postr/StutterMay 25, 2019

It has been really bad this past week...

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It has been really bad this past week... I'm seriously blocking so much.. i can't order fast food anymore, talk to cashiers or coworkers without stopping mid sentence and have my face and body clench up trying to sound out the beginning of the word.. when cashiers tell me have a good day i say "Thanks, ye" and just walk off instead of embarrassing myself and standing there clenching. It's really taking a toll on me mentally. There was a girl I've never seen before on my dock at work today and i wanted to ask her her name and tell her mine but instead i just said a few small work related things that i was able to get out. I know when I'm going to have a block it's always certain sounds/words for example "you" "Ricky" "eleven" "unload" "amazon" theres are words lately I've had serious blockage on. I hardly stutter it's the blocks that are getting me.. I don't know what to do, I want to be able to introduce myself to people like a normal person and not have people feel bad for me or look at me weird and try to get away from me..I'm not a freak but I'm coming off as one

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & FluctuationFrustration & AngerBlocks & Stoppages

Codes (1)

ordering_service_encounter