postr/StutterAugust 12, 2023

Hello, I'm a stutterer in need of some... life advice

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Hello, I'm a stutterer in need of some... life advice Hello, I'm a guy in my very early 20s. I've stuttered my whole life, and somehow managed to gain a very very small amount of friends that have been with me all to this day. Anyway, I'm posting this for some advice. I'm a single man and I've been trying to gain and build up the confidence to talk to women or even if I'm just trying to make to friends, but I always shut myself down by thinking the worst case scenario every time. Thinking "what if they think I'm weird?" "I can't do it, I need help". All that shit, and I wanna know.. people with a bad stutter like I do... what'd you do? Did you/do you have the same anxieties I do and how did you overcome them?

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Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation