postr/StutterAugust 23, 2019

Vicious cycle vent

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Vicious cycle vent I’m from Spain, and have been stuttering severely my whole life. Stuttering is a vicious cycle. You stutter because you know you’re gonna stutter, and you know you’re gonna stutter because you stutter. The expectation of stuttering, mixed with the fear of being judged is what makes you stutter in front of others. That’s why we stutterers have no problem talking to ourselves or animals fluently. It’s really all in our minds. What’s fucked is how we understand this yet continue to stutter. One day, I hope to trigger something in my brain to break the cycle, and finally be able to just fucking say the sentence I know I can and want to say fluently.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking

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private_speech