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commentr/StutterMay 30, 2021
4 points

Same as the other comment, that would also be me, I hate how it dominates your life daily, people say it's not a disability but the way it effects my life it certainly feels like it...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Quality of LifeIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMay 30, 2021
4 points

True, I had the same thing with buying train tickets, too. Nowadays we have online applications for that, which is also faster and more comfortable....

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
postr/StutterMay 29, 2021
15 points

It’s so easy to order a pizza now via the app , back in the day you had to call and it wasn’t a good experience

It’s so easy to order a pizza now via the app , back in the day you had to call and it wasn’t a good experience ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2021
3 points

Stuttering has always interfered with my life, personally and professionally. It's unfortunate, but that's just the way it is. I have to exist and live, etc, so I just trudge on. Takes a lot out of m...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Quality of LifeHelplessness & AgencyStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2021
4 points

Would swap my stutter for the occasional throwing up of my food anyday...

Social & Relationships
Quality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2021
9 points

Talking is so second nature to people, almost like breathing. It's hard for people to fathom not being able to say what you want to say....

Social & RelationshipsCommunity & Support
Quality of LifeValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterMay 26, 2021
4 points

It seems like that's how you want it to be if you've made it to 31 and haven't figured out how to do for yourself. What's going to happen when your Mom's not able to do that for you anymore? You don't...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2021
1 points

Now I use to go to only place felt safe to talk without stuttering is Wendy's felt small calm place I just ordered food inside ate there but wen coronavirus came Wendy's shut down indoor...

Social & Relationships
Quality of Life
postr/StutterMay 25, 2021
2 points

I cant do drive thru or go to fast food stores only moms gets food for me

I cant do drive thru or go to fast food stores only moms gets food for me Wen we go out I always mom goes get our food I can't go inside or drive thrue it's been like that for years I'm 31...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2021
1 points

When i was younger at restaurants if i knew i was going to stutter really bad when ordering i would say i have to go to the bathroom and have whoever i’m eating with order for me while i’m gone. Now i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2021
2 points

I appreciate your advices alot bro and I don't wanna seem harsh but I've tried taking deep breaths before responding to phone calls but it never does a shit I still freak out and sweat so badly every...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2021
3 points

Being single ***is*** ***hard***. Living in your own money is hard, but fulfilling. I have no parents, entirely on my own, since age 17. Fitness ***is hard***, especially when you have severe medica...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
postr/StutterMay 7, 2021
16 points

Anyone else ever completely shut down and not talk?

Anyone else ever completely shut down and not talk? (18M) Lately, my stuttering has gotten so severe I’ve just completely began to isolate and not use my voice at all. Hell, I kind of forgot what it s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 5, 2021
1 points

Hi I’m Mexican American and am a senior at university, and stuttering has made speaking exceedingly difficult. When I’m practicing my Spanish, it’s very tough to get through sentences. Also, stutterin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionSchool & Academic LifeQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2021
4 points

I'm so sorry you (and the lot of us) have to go through this. It feels quite unfair when others can talk anything and everything they like without breaking a sweat. I can definitely feel you there. ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of LifeFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2021
2 points

I'm so sorry you're going through this, I know how hard it can be. Something that helped me was to prioritize getting my needs met. Even if I stutter, if I'm able to have my needs met then mission acc...

Social & RelationshipsCommunity & Support
Quality of LifeValidation & Empathy
postr/StutterMay 4, 2021
56 points

I’m so upset right now

I’m so upset right now I hate everything about this stutter, it ruins my social life. I never talk in class or ever try to socialize because I’m always nervous it will activate. And it only activates ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2021
1 points

My first job as a teenager was at Domino's answering the phone for pizza orders, I stuttered alot worse then I do now. I think it actually helped me begin to stop being affected by my stutter and just...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2021
3 points

But they’d find it weird if you pull out a photo of an orange. “You don’t know how to say orange”?...

Social & Relationships
Quality of Life
commentr/StutterMay 3, 2021
1 points

Try pulling up a picture of the item you are looking for on your phone, and it might make it easier to approach a worker if you have a picture to reference when asking for help...

Social & Relationships
Quality of Life