the interview (it ended fast) Hello, I just had a job screening and stated that (I do have a stammer from the start). The screening was supposed to be 15-20 minutes but he ended it ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterFeb 11, 2025
4 points

Need help

Need help Hii guys So I need a little guidence from you all, so I like a girl in my college and I ave decided to propose this girl basically we have never spoken before but made eye contact somethin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterFeb 11, 2025
9 points

I stutter when I get anxious

I stutter when I get anxious I didnt use to have a big stuttering problem, I still dont tbh but it has gotten worse. When I talk casually with my family or with my friends, or when I am reading (alone...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2025
3 points

Definitely. For me the fear of others judgements is the only reason I'm not fluent sometimes. If I don't care what they would think I can speak completely fluent. As I speak fluent when I'm alone....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2025
2 points

Are you experiencing anticipation fear? Like an actual sinking feeling in your stomach that feels like death is imminent before speaking?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating Stuttering
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2025
2 points

100% true, I know when I'm going to stutter too. I somehow feel it in my brain when I think of a sentence, even if I'm not gonna say it right now....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2025
6 points

Same. Even as I am talking, my brain tells me that I'm going to struggle a few sentences down the line. And I have to come up with a backup word to use in place of it. Sometimes, I have to let out a s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2025
6 points

Same. I think everyone who stutters feels this, we can tell the exact word we're gonna be stuck on. It's like this weird pause which we can foresee....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringPropositionality & Weight
postr/StutterFeb 9, 2025
22 points

I know when I’m going to stutter, kinda

I know when I’m going to stutter, kinda This is probably because I used to stutter when I was younger, but I know if I am about to stutter before I even start saying the sentence, and on what sound. T...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & Substitution