postr/StutterNovember 3, 2023

Has anyone else felt this way?

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Has anyone else felt this way? I am stuttering since I was a little child. I knew I was different back then. I struggled with school and my classmates bullied me because of my speech. I tried so hard to hide it when I was in high school and college. Thankfully nobody noticed it. I am just a mild stutterer but sometimes it gets really worse that I can't speak any word. I'm now 32, working in a solutions company. Last time my one of my colleagues caught my stuttering and I felt so embarassed. Now some of the people in my department probably know about that incident. I feel awkward with the manager that hired me. Maybe he's thinking why I hired this person with a speech defect. This speech defect really makes my self-esteem go way way down and I feel so hopeless. I am so afraid to lose my job because I'd have to apply again and stuttering is so unpredictable. There are good days and bad days.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work

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Hiding & ConcealmentSeverity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career