postr/StutterFebruary 15, 2020

I blame my parents for my stuttering

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I blame my parents for my stuttering Hi. I'm 21 y/o male and I've been stuttering since my childhood. When I was young there were many stressful circumstances in my family, which caused my stuterring. I was very emotional child and it was easy to piss me off and in troubles and conflicts, I was very nervous. Such negative expirience had aggregate effect which led to my stuttering. My stutter did not get enough attention at first, but when it got worse I was send to speeach specialist, but nothing changed. When I grow up and went to school I got pretty good classmates and because of my charisma, I had many friends. But today I communicate with different people with different outlooks on life and it is very stressful for me. My stuttering becomes severe when I talk with strangers and this conversation matters to me (for example, an interview). Therefore, often I get a refusal precisely because of stuttering. And today I woke up with the thought that my parents are to blame for the fact that I stutter and I can not forgive them for this. But the responsibility for my speech fell on me. Because of stuttering, I can’t enjoy my life, communicate as I want, achieve goals that others achieve without problems. I'm trying to get rid of stuttering but I'm afraid that I will not succeed.. ​ P.s. I don't know why I wrote this, but I guess because I want to speak out.

Themes

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Genetic & Family FactorsAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency