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postr/StutterOct 12, 2020
16 points

My story

My story Hello everyone, I would like to share my story because I never really talked openly about it. I'm 26 male from Greece. I stutter all my life. Until the age of 22 the problem was mild and co...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
postr/StutterOct 11, 2020
39 points

19M guys I'm feeling hopeless lately usually my stuttering gets worse and worse after years, and I have tried therapy but it is not that it is helping me, and I don't have any friends or something just feeling lonely in many days, and my parents really judge me I don't know is hard...

19M guys I'm feeling hopeless lately usually my stuttering gets worse and worse after years, and I have tried therapy but it is not that it is helping me, and I don't have any friends or something jus...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterOct 8, 2020
47 points

Nothing is right. Full of PAIN. I am not what I “could” speak.

Nothing is right. Full of PAIN. I am not what I “could” speak. 25 years of suffering from the stuttering. I don’t want to give you negative energy.. sorry! But I should talk about it. I have tried so ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 8, 2020
3 points

I hate talking too. I used to be terribly depressed and still get quite down sometimes due to my stutter. What keeps me going is, I'd rather try my best and fail than not try at all. People are much m...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 7, 2020
1 points

I think about this often. How we tend to replace old anxieties with new ones, or forget to have gratitude for what we have. Just now, with a severe stutter, someone could look at us and wish they were...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterOct 2, 2020
9 points

I’m stuck

I’m stuck I’m a graduate with a good degree and I need a job ASAP. However, the only work experience I’ve had is at a restaurant I worked at when I was 17 - which I got let go from (had crippling anxi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
postr/StutterSep 25, 2020
65 points

Life seems hopeless

Life seems hopeless Today a guy randomly asked me my name in the gym and it literally took me 10-15 seconds to say the first letter. I feel like life isnt worth living like this. Rather be dead than ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterSep 20, 2020
22 points

My Limitations

My Limitations I have often been described as someone rather mysterious. Curious, observant, hard to figure out, etc. But the truth is, I have hidden myself from others out of shame and disconnection ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentTrauma & PsychologicalShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2020
4 points

she was tired of me, she never told but I know, she is felt, I spoke very little, because I could not say a word all the time, I would give everything to talk normally with her, now nothing matters an...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2020
3 points

Nah man I haven’t, I didn’t even think it was such a big problem because I’ve had it since I could talk! My family didn’t even take me to a speech therapist when I was younger for god knows what reaso...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencySadness & HopelessnessGenetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2020
9 points

I’m leaving this subreddit. I’ve stuttered for 37 years. And never have I thought on my very worst days “I should kill myself.” My god. Every other thread is basically a suicide note. I’m out....

Emotional ExperienceMeta
Suicidal Ideation & High DistressSadness & HopelessnessNot About Stuttering
postr/StutterSep 13, 2020
3 points

I hate me

I hate me IAm an 18 years old boy i stuttered when i was a kid and it just disappeared . All of a sudden it came back again but stronger i feel like i hate myself and I don't want to talk anymore I am...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAdvice RequestsFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2020
7 points

i really just don't want my son or daughter to feel the hopeless i felt , it's just so heartbroken to think about...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 10, 2020
8 points

Will there ever be a cure for stuttering?

Will there ever be a cure for stuttering? I was diagnosed with a speech disorder! and it has ruined my life, stuttering has impaired my ability to speak and socialize normally, everytime i try to soci...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 8, 2020
3 points

Yes it doesn't define me, but stuttering it's me. It's really me, it's not just speaking, uttering words it's all my being. That's stuttering, speech isn't some separated phenomen from you, your words...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentSeverity & FluctuationShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 6, 2020
2 points

Do you feel differently because your stuttering is linked to bullying situations? Mine definitely is as well, so I think about other people who feel the same way. Also I know a lot of people with a st...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2020
1 points

I’m 24 and I’ve been stuttering since I was 14 years old. I hate it so much and I still wish everyday it could just disappear. Because of it I had depression and anxiety. I’m slowly starting to accept...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterSep 1, 2020
38 points

I'm 16 I stutter a lot Stuttering destroyed my life. until the moment comes to give up this pain which will last my whole life.

I'm 16 I stutter a lot Stuttering destroyed my life. until the moment comes to give up this pain which will last my whole life. [deleted]...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencySuicidal Ideation & High Distress
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2020
2 points

Thank you! You’re right.. I think it’s because my stutter isn’t that bad so the possibility it could have been helped a lot in childhood haunts me.. but I shouldn’t hold resentment or live in the past...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2020
2 points

From my own experience and the experience of other people I know, most speech therapy doesn't really work as promised. And then they accuse you for not practice enough and then you feel horrible for b...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Sadness & HopelessnessTherapy ExperiencesUnhelpful Therapy Techniques