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commentr/StutterAug 19, 2020
3 points

know it can be hard and it seems like it can't get better but please find some help. If you can try to find therapy or a support group, as it sounds like you may be struggling with depression or somet...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Sadness & HopelessnessSuicidal Ideation & High DistressIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2020
3 points

Ask yourself this question, "what would i do to be happy?". Killing yourself is very easy but you'll always live (live?) without being able to be happy at least once in your life, but now it's too lat...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHope & MotivationSuicidal Ideation & High Distress
commentr/StutterAug 17, 2020
2 points

I'm a 29F, and I still stutter. Some days are worse than other days, but you have to keep trying, and don't give up. I'm not saying it will get better, because for me it got worse, but it ebbs and flo...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessSuicidal Ideation & High Distress
commentr/StutterAug 16, 2020
2 points

Believe me, I am totally with you. It feels like you are another of me. Perhaps, you can read the books which resonates the real myself. ‘No longer Human’, ‘The Stranger’(by Albert Camus) I don’t wan...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 16, 2020
3 points

Hi I just wanted to say I am so sorry you're going through this. You're def not alone, I know that suffocating feeling all too well. I know the feeling of trying to fix things and feeling hopeless bec...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
postr/StutterAug 16, 2020
63 points

Its suffocating. Help me.

Its suffocating. Help me. I'm 18(F) and I dont know who I am anymore. I dont know how to react to things. I dont know the appropriate behaviour. I do things thinking that they would lead to a certain ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyAnxiety & Social JudgmentFriendships & Belonging+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 12, 2020
3 points

Hey man, I think a lot of people here can relate. At least I can. I used to cry myself to sleep at your age, too. So in my own way, I get it. You're not alone. I'm curious, are you doing anything to ...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Sadness & HopelessnessAdvice Requests
commentr/StutterAug 10, 2020
2 points

thanks xx i’ve been doing better, i’m about to go on my depression meds and we’re waiting on my prescription for my sleeping meds. I’ll probably do an update tonight since i’ve been feeling better ! T...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterAug 10, 2020
3 points

Oh boy, the same situation with me. I am a 23-year-old male too. In the college, I talk to a few "friends", and when I try to connect and express myself the people (in some sense) move away. For that,...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterAug 10, 2020
8 points

Panic Attacks before you open your mouth and subsequent overreactions/self-hatred when you don't express yourself clearly

Panic Attacks before you open your mouth and subsequent overreactions/self-hatred when you don't express yourself clearly So I'm a penultimate year student in undergraduate studies at a University in ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 7, 2020
1 points

See it’s complex because when I was suffering my mum was severely depressed, and my dad started drinking. My brother smashed the house up every day so you know, things weren’t great. It’s complex also...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Trauma & PsychologicalSadness & HopelessnessFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterAug 6, 2020
2 points

You should check out the book, "Running on empty". It's basically about parents who neglect their children emotionally. Your story resonates a lot with me. Though I didn't have the same situation, I h...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Trauma & PsychologicalSadness & HopelessnessValidation & Empathy
postr/StutterAug 5, 2020
17 points

How to not loose hope during severe fluctuations

How to not loose hope during severe fluctuations My stutter had been pretty okay for most of July. Then in the last week I got hay fever and now I can’t even string a sentence together. With quarantin...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 5, 2020
2 points

Yeah I think that’s it tbh they don’t wanna make a big deal out of it. I had some years where it was barely there but the last few haven’t been great.. idk. My dad started drinking and did for years a...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessListener ReactionsFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterAug 4, 2020
4 points

I'm in your shoes, too. I have only talked about it once with my parents and they sent me to therapy and it didn't work out. And that was it. We never talked about it again. They don't know it's more ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Frustration & AngerSadness & HopelessnessLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterAug 4, 2020
6 points

It’s hell - if you do so it will just clear stuff up which is a plus but possibly your parents didn’t want to pay attention to it because they didn’t want to make a big deal of it dunno I’m 21 also - ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 3, 2020
8 points

Tell me I'm wrong

Tell me I'm wrong Trying not to stutter is like holding in a big crap. When you let go and let what comes out come out instead of trying to hold it back, relief comes....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Sadness & HopelessnessVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterAug 1, 2020
1 points

Even If i talk with someone nothing not can help me they can't take it away from me, Just I'm tired with months staying in my room all days because of this shit, I'm seeing my friends of high school t...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJul 27, 2020
2 points

I've experienced my stutter getting slightly better when I was on them and then back to normal, so to speak, when I stopped taking them. Now SSRI's allow more serotonin to be released (?), and what i'...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightSadness & HopelessnessHelpful Med Outcomes+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 26, 2020
1 points

How long ago did you start taking them? Has your anxiety improved at all? Antidepressants are a shot in the dark imo. For some people they work wonders and for others, it makes everything wo...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightSadness & HopelessnessHarmful Med Outcomes