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commentr/StutterMar 3, 2023
1 points

I appreciate the comments. I thought of this because I’m realizing how much stuttering has impacted my life. I meant it as a metaphor for other people who, even with disabilities that I in no way want...

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commentr/StutterMar 3, 2023
9 points

I think a lot of us have experienced this. And of course it’s annoying. But I wouldn’t stress about it too much. You can’t control what happens outside of your power. What you can control is how you’r...

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postr/StutterMar 2, 2023
7 points

I just wanna be left alone

I just wanna be left alone Talking in general brings unnecessary stress, I'm not suicidal or anything but I quite literally just want people to leave me the fuck alone. I want an average income, avera...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterMar 2, 2023
12 points

When you are dumb you just accept yourself the way you are but when you stutter it feels like a torture because you are in the middle of nowhere....

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postr/StutterMar 2, 2023
27 points

Stuttering is like…

Stuttering is like… Stuttering is like trying to ride a bike with one wheel. You look around and everyone else seems to have two wheels. Sure, some may be missing a pedal. Some may be missing a refle...

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postr/StutterMar 1, 2023
6 points

How do you cope with the feeling of not being able to stand up for yourself?

How do you cope with the feeling of not being able to stand up for yourself? When someone does some injustice towards me, I can't help but feeling like I can't stand up for myself and for what's fair....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Helplessness & AgencySelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
postr/StutterFeb 28, 2023
8 points

is there no hope for me?

is there no hope for me? I get nervous a lot and i stutter. Im unemployed for years now. I want to get a job but i cant because i can't even speak properly. I'm also a college drop out. Tbh i only stu...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2023
3 points

The more you avoid something the bigger that fear grows in your brain, it's hard but you just have to do it...

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commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2023
2 points

Dude I'm in the exact same situation, but I don't usually have to use the intercom as there's someone nearby to take the delivery, or they call a manager to do it. One day I might have to use the inte...

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commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2023
22 points

Please don't quit a job over that. You have created an avoidance behaviour because of fear, the only way you overcome this is by speaking into the intercom. Don't worry about how you sound.... Just do...

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commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2023
1 points

I appreciate your words of wisdom bro and I’m glad you met people in your life who accepted you and loved you for you being yourself. But deep down I just don’t think those things are meant to happen ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2023
1 points

I understand young being a factor but at the same time I know that I was the only reason I kept constantly getting rejected and I’m totally fine with that. I thought back on it and I realized that may...

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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
2 points

I too think that I won't be able to ever find love (I'm 22 btw) and I have accepted it. I found it really depressing at first but now I simply accepted it. But who knows maybe I will find someone who ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
3 points

Your 18. You have a chance, try everything you can to change & find somebody if that's what you want. I'm 31 and feel like you do. I've had a extremely hard life from stuttering and other unfortu...

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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
5 points

In the same boat. I've already accepted this and just never tried. 25 right now and have been alone. Barely getting by....

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Helplessness & Agency
postr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
26 points

Am I the only one that thinks and confidently knows that they will be alone forever and never find love or fall in love because of their stutter?

Am I the only one that thinks and confidently knows that they will be alone forever and never find love or fall in love because of their stutter? [deleted]...

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Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyDating & Romance
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
-1 points

Was told in college by my crush that nobody would want to be with a PWS because women don't want to be with a genetically compromised person. So yeah, still single, don't even try. All my attempts hav...

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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2023
1 points

I’m 22. I was a kid before everything went digital. I used to be terrified that I would need to order my own food by walking up to the till, or needing to ask the ticket guy on the train for a ticket ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2023
3 points

I have absolutely no confidence because my stuttering is so very very bad....!!! I have gone through enough therapies with no lasting success....it's hopeless and I always have suicide on my mind...I ...

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Suicidal Ideation & High DistressHelplessness & AgencyShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2023
4 points

My stuttering is worse than it's ever been and I have tried so much therapy that never lasts....I have tried so much thereapy that never lasts...for the first time in my life my inclination to avoid s...

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