postr/StutterJune 24, 2025

I’d be such a good actress if I didn’t stutter :(

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I’d be such a good actress if I didn’t stutter :( I’m a teenager who does musicals at a community theatre. I’ve stuttered my whole life. it’s worsened in the past few years. VERY drastically. specifically on block stutters. i have speech therapy 2x a week, nothing works. I’m pretty good at acting. I’m arguably one of the best singers in my theatre, at least musical theatre wise. but my stuttering is TERRIBLE. my last severity assessment said I was above the 90th percentile. ouch. I keep getting worse and worse roles, less lines each musical. which I understand. the audition process is always hell. when I see other actors do monologues or scenes or literally anything, I think about how I would do it differently, and how ill never be able to say it in the first place. I know that sounds selfish as heck. I’m quitting theatre this year. I’ve wanted to be an actress since I was a kid, but it’s just not working out. my director pities me, and doesn’t even acknowledge my existence. like, at all. I went home and cried after a younger girl waved at me in tech because it was the FIRST time I was interacted with the whole production. Im never gonna be able to act. at all. ever. I don’t know what I’m yapping about I’m gonna stop. uh. stupid vent. yay!!!

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessPhysical Tension

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public_speakingemotional_state