postr/StutterAugust 30, 2025

I did talk in front of people for the first time, and i did stutter

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I did talk in front of people for the first time, and i did stutter So I was already saying fuck you to my social anxiety with loads of volunteer work. Through one of those clubs I got a opportunity to attend to election related awareness program (not politically leaned) hosted by some NGO. There was like over twenty five people, me the youngest, haha. They passed the micro-phone to introduce each other. I did that by stuttering. I got some extra power after doing that. So during the discussion round, I asked for microphone and did say something, everyone was confused, lmao.. I was stuttering. Then some panel member asked me to say it again. and I did... there was some government data breach in my country few months ago, I did criticized that and mention the possibly of happening same thing to the sensitive voter information. Panel member was impressed, He did engage on that topic. Holy shit, I was like shaking for another thirty minutes. I did it, I freaking finally did it. All the people there supported me

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Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation

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