commentr/StutterDecember 5, 2025

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In 4th grade, my class of like 40 kids played this spelling game where we stood in a circle and the teacher would give a word and one person would start by reciting the first letter and on and on until the word was spelt. So there was a word with the letter L in it and of course that letter landed on me. I blocked and basically suffocated for a minute or so. It was so absolutely embarrassing. Nothing came out. I then decided to say an obviously wrong letter on purpose just bc it was so humiliating.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & StoppagesShame & Embarrassment

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public_speaking