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Being a stutterer at 23 years old
Being a stutterer at 23 years old My friends label me autistic. I've been made fun of my entire life. I've never been taken seriously by girls. I've never had a boyfriend before, and I fell into depre...
That is an incredible shift and thank you for sharing your story. You are right that some people notice changes in stuttering when starting or adjusting medications like SSRIs, though the experiences ...
"Are you mute?"
"Are you mute?" "Are you mute?" That is, probably, the phrase I have heard most in my life. I stutter, and like other people who stutter, I avoid any kind of interaction, whether with my family, stran...
>what I am sure of is that when I stopped, my stutter came back worse When you stopped the alcohol or the SSRI? If SSRI that's a sure sign it helped...
Yes, it helped with my anxiety and even cured my depression, but now I feel like I need to go back on medication since I’m struggling with anxiety and panic attacks again. I’m currently looking for a ...
Actually, yes. It improved my confidence and made me more extroverted and outgoing. It lifted my mood to the point where I felt happy all the time, though a bit weird. At that time, I was also drinki...
I told my gp about my stutter and he put me on zoloft and the rest is history. I still stutter now and then but the anxiety and shame associated with stuttering is gone. Magic pill ....
Primeiramente, prazer em lhe conhecer, meu nome é Eduardo e ao ler teu desabafo nao pude deixar de me identificar contigo. . Eu também sempre fui gago e sei de tudo que você provavelmente já sofreu (i...
To be honest it really just depends on how bad your in-fluency is at that moment in my opinion. Today’s society is not patient enough to subdue their mental reactions and replies for very long. They t...
Stuttering perpetuated my social phobia from the age of 10 onwards. It ruined my life, more than depression and physical health problems combined....
Please be aware There are many people who have mini panic attacks every time they talk or think of talking. Saying your own name can take an extreme physical and emotional toll, and many resort to “...
its not easy. in my case it started my anxiety, self doubt, not speaking up when needed to, changed my whole personality, made me awkward, makes my dreams harder, stops me making jokes w my friends, h...
Caught off guard during an introduction
Caught off guard during an introduction Hey y’all, wanted to vent about my new office job again 😭 I was caught off guard today when a manager from another unit came to speak to me and just introduce ...
I'm 27 and I live through a similar experience whenever I record my voice in message apps, when I record a voice message on my own without the thought on having to send to anyone in particular, I usua...
PEOPLE WERE ASKIJG FKR MY NAME IN CLG N I COULDN'T EVEN SAY IT I COULDN'T ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS NOR ASK THEM ANY HOW DO I MAKE FRIENDS KIKE THIS BRO. A GUY ASKED ME FOR MY NUMBER N I FUMBLED IT UGHHH...
Yeah I might have done better in school if I could focus on the material being learned and not all the social anxiety that comes with being the only stutterer in a school of several hundred kids....
They should invent a stutter school
They should invent a stutter school First day of college and i already made a mockery out of myself. I hate this shit. I'm so fucking anxious and fuckass lonely everytime, can't talk to anyone, can't ...
>you cannot provide a citation that stutterers are often fluent when truly alone Purely anecdotal, yes. Overwhelmingly so. But anecdotal. >It's about time we move away from these attempts at psychol...
The “energy deficit” idea is mostly speculative. Research shows stuttering is a neurodevelopmental condition with genetic components / predispositions. It is not a simple matter of running out of gluc...
Anxiety voice recording
Anxiety voice recording I am 32 years old and have lived with anxiety for most of my life. After exploring numerous possible solutions without lasting results, I have reached a point of acceptance, as...