postr/StutterNovember 6, 2025

Introducing yourself

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Introducing yourself How do you calm yourself down when you are in a room full of people and you are introducing yourself? I can’t make it through presentations, speeches, etc but I always get hung up on my name. My heart starts racing and when it comes my turn I freeze and can’t speak. It doesn’t help my name starts with a J which has been problematic for me in the past. I think to me it’s more of a learned anxiety that I’m going to stutter on it so my brain just shuts down. What do you all do to calm down?

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment

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saying_name_introductionemotional_state