postr/StutterApril 18, 2023

Strange dream about my stutter when I was 7

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Strange dream about my stutter when I was 7 I always remember this dream I had way back when I was 7 or younger. I'd had a stutter from about 4-5 years old but it would only last a few weeks before going away again, until about age 7 when it came again but never went away. So at that time, I had this dream. In the dream, which was in cartoon form, I was watching myself walking along a street beside a tall fence, carrying a red t-shirt, and for some strange reason, the dream kept "skipping", like a CD would, or a stutter would. I kept getting almost to the end of the street but would then suddenly be back at the start again. And it just kept repeating that scene, over and over. It felt exceedingly frustrating and uncomfortable, again, much like how a stutter feels. I always associated with the stutter and felt like it was somehow an unconscious visual representation of it.

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Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience

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Onset & Life-Stage ChangesCycles & RandomnessShame & Embarrassment