postr/StutterJune 28, 2024

It's not that I stutter, it's that I'm anxious.

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It's not that I stutter, it's that I'm anxious. Got called up to the front of the class to present a 1 minute and under speech I wrote down on my phone so I can read it. Nothing too hard. Yet, I was nervous. My anxiety flared up. Usually I would be too, but my stutter goes silent and I'm able to speak relatively stable. But fuck. I felt my voice crack slightly. A symptom of being nervous. I feel like shit. I feel like others are judging me being nervouse despite being a young adult that should get over this by high school. Fuck. At that point it got worse. I stuttered full on and I took a breath. I twisted slightly and even if my professor said take a breath, I was in my own little world thinking what do others think of me. I understand stuttering is a part of me and I have accepted that. But there's always that little bit in my subconcious mind that can't stop making all these imaginations of my fellow classmates judging me for something I can't control. I just hate this shit. I did fine when I introduced myself yesterday up on class. The stutters flare so randomly. But I gotta keep staying self-aware. Try to move on and keep my head straight. But it's so fucking hard knowing this situation can and will probably happen again in the near future.

Themes

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance

Subthemes

Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringFeared Words & Names

Codes (3)

public_speakingemotional_stateperceived_judgment