commentr/StutterDecember 10, 2020

Content

Just my experience but I overthink everything and make up scenarios that will probably never happen. I can end up in a downwards spirals and maybe picture my wedding day and wonder if I will be able to say "I do" without stuttering. Even though I am the farthest you can be from getting married. Or I wonder if my friends and the people around me genuinely like me or if they are just my friends out of pity. It's weird how just a little trouble with your speech can have such a huge impact on your life and give you so much fear. I try not to let it control my life but I have bad days now and again when I just end up in this spiral of overthinking and self loathing. I think it would be really interesting to see how the stutter affects the character. How their personality will be. Every stutterer is different but this is just my experience.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment