postr/StutterDecember 22, 2023

when I’m around my work buddy, I can say customers totals just fine but working alone, I can’t

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when I’m around my work buddy, I can say customers totals just fine but working alone, I can’t My friend works with me when’s she’s home from college and for the last three weeks I’ve been in a horrible phase where I can’t even say the peoples totals. It’s like anxiety I haven’t felt in high school and mostly embarrassment. It’s never been this bad since I started working retail. Most of the time I have it under control but lately, it’s been really bad. I get looks from people every day. But since my friend started working with me it’s like knowing she’s right next to me listening to me interact with the customer somehow has reduced it? It makes no sense to me. Its not that I’m more comfortable because I’m actually more nervous knowing she’s right there and will see/hear me block and humiliate myself not able to get simple numbers out but it’s reduced it a lot, so idk it just doesn’t make sense anymore

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment

Codes (5)

ordering_service_encounteranticipationemotional_stateperceived_judgmentphysical_state