postr/StutterJanuary 28, 2025

Couldn’t say my name

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Couldn’t say my name I DREAD meetings where I need to talk a lot, and especially where I have to introduce myself to a new person because my name is very hard for me starting with K. I’m doing Zoom meetings this week screening potential new vendors and the first one, I did OK sliding into my name. But the second one, I locked up hard. I tried to go back and rephrase, I hit my leg (not the greatest thing to do but it helps to get me unstuck sometimes), I tried to sing it. Nothing. That K was NOT coming out. So I chickened out and started fake coughing and said I was choking and asked my boss to take over introductions. I was mortified. I’m nearly 50 and this has been my life since age 4. I hate it.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionPhysical Tension

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saying_name_introductionanticipationperceived_judgment