postr/StutterNovember 10, 2025

Mentally ruined

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Mentally ruined Hello everyone , good morning . I just wanted to share a personal thing. I had a presentation for a device which we are manufacturing, I am currently in college and my stutter was extreme but now it's almost disappered thanks to the practice I do. I still struggle mentally , I had a few lines but I didnt say them thinking I will stutter badly , which will ruin the presentation, although I said them prefectly when I was recording myself after the presentation.I have accepted stutter which has reduced the mental baggage and has relieved a lot of my anxiety , still situations like these I cant get over mentally. I just feel a heavy push back and feel like a big NO from my mind which tells me to keep quite. I havent tried telling them professionaly before the presentation that I stutter , ik people do that and it works, but I feel that practice in college would just get people laughing, feeling deflated and every negative emotions after such a meeting. Anyone with similar situation? How did you overcome this mental hurdle?

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Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment

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public_speaking