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postr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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I have an interview tomorrow + partial rant I guess

I have an interview tomorrow + partial rant I guess Hi there, I am a 30 year old woman. As you can guess, as a lifetime stutterer I have so much I can vent, but you already know because you are living...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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Run for president…kidding. What’s the fucking point if stuttering returns 7 days later?...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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>Her stuttering is minor though, so it doesn’t prevent her from doing anything. No one's stutter prevents them from doing something. They choose not to do it....

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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Nah bro. I get it. Struggling to say your name, having to introduce yourself in class on the first day of college classes, not being able to have a simple conversation with your parents or others, peo...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Helplessness & AgencyAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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I work in a field where I commonly interview children. I have interviewed a 3 year old girl whose speech was so smooth and articulate… meanwhile I can barely squeeze a single question without a block....

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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I am speaking personally, you are saying that you are victimizing yourself but this is the truth, I don't know why you find it difficult to accept someones reality, even though I mentally try to be po...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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Embracing it won't help, the people won't respect you. I know CBT and DBT and therapy is dogshit. If deluding yourself is working for you, go ahead....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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It's very difficult to get along with stuttering when everyone around you is talking, as it should be and it's especially unfair that, as you mentioned, people don't take you seriously because no one ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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Yes. It is worst disability after legit bodily disabilities. At least you made it to 60, I doubt I'll make it....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2023
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Firstly, it is far from certain that without stuttering you would be successful, but of course, if the average person has any chance at all, it is very close to zero in the case of stuttering....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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I hate it. I have having 10,000 synonyms, I hated having to worry about what to say AND if it was gonna come out. I hated how Arlington Va fire and Rescue dept picked some BS reason for not hiring...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Helplessness & AgencyHiding & ConcealmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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I can bet you everyone in this subreddit if given the chance would immediately get rid of their stutter. Genuinely I don't want to sound like a downer but it has not benefited me. The amount of frustr...

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Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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**Any ideas how that could have happened that you started suddenly stuttering when alone?** My experience: For me, if I enter a situation where I'm alone and I already start out with a negative or ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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You either don't stutter or you're kinda delusional that you think not being able to say a coherent sentence is good in any way...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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It really isn’t lol. I would trade anything to be able to talk normally. It’s held me back soooo much in life. Missed out on a lot of...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2023
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I get what you're trying to do, but no, stuttering isn't good. Living with a stutter is hard and a mental and physical struggle fluent people will never understand. But it's okay to stutter. It's the...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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I wasn’t there and there isn’t much info on what was said. Was she being nasty? Dismissive? Ignorant? You can be the judge of that. Tell her (if you haven’t already) that you feel like your stutter is...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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I love this. I have allowed it to hold me back so much in my life that I was not motivated to challenge myself. I'm just trying to pick the pieces and do something with myself....

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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My stutter ruined my entire life potential and I refuse to let anybody lie to me and say I would have been fine taking 5 minutes on the job to say what should take 5 seconds because I speak so poorly....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Helplessness & AgencyHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2023
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When you are anxious you will change your breathing pattern. Worse breathing pattern leads to worse stuttering. Besides, as the situation is stressful, you might try to force through it - which again ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Stress & Fight/FlightHelplessness & AgencyFluency Techniques