commentr/StutterMarch 6, 2023

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I too feel the same way. Of all the issues I have with speech blocks, saying my name is the biggest and the most stressful one. School is where it all started. When it was time to introduce ourselves by saying our name, my heart would start racing and when my turn came, I would just go blank or end up saying something else out of stress and anxiety. Sad to say that it still haunts me that I would avoid going to the doctors even if I were dying. I have no idea where this started, but I hate it when people casually ask me for my name, because it is such an easy thing to do in the normal world but here I am struggling with it. Even if I struggle on other words, it's fine with me as long as I can just say my name without getting anxious about it. I guess it is the past trauma that is associated with it and it will keep repeating as long as it stays in my unconscious mind.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment

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saying_name_introduction