postr/StutterMay 17, 2024

Poem I Wrote About Stuttering while Ordering Food

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Content

Poem I Wrote About Stuttering while Ordering Food As I open the glass door my heart races Like a track star on their last lap I wonder if I will collapse Walking up to the counter I wonder if I will relapse Caught in the negative cycle of dread embarrassment and shame I fail yet again to place my order without stammering over it like a drunk man Wasted on yet another bottle of anxiety

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension

Codes (1)

ordering_service_encounter