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I need tips on how to deal with it. I am 18, and have stuttered my whole life. I have never escaped the little comments, but since being at college I feel like it causes me to have severe social anxiety. I am terrified of meeting new people and refuse to participate in class. I email all of my professors begging them to pardon me from speaking in class due to the anxiety it causes, some oblige some do not. I do not speak up at work either despite having great ideas, at work i'm a waitress and whenever I stutter they say 'ugh first time waitressing nerves!', I want to have conversation with people and make witty comments and jokes but my stutter ruins the punchline every time. However, I feel like people I know make fun of it the most. My friend finishes my sentences for me and brags about how she gets to finish my sentences, she asked me if it was ok one time but I felt put on the spot and didn't want to be rude so I said yes. This made me feel like its annoying to people and that they can't stand it. I have grew to just feel like a burden every time I speak for making people endure having to listen through my stutter. I see their bored faces as they just wait for me to finish the simple sentence I was saying. Its exhausting and really need help on how to cope/breakout of this mindset