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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
3 points

It's different for everyone, but I've taken propranolol for high intensity meetings or big presentations and calmed nerves usually helps me noticeably with my stuttering...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterOct 17, 2025
9 points

A little motivation for you all.. Hopefully anyway

A little motivation for you all.. Hopefully anyway I have had a stutter and a pretty bad one ever since i was 6 and i am 24 now. I have dealt with a-lot of embarrassment all through my life, but here ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
1 points

Take a beta blocker 1 hour before. Ask your GP for a prescription....

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Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
2 points

What helps for me anyway, maybe its because i like in the UK but i usually just say ‘tar’ which is slang for thanks. Its much easier to get out for me or a thankful ‘right’ and a head nod, this works ...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
1 points

Oh yeah, they're definitely annoying for many - just more so when you have a bunch of extra mouth movements!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
postr/StutterOct 17, 2025
4 points

Social interaction

Social interaction My stuttering gets better when I have one good small talk with someone. The rest of the day, I feel good about how I talk, so I tend not to stutter. But on some days, I don’t talk t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringNeurological & Brain+1 more
postr/StutterOct 17, 2025
23 points

I really gaf

I really gaf Fuck groups calls fuck zoom meetings Fuck my team leader tried my best to not attend the meeting this mfs didn't leave me alone I have a meeting after four days wish me luck 🙏 I'm not g...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
1 points

Start out by taking about the elephant in the room. Tell then you stutter, and maybe crack a joke about it, say something like I’m a lot more nervous than I sound, something like that. Sometimes i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
1 points

I really have gotten so much more fluent over the past few years. Last week im at a drive thru struggling. And the order taker keeps going what speak up, i cant understand you. I finally manage and th...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2025
2 points

Don’t just move on so fast to “accepting your fate”. Most people struggle finding internships, stutter or no stutter. I never mentioned my stutter in application requests and emails, and I never got a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
2 points

For some reason I stuttered more when I had the mask. Probably subconsciously modified airflow...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
0 points

To everyone with their bold BS answers about how great they'd be... Do you think you, as you are today, would like this imaginary person you'd supposedly be? If you're not being who you want to be, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
2 points

Wait thats lowkey smart.... I too make weird faces when stuttering...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
2 points

I have that impression as well. Although I have nothing against masks I just personally find them annoying to wear. But because my gf does stutter (something I don't) and because it makes her feel mor...

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commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
5 points

Interesting. It made it worse for me. It seemed like a mask was an extra hindrance/annoyance that made me think even more about blocks/repetitions because I could feel it against my mouth, moving arou...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
2 points

...🤣 That indeed is funny. The great thing with this is that you don't have to push through – by doing this you're going around the block, not through it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
3 points

# YOU Now I'm cracking up over here. I'm thinking what it would be like if I just pushed hard through a block and only got out a loud "YOU!," as if I'm quoting Soulja Boy every time I'm appreciative...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionStrategic Swearing/CursingRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
3 points

This is such a big one more me, just wanting to be polite, bit of chit chat with people I interact with, hello, thank yous etc. One of my biggest stressors is feeling like I've been rude to someone wh...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
6 points

I do doordash so when I had people food if I quickly say "have a good day" I don't stutter but this one guy said huh and that threw me for a loop and I tried to repeat myself but nope and he looked at...

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commentr/StutterOct 16, 2025
1 points

Thanks for the reply, I get what you mean. I also get facial ticks, or I open my mouth and nothing comes out of it… it can look disturbing and I’m very scared of people seeing me like this and of what...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more