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postr/StutterApr 9, 2025
26 points

Presentation

Presentation I had a presentation today, it went awful ☠️ It was supposed to take 20 minutes but ended up taking like 40+ and i felt like i was stuck on the beginning of every new sentence i was tryin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterApr 9, 2025
19 points

Post-Presentation Humiliation

Post-Presentation Humiliation I will never get used to how I feel after presentations. The feeling of tryna hold ur tears back and feeling hopeless will always stay with me. I’m sick and tired if I’m ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterApr 9, 2025
17 points

“yOu LeArN tO DeAL wItH iT”

“yOu LeArN tO DeAL wItH iT” This is a rant so if I'm targeting you PLEASE take it with a grain of salt what I'm about to say because I am in reality just pissed off at my stuttering: I'm sick of this ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Frustration & AngerAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

I see. There was this incident in my class where teacher asked all of us a question and only I knew the answer. But i couldnt say it out because it jus didn't come out like I knew I had to stutter to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringPropositionality & Weight+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
6 points

Hi there, I stutter as well. I found a lot of direction and confidence in finding a support group. Connecting with organizations like the National Stuttering Association (NSA) helped me realize I wasn...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

I second everyone who suggested you disclose it before the interview! I started doing it a few years ago and I think it really improved my job interviews outcomes! And definitely don't apologize for i...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterApr 8, 2025
32 points

Beyond depressed

Beyond depressed I am 24 and have had a stutter my whole life I have had many different jobs, I even had a job answering phones for a period of time. A year or 2 ago my stutter and confidence got to t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

obviously he has a stutter but very mild one we stutter when we get nervous and especially in fromt of many people (at least for me)...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

Tell them in the beginning that you have a stutter. And don’t consider stutter a disability, just think that’s something that makes you unique. I had an interview where the interviewer told me “I’m su...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionPreparation & Rehearsal+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 8, 2025
1 points

It definitely gets better, but almost never will be 100% gone, I used to be terrified of so many different social interactions, now in my 20s my speech impediment is an after thought and I can usually...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2025
1 points

I never really had an issue dating and I’m pretty average looking. Nothing special. One thing I like to do is tell my date pretty much right away that I have a stutter because it’s essentially all abo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2025
1 points

You should not apologize. You didn’t choose to stutter. “Before we get started, you should know that I stutter. Higher stress situations, like job interviews, tend to bring more stuttering than usual...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2025
2 points

I graduate this year from college, and the idea of going through rounds of interviews and finding a job is terrifying. It’s especially frustrating for a lot of us who don’t know anyone else personally...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & CareerLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterApr 7, 2025
9 points

LIFE OF 17 YEAR OLD STUTTERER

LIFE OF 17 YEAR OLD STUTTERER **About myself** im turning 18 this july, ive graduated school last week. Ive been stuttering my whole life starting from the age of 4. As a kid i never cared about my...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2025
1 points

15 year old here too. If we can get past the anxiety of stuttering it probably does get better but that’s the hard bit isn’t it...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2025
1 points

hello!! if you don't mind me asking, could you please share how you navigate being a graphic designer while having a stutter? as a 22 year old university student majoring in ui/ux design (another fiel...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2025
1 points

Thanks!  The practice wasn't really trying to say it just right because I know we know how to speak it and don't need to relearn it and can probably say it a thousand times over once they hang up or a...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterApr 6, 2025
6 points

Please help me to avoid stuttering for a assembly 🙏

Please help me to avoid stuttering for a assembly 🙏 Can someone tell me how I can avoid stuttering infront of a crowd. Im about to give sports news to my school. I have to read it still I am very sca...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterApr 6, 2025
21 points

A little vent/promise to myself.

A little vent/promise to myself. So i have a mild/moderate stutter. If i am in a room with people i know and who know me i barely stutter but yesterday when i was buying a bus ticket in a PACKED bus, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 6, 2025
1 points

Hello. I am also getting my life destroyed by stuttering and anxiety. What you describe here is exactly how I feel when I try to communicate with other people: trapped, restrained, choked up. (Even wh...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyNeurological & Brain