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commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
2 points

That’s awesome! Well done! 👍🏼 See, if we are too much in our head, it really debilitates us! Fear is a mind killer!!! I think two things helped you here. Firstly, reading makes us stutter a lo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

Research into the stuttering brain revealed a dysregulation in the dopaminergic system which affects the speech motor networks in the brain. Stutterers brains have either hyperactive dopamine baseline...

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Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
2 points

Oh I feel you with this one, it feels like you can never truly express your thoughts well enough for people to recognize that you are actually a fun exciting person on the inside!...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Propositionality & WeightIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2025
7 points

The worst thing for me is when I’m genuinely excited to tell someone something. It could be gossip or a funny thing that happened. But when I open my mouth, nothing comes out or I stutter so it’s bare...

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commentr/StutterNov 25, 2025
4 points

A situation where I consistently stutter and block the most like the WiFi has gone out to my brain is when there’s a problem with my food at a restaurant. Getting the worker’s attention and trying to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentBlocks & StoppagesRepetitions & Prolongations+3 more
postr/StutterNov 25, 2025
56 points

I’m a filmmaker and (ex)-stutterer writing a feature film script. I want to represent the internal battle, the silence, and the frustration authentically. I need your perspective.

I’m a filmmaker and (ex)-stutterer writing a feature film script. I want to represent the internal battle, the silence, and the frustration authentically. I need your perspective. My name is Tom. I’m ...

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commentr/StutterNov 23, 2025
3 points

I would like to discuss more about 3. I was meditating about it very deeply. My thinking was led by mechanism, that I can talk fully fluently when I am alone or talking to the dog, so my (wrong) assum...

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2025
1 points

Explain to them how communication breaks down when someone stutters. Eye contact is lost. The person hearing has an emotional reaction – pity, mocking, empathy, whatever. They feel something. They kno...

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commentr/StutterNov 23, 2025
1 points

'The power of now' by Eckhart Tolle. It's not specifically about stuttering, but it addresses the cause of it: not being present. When you're present, you're in the flow. Sorted! ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Mindfulness & BreathingPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
3 points

Thank you for sharing your story and advice. Yeah, being not fluent in English is one the reasons make me stutter more. And I fully agree with you about the more we are nervous, the more stutter we do...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterNov 19, 2025
3 points

Non-English native stutter

Non-English native stutter Hi everyone, I am not a native English speaker. My English level is B2, I think. I am 40 years old and have had a stutter since I was a child. It runs in my family, from...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Repetitions & ProlongationsPhysical TensionPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2025
3 points

somehow game contexts and probably fresh audience to speak to (no carried over emotional baggage) sparks something inside me and makes me speak in ways that surprise me in retrospect...

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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
5 points

Spanish is my first language, I don't stutter at all when I speak English...

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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
1 points

I only know my native language and English. I stutter a lot in my native language, and waaaay less in English. I have no idea why, but it definitely happens....

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commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
3 points

yeah i get you, i dont use a lot of filler words while speaking english since its much easier than arabic, especially that the ر letter is a lot easier which is the most frustrating for me. its funn...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
2 points

my mother tongue is arabic, i stutter less when speaking in arabic,more with other languages i think the reason is that i find instantly small words to put between the words and periods of aaaaa and ...

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Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
1 points

I don’t disagree with your theory at all. The brain has amazing neuroplasticity to repair faulty neural pathways. I believe the solution would be more holistic and would encompass tackling it from di...

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
3 points

Yes, I’ve felt the same. My stutter makes me feel like I lose authority, and it limits how firmly I can insist on or persuade others about decisions that benefit my goals. I know I’m smart and sharp -...

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commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
5 points

Yes. I have so many opinions and stories, but I can't tell them because I have to worry about every word. Without my stutter, I would have been more outgoing and talkative ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & WeightHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
4 points

That’s also true, and because of my stutter I’ll say less stupid and immature things...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight