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postr/StutterOct 20, 2025
8 points

Interview with the news today

Interview with the news today So today i'm having an interview with the news about stuttering bc 22/10 is world stuttering day and they want to do an item about it. My speech therapist asked if I woul...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
2 points

I didn't see anyone, as I have read other people's experience with therapists here, and it's not good. Sometimes, I don't pay attention & just get on with life, even when I'm stuttering, but sometime...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
1 points

I struggle with fewer words and can mask my stutter much easier because I know more words in my native tongue to substitute them....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
1 points

For myself, the effects were subtle. 15-20 mins after taking it, I just feel a bit light headed as my heart rates slows down. The physical symptoms of anxiety are significantly reduced: my heart stops...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightHelpful Med Outcomes
postr/StutterOct 19, 2025
5 points

I'm not sure why this is happening

I'm not sure why this is happening So I'm a teenager, I've never had a problem with stuttering before in my whole life. I have zero history of it. But for some reason, last month I started stuttering ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterOct 19, 2025
22 points

Someone thought my name was easy to say

Someone thought my name was easy to say My job changed POS systems. A technician came in to help create us a login. He asked me for my name and I spelled it out for him (so much easier than saying my ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
2 points

how does it feel taking propranolol? before and after effects. Did you stutter the same whilst taking it or did it help because you were less stressed out and how much of a percentage did it help your...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
1 points

Yes haha, I use that a lot (and that’s what people think about it). It’s just a bit frustating because it’s not giving justice to my actual level and the efforts I have made to get there. Grazie amic...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterOct 19, 2025
7 points

Worst in foreign languages ?

Worst in foreign languages ? So I (f21) has french as a native language. I am now pretty much as peace with my stutter in french. It’s not perfect, but I don’t have so much big blocks anymore, and I l...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 19, 2025
6 points

A lot of PWS are covert stutters. They’re able to hide their stutter in everyday life by constantly substituting words or just being quiet and pretending to be introverted. I was a covert stutterer fo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

Yeah, practicing is the worst thing for me to do. My words come out easier if I wing it. Being a pro wrestler and doing promos taught me that. If someone were to hand me a piece of paper and said "say...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & WeightEmployment & Career
postr/StutterOct 18, 2025
10 points

How much has your stutter impacted your social skills?

How much has your stutter impacted your social skills? I wonder if more people can relate, but often when people talk to me my mind goes blank like i don't know what say back which usually leads to me...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAuthenticity vs. Masking+3 more
postr/StutterOct 18, 2025
11 points

Long time lurker, finally saying hi

Long time lurker, finally saying hi Hi, figured I'd intro introduce myself. I've been around for a while, but just recently become more active on reddit. I'm a 52yo male, stuttered as long as I can re...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionSituational Variability+3 more
postr/StutterOct 18, 2025
27 points

Anybody else find it a little funny (in a self-depreciating way) when you stutter on the word “stutter” when telling someone you have a stutter

Anybody else find it a little funny (in a self-depreciating way) when you stutter on the word “stutter” when telling someone you have a stutter “I have a s-s-stutter” that’s so cliché...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
2 points

Hi, look, I'll tell you what my experience is, basically I had a very strong stutter and I tried various speech therapy courses, they helped me but not much. When I discovered psychotropic drugs 5 yea...

Meds & SubstancesAnticipation & Avoidance
Helpful Med OutcomesHarmful Med OutcomesSide Effects & Risks+3 more
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

what are the benefits of beta blockers and have you had any personal experience with it?...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterOct 18, 2025
27 points

If you don't stutter when you are alone, is it all in your head?

If you don't stutter when you are alone, is it all in your head? I personally don't stutter when i'm reading alone in my room, so I guess that means that I don't actually genetically stutter? It's all...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

What should I do?

What should I do? Hi everyone, I got something I want to take your opinion on I'm a freshman in college. In one of my courses we have to work in groups of 5 for the assignment but the 5 have to be at...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

I had a stutter since childhood and whenever i speak without thinking i am very fluent. But when i plan my words i get really anxious and start blocking....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 18, 2025
1 points

I have a bit of a stutter, really bad cluttering, and some decent muttering problems...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Repetitions & ProlongationsBlocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution