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Looking for help, new here.
Looking for help, new here. I work with customers on a daily basis and I get so much anxiety when I need to talk to people. It's gotten to the point where I will ignore guests and wait for someone els...
Ordering Food
Ordering Food I’m so mad at my self for being such a coward! Every time I go out somewhere and I want food I always have to pick the easiest thing on the menu so the people won’t know I stutter. I kno...
No! I'm 31 and trust me it gets better. I hated my stutter my whole life and still to this day I get upset but I promise you it isnt as big of a deal that you think it is. I wish I would have reali...
I totally agree that the more you put yourself out there in uncomfortable situations, the easier handling embarrassment becomes, sometimes to the point that it won’t bother you at all; and sometimes t...
I totally relate 💯. It limits me in my daily life and I hate it. I feel when im going to stutter before I even say anything. I cannot say what I wanna say most of the time....
Idk, I’ve found that by constantly putting myself in uncomfortable situations that force me to speak and interact with others more, my stutter has gotten significantly better. It’s taken a long time a...
I think that practice helps to overcome to anxiety and these are low risk situations. Challenge yourself to go and talk to someone. The goal isn’t to avoid all human interaction but to become comforta...
I know what you mean man.I once ran into a an old teacher of mine from back when I was in elementary school.I couldn't even say ''yiasou'', which is Greek for ''hello''.Worse still, when people who do...
I just finished a part-time job interview.
I just finished a part-time job interview. It was not that bad. I work at a cafe in the morning. The most awful moment for me is to say good-bye words to customers. I don’t know why, but I have the fe...
Ordering food SUCKS!!!
Ordering food SUCKS!!! Just here to vent. Ordered food at Sonic just now. My stutter normally isn't too bad but it decided to flair up like mad just now. Always feel so demoralized when that happens....
You don't have to talk to anyone to get food. You can use hand and facial gestures (including the very common pointings and noddings and shakings) to get what you want. :) I mean, just in case it sti...
Postmates is v dangerous for me. Taco bell delivered to my door and I don't have to talk to anyone!...
I see stuff like this and think of times when i was younger when I opted to eat gas station hotdogs because i wouldn’t have to talk to anyone to get food.
I see stuff like this and think of times when i was younger when I opted to eat gas station hotdogs because i wouldn’t have to talk to anyone to get food. ...
Stuttering makes life tough, that's for sure, but I've yet to find something that stuttering makes it impossible to do. Years ago I was a similar mindset to what you've expressed and I would have don...
You cant let a *stutter* of all things stop you from living your life. It seems like the end of the world, I know. Some people learn to live with it earlier than others and that's ok. But please don't...
If I didn't stutter
If I didn't stutter I would stream and actually make money, because nothing would stop me then. I would actually engage in conversations. I would be the extrovert I was born to be. I would not see the...
Avoiding salons
Avoiding salons This just crossed my mind because I’m getting my hair cut today... does anyone else avoid getting their hair cut/colored/etc often because they get so stressed out sitting in the chair...
I definitely connect with you on this one. Been there and it sucks. A good friend of mine once gave me an excellent piece of advice: never feel rushed, because everyone in that line has the right to ...
“for some reason, what constitutes a person’s happiness must at the same time be the source of his suffering” - Goethe
“for some reason, what constitutes a person’s happiness must at the same time be the source of his suffering” - Goethe For me that happiness is communicating with people but because of my stutter conv...
Feeling invisible
Feeling invisible Today was a pretty bad stuttering day for me. I was on vacation for a week and just returned to work today. Coming back I’m starting to realize that my coworkers don’t fully acknowle...