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postr/StutterNov 22, 2016
33 points

So, I just had a breakthrough...

So, I just had a breakthrough... First, I'd like to say thanks to everyone on this subreddit for all the positive and encouraging posts. I wish I had found this much sooner. I feel a kinship with all...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
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commentr/StutterNov 22, 2016
1 points

I'm in the same boat. Had a nice few weeks where I hardly worried about the stuttering but since a few days I'm back in my old shitty moods. ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2016
1 points

I always stutter in my dreams and it makes me sad to think about it. It's the one place where you have a chance to be free of this shit and it just doesn't work that way. Your brain knows that you are...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2016
1 points

Perhaps we'll have better luck in the next life brother(/sister?). I had a bad day too and it's just the worst....

Emotional Experience
Sadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterNov 15, 2016
6 points

>do you not feel like it's accepting a vastly lower standard of living? Yeah. I know that my life would be very different if I was fluent or if I could take a pill that made me fluent. When I firs...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2016
2 points

When I'm upset about my stutter I get really mad and frustrated. I try not to yell or get angry at people, but sometimes I cry to myself at night....

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Frustration & AngerSadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterNov 14, 2016
5 points

Does anybody use a DAF device and have success with it?

Does anybody use a DAF device and have success with it? Before I get started here, let me just say that I'm new to this subreddit and BOY am I glad I discovered it! I don't have any family, friends or...

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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2016
1 points

http://www.theravive.com/therapedia/Childhood--Onset-Fluency-Disorder-(Stuttering)-DSM--5-315.35-(F80.81) And I mean the psychological things that stuttering causes like anxiety, shame, depression, b...

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postr/StutterNov 6, 2016
21 points

I don't think I can ever be successful in life. My stuttering is holding be back so badly.

I don't think I can ever be successful in life. My stuttering is holding be back so badly. I'm writing this because I'm just frustrated and depressed. I feel like my stuttering is getting worse, when ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
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commentr/StutterNov 4, 2016
2 points

I wish I could do this man I really do. I do try at times but at the end of the night feel depressed like hell. I'd much rather sit at home and watch football or play some video games and derive happi...

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commentr/StutterNov 2, 2016
1 points

I am at an age where I just come to terms with what I am. I have tried various things in my life to help fix my stutter but it's still here. It's not something I think is endearing, or a flaw that is ...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAvoidance & SubstitutionSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterNov 2, 2016
2 points

I've been working at a service desk for a few months now. I have to talk all goddamn day. It has made me care less about my stuttering but I do not feel any happier about my situation. I sound really...

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postr/StutterNov 2, 2016
8 points

I blame my parents...

I blame my parents... I've posted this on another subreddit, but I found this one and feel it is much more relevant here. First things first, I love my parents to bits and would totally do anything ...

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commentr/StutterOct 31, 2016
1 points

I'd like to hear more. I'm 19 and i'm seriously losing hope. There's no way for me to improve. I don't want to carry on this life if this is all it will ever be....

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commentr/StutterOct 30, 2016
1 points

You described my situation spot on. Spent years hiding away and I'm fucking done. The constant torment in my head really gets to me. I'm 19 and honestly I don't see myself going much further...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
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commentr/StutterOct 28, 2016
3 points

It's a permanent feeling of outside looking in. Everybody struggles to some degree with finding their own and becoming comfortable with who they are, but adding an extra element of physically not bein...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2016
11 points

This is EXACTLY how I feel when I get depressed about it. Pretty much word for word. Seeing other people being able to talk so effortlessly, and realizing that you're never going to be able to do that...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessLoneliness & IsolationDisclosure & Telling Others
postr/StutterOct 27, 2016
51 points

Stupid rant you probably shouldn't read

Stupid rant you probably shouldn't read So, seeing as most people post about their speech disorders when they're NOT feeling happy about them, I guess this is just adding another straw of negativity o...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2016
2 points

The story of my life. As a kid I was a jokester and very extroverted but since I started stuttering at nine years old I have been an introvert and I am always so depressed about it. 😢...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionSadness & HopelessnessAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterOct 24, 2016
9 points

Give me a reason to look forward. Rant.

Give me a reason to look forward. Rant. Change my opinion on this. Call me an arrogant fuck but Ive argued, reasoned, experienced, researched and fought this stuff for a long time now and looked for...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencySeverity & Fluctuation