postr/StutterOctober 30, 2024

Goddamnit, I couldn’t even say Bless you

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Goddamnit, I couldn’t even say Bless you First time this has happened that I can remember. Idk why, normally never stutter on B’s. Had an older gentlemen sneeze in the same room I was in. Not far. I went to say bless you, but had a block. I couldn’t get the word out and if I tried to force myself I knew I would just stutter horribly. So I had to keep quiet. It was just me and him in the room, and now I feel like an asshole. Seriously stutter, wtf? I feel like I’m regressing. I’m stuttering more with friends and family than I used to. I don’t know why. Makes me so frustrated.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesSeverity & FluctuationFrustration & AngerBlocks & Stoppages