postr/StutterFebruary 6, 2021

I did my first game stream today

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I did my first game stream today I just finished my first stream today and I feel very great and confident. Context: I'm a non native English speaker and I stutter when I'm speaking English with strangers. I'm an Indian currently living in the US and the pandemic had a negative impact on my stutter. I started self doubting and was very self aware of how I was speaking to people. I decided to start streaming games on my youtube channel from December but I was very very very nervous all this time. I was very nervous when I was about to start the stream and right from the moment I started the stream, I was in a zone. I suddenly stopped being self aware and focused more on having fun playing the game and interacting with the very few viewers I had. I had around 4-5 concurrent viewers and 16 views total and I actually interacted with them LIVE!!!!! I did stutter at places but I didn't let that get into my head. I loved doing this and I will be doing it more on my YouTube channel "LoneBatman" 👌🏻

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Meds & SubstancesEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy

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Helpful Med OutcomesAnxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringMindset shift

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