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postr/StutterApr 4, 2025
7 points

Anyone from India

Anyone from India I(22 M) am stutter from childhood, but now I have overcome that thing, I almost don't stutter while speaking with friend group or family/friends but when presentation and interview c...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 4, 2025
2 points

Words that start with "Th," "B," "P," and sometimes "T." "Th" especially beats me up and I usually don't win lol. But I'm speaking a language other than English, it depends on how nervous and anxious...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentPropositionality & Weight
postr/StutterApr 4, 2025
15 points

I’m going to fucking crash out

I’m going to fucking crash out I'm not even a complete introvert, I am a social person to some extent but for some reason my stuttering, which developed in the past few years and was quite minimal, as...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
7 points

How do I become a more talkative person?

How do I become a more talkative person? I'm generally a pretty quiet person and I lowkey cannot stand it. I always feel so weird for being quiet but at the same time I don't really know what to talk ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
5 points

I would never wish this on my worst enemy. I’m pretty much in the same situation—I can hardly answer phone calls anymore. If I don’t figure out how to help myself, I honestly don’t know what my life w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
0 points

Spot on! I wonder if others have stories of something they felt was impossible at first and gripped with fear over the judgement, difficulty and more but continued through it anyway and over time it ...

Emotional Experience
Hope & MotivationAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
2 points

Unexpected “narration/demonstration” & FREAKING out

Unexpected “narration/demonstration” & FREAKING out hi y’all, i have to give a very unexpected narration of my upcoming lab experiment and this is my worst effing nightmare!!! For context i got surger...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+1 more
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
2 points

Tips?

Tips? Any tips on how to cope with this? I’m 22 year old guy I’ve been isolating myself for about 4 years I have no friends or social help anyways today I somehow gained the courage to talk to a girl ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of Life
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
1 points

I'm so sorry you feel this way. I have had days like this, admittedly my stutter is very sporadic, can go full sentences completely fine, others not. I just own it, after I stutter out the sentence ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Acceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
3 points

One of the things I've noticed is my mood will have something to do with how I speak. I know we can't always just turn this on before speaking, but if before work or school, if you have certain music ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Preparation & RehearsalAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindfulness & Breathing+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 3, 2025
5 points

I'm the same age and I understand the comments, side comments and snarky things people say especially in school however its ur choice to actually acknowledge the comments or insults. Because I guara...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingIdentity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
36 points

Tired

Tired 20 (f) and I’m just so tired of having to live with this. Not to be all pessimistic and dramatic but my speech is really something that has consumed my life and it’s become so exhausting. I’m at...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterApr 3, 2025
45 points

Wish me luck today on my 5 min. presentation😭

Wish me luck today on my 5 min. presentation😭 So I have an ADA accommodation at my college so I’ll be doing the presentation in front of my instructor only. But still, this morning my heart is racing...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentSeeking Therapy
postr/StutterApr 2, 2025
8 points

Somebody please leave advice

Somebody please leave advice I am in the 8th grade and will be going to a very big high school. My stutter isn’t even that bad, but I get severe blocks whenever I have to say my name and often at rand...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
3 points

I get that. I felt the same way when I was your age. The feeling of, “why can’t I just talk normal??” I remember watching kids in class raise their hands and contribute and I was so envious that it wa...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCommunity & Support
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & PridePersonal Stories
postr/StutterApr 2, 2025
9 points

Hey there i stutter i am 15 year old

Hey there i stutter i am 15 year old It all started when i was 5 or 6 and it never stoped. i have been bullied my whole life by my friends family and relatives too I and when i was 10 we moved to a ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
1 points

I feel you on this and I’m right there with you. I’m very envious of anyone who speaks with ease....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
2 points

Thank you so much, luckily I was able to sit and get to talk a bit with the folks before hand so that also helped with nerves....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
1 points

Cheers mate, don’t listen to yourself when you feel those feelings. It gets better. Years of frustrations and paranoia got me nowhere....

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 2, 2025
1 points

I commend you for taking a whole-life approach with stuttering; attempts at speech therapy, what’s going on mentally, your diet, and exercise. Few seem to look at it in this way, and the whole-life ap...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more