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Can't say my name I grew up with a bad stutter, finally getting speech therapy during my teens after the teasing got too much. While the therapy wasn't an immediate success, I took the lessons to heart and over time I managed to control it and now I'm in my early forties my stutter has all but gone. Except for one thing. I really, really struggle to say my name. I don't know why. It's like every time I order a coffee and they ask for your name that familiar feeling creeps back in and my voice cracks and the words get stuck. It's mortifying and I don't know why just this, this one thing, I can't get past. It's such a problem I actively avoid situations where I have to say my name.
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Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Subthemes
Feared Words & NamesDisclosure & Telling OthersHiding & Concealment