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postr/StutterAug 13, 2025
9 points

Coping Mechanisms?

Coping Mechanisms? Hello! But of context - I was chatting with my best mate about Nerodivergence and coping mechanisms last night and it got me thinking. Im 31 now, I’ve had a stutter all my life, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentFluency Techniques+1 more
postr/StutterAug 13, 2025
5 points

MBA

MBA So recently I have joined the mba course and now I guess I'm regretting it due to my stuttering problem cause mba have a lot presentations and all...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
postr/StutterAug 13, 2025
23 points

I'm sick of this

I'm sick of this I'm tired of preplanning conversations, I'm fed up of having to hesitate even if I know the language very well. I'm tired of looking like an idiot just because I can't get some words ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
postr/StutterAug 11, 2025
28 points

Dirty humor lol

Dirty humor lol I’m a woman. When I stutter, specifically when I’m rushing myself, I have tsks (which often have me literally sticking my tongue out afterwards in the mirror). It seems I have marks/sc...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Repetitions & ProlongationsAvoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension
postr/StutterAug 10, 2025
2 points

Dependence on alcohol or other substances as a way of making my stutter lighter

Dependence on alcohol or other substances as a way of making my stutter lighter I have been dealing with stuttering for so much time (since I can remember really) but there are still so many things I ...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Stress & Fight/FlightAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterAug 10, 2025
5 points

Boyfriend with stutter finishes my sentences

Boyfriend with stutter finishes my sentences I’d like advice about what to do about my boyfriend who finishes my sentences. He has had a lifelong stutter that is mostly blocks of prepositional phrases...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionGenetic & Family FactorsListener Reactions
postr/StutterAug 10, 2025
6 points

Why Does My Stuttering Get Worse Around People but Not When I’m Alone?

Why Does My Stuttering Get Worse Around People but Not When I’m Alone? I have noticed something about my stuttering and wanted to check if others experience the same. When I’m alone, I can talk freel...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterAug 8, 2025
2 points

does this technique work??

does this technique work?? Hey, My grandma was watching this Windsor/ royal family documentary about Queen Elizabeth and her family. She told me that Queen Elizabeth's father had a stutter, and he di...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionExperiential Association
postr/StutterAug 8, 2025
0 points

Help me stop stuttering

Help me stop stuttering Hey guys, as you readed the tittle you guys know for what im asking help So i have sttutering problem, my stutter started like a year ago, whic it makss difficult for me to sp...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
postr/StutterAug 8, 2025
11 points

Do I need to see a Psychiatrist?

Do I need to see a Psychiatrist? Hi! I’ve had a stutter for as long as I can remember. I went to a clinical psychologist yesterday, and she prescribed a personality test, CBT, and the PJMR technique t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterAug 7, 2025
1 points

Any supplements for Blocks/hesitant to speak?

Any supplements for Blocks/hesitant to speak? I had stutter my whole life. But I think life circumstances had made it worst. I’m unemployed, idk what particularly what to do in life, and my mom ment...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterAug 7, 2025
11 points

Stuttering has held me back and now I'm feeling defeated

Stuttering has held me back and now I'm feeling defeated I'm not sure where to even begin, but I really need to get this off my chest. On paper, I should be doing well—I have a college degree and I pa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+3 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
9 points

Childhood stuttering returning

Childhood stuttering returning Hello, i am 32 years old. i had a stutter in grade school. Mainly trouble with sentence initiation, pronouncing words with more than 4 syllables, starting those same wor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
11 points

How can I stop this severe stutter at least a bit?

How can I stop this severe stutter at least a bit? So I've been stuttering for all my life, it was a big problem for me but as of recently its gotten much worse, for about 2 months now I've had many m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
6 points

Any tips on how to stop stuttering I try saying words but it just get blockage and can’t get the word out I can’t even socialize with my friends and it’s sad any tips please thanks

Any tips on how to stop stuttering I try saying words but it just get blockage and can’t get the word out I can’t even socialize with my friends and it’s sad any tips please thanks Any tips on how to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionAdvice RequestsBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
9 points

benadryl, benzo, alcohol, and substance abuse.

benadryl, benzo, alcohol, and substance abuse. Anyone else struggle with addiction and substance abuse, whether to cope, numb, or even aid your speech?I come home from a day at work with a raw tongue ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionStrategic Swearing/Cursing+3 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
6 points

My stutter is getting severe?

My stutter is getting severe? Idk if it’s anxiety but I hesitate to get my words out at times and block severely. Or don’t even say a certain word or even talk at all. it’s embarrassing and it’s af...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
7 points

Feeling very low

Feeling very low I graduate nursing school in a week and I feel like shit. I can’t even introduce who I am without blocking. I know I’m smart but I don’t feel smart when I talk. I know people in my nu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+3 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
2 points

Just want it to stop.

Just want it to stop. A little background: I fell off a 12ft fence when I was 5. I remember talking fine before but after that I started stuttering. I haven’t done a lot of things in life that I wante...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & Anger+3 more
postr/StutterAug 6, 2025
14 points

What do I do when people make fun of me for stuttering?

What do I do when people make fun of me for stuttering? I've had a stutter since I was a kid, and even my own family makes fun of me for it. Whenever I try to speak and start stuttering, they either i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionStigma & BullyingListener Reactions