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commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
2 points

I don't know about this. I have had a stutter my whole life that i ignore it, and i go into conversations all the time, not even thinking about my stutter, and it happens. There was a post like this n...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterOct 30, 2025
0 points

One thing you can try is..

One thing you can try is.. One thing you can try is to reinvent yourself, speak slightly slower, 10 to 20% slower from the way you were about to. It sometimes almost feels like substituting, you're s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterOct 30, 2025
7 points

I think it is important for us to not think that we Stutter.

I think it is important for us to not think that we Stutter. If there was a machine that can remove thaught that we Stutter and stop anticipating that we gonna face block we will not stutter at all. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
4 points

I also feel so jealous of them, like I would have not missed any opportunities if my speech was perfect, I love to talk to people but this stutter stops me from interacting and participating in differ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
2 points

haha I'm sure that happens to alot of people. I geuss you can then use that as a "way out" but its a frustration either way xD...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
4 points

haha yeah, same happened with me, then you try to tell people that you read really well just don't speak well. But It is a hard concept to understand, so I get it....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
3 points

I look a bit different (fair and copper hair) which is uncommon in my place, so people think im a foreigner, which helps me in covering up my stutter....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
1 points

Project manager at the moment but in the past I have also held roles in finance such as financial analyst, IT such as a business analyst, other roles in international trade and customer service. I hav...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
9 points

No, but I got mistaken for being a foreigner in my own country since I had trouble saying things without stuttering...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
1 points

Business analyst and some UX/UI. Work from home, small team, lots of meetings but small and made of known people. I still stumble a lot but I care less about it. Not a lot of margin for career growth ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
3 points

The owner has got in contact and now offered a refund, and a free mot and service next time but he understood if i didn’t wanna come back. I have taken the post down i i have done enough damage, he al...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
1 points

English is my language. It's fascinating that we can stutter even in a language that isn't our own. Lol...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
1 points

Do you talk at the checkout in your country? In my country you just say a short “hello” or nothing at all...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 30, 2025
1 points

These machines in fast food chains have been a HEAVENSENT! I swear, before those i never stepped foot inside a fast food restaurant by myself. Totally approving this message, i need it EVERYWHERE😭🙏✨...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterOct 29, 2025
22 points

sending love 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

sending love 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 embrace your stutter. it shouldn’t be something holding you back. and if it is; although easier said than done and it will take time; but we need learn to embrace our differ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionValidation & EmpathyHope & Motivation+2 more
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
-1 points

Practicing a short summary about yourself over and over and over would definitely help you be more fluent during an interview because you don’t really have to think on the spot and get flustered/clutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Preparation & RehearsalAnxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
3 points

I know you're stressed. The good thing about this community is that we know exactly what you're going through. My name gave me trouble as well. Nine times out of ten I'll be asked to repeat my name be...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
1 points

A lot of coping mechanisms are effective to begin with. Some people tap or pinch themselves for example. Often the effectiveness wares off and you are left with a habitual behaviour that gets in the w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
7 points

The problem with those kinds of tricks is that they add up over time and all those avoidance tactics pretty much become your speech impediment. The hardest part of therapy was to stop avoiding stutter...

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionTherapy Experiences