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postr/StutterFeb 22, 2023
25 points

Putting off college due to fears of not being able to get hired afterwards

Putting off college due to fears of not being able to get hired afterwards I do not have a traditional stutter, I have a very severe block stutter. It’s so bad that I’m basically mute. I actually wish...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
postr/StutterFeb 21, 2023
12 points

Hopeless

Hopeless Hello, My name is George 20 y.o. I began to stutter at 4 years old and since then i could not improve or get worse with talking. I am writing this cause i want to ask this community on: Ho...

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commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2023
1 points

The problem he's expressing sounds to me as simply being introverted. He just doesn't want to talk at all, even if you ignore the stutter. But to improve during therapy people usually need to talk and...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 20, 2023
3 points

It's always terrible in the workplace. People come to the job with their issues/trauma that make them feel powerless, and when you stutter during conversation with them it gives them that power back. ...

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Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 19, 2023
6 points

Not really... I'm not the chatty type of person and I hate it when I have to contribute a lot to a conversation and that's what speech and language is about... I was just hoping to get some advice but...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Shame & EmbarrassmentTherapy ExperiencesHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2023
1 points

I have that too, you are not alone my friend. i think it is probably because we imagine how much we could achieve and experience if we didn't have this problem. We start to hold resentment towards our...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2023
-5 points

Smh. Watch some bitch say some magical shit like "it all gets better" it wont especially not for me or you. I feel the exact same but I'm 14. Honestly if I was u I would find a job u can. Basically Fu...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2023
5 points

Ik its tough right now but eventually it'll get better , don't lose hope . If you have then better start looking for something in the future because people are too precious to be lost . You have to fi...

Emotional Experience
Hope & MotivationHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterFeb 16, 2023
63 points

my disability has defeated me.

my disability has defeated me. i (22f) have stuttered all my life. it never caused me problems growing up, i was never bullied because of my stutter (i even had friends in my childhood and i am so gra...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencySuicidal Ideation & High Distress+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2023
2 points

“How can I build relations or just walk up to a girl when the odds are against me?” You just do it. No matter what the outcome is, no matter what people may think of you, you just gotta act. Be truthf...

Emotional Experience
Hope & MotivationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 15, 2023
2 points

> and I've tried everything but nothing works. So far... Just because you haven't found a way forward yet doesn't mean you won't. It just means you have to persevere. Don't quit. You're at the mo...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
postr/StutterFeb 14, 2023
4 points

Value judgment

Value judgment Is it worth fighting my self conciousness/ judgement to socialize. Or to live my life with 0 friends or partners? Seriously guys, ask yourself this question because sooner or later. ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyFriendships & BelongingDating & Romance
postr/StutterFeb 14, 2023
26 points

My stutter is ruining my life

My stutter is ruining my life Hello, I'm 15 and in the 10th grade and I struggle with speech blocks. I'm an overthinker and care what people think, I don't block too often but often enough that it mak...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2023
1 points

Yes, we express ourselves in writing. We acquire massive vocabularies to allow us to substitute words; but it allows us to be great writers. It's not enough of compensation though because when a stut...

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commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2023
2 points

Same. That feeling of I have so much to say but I'm failing in communicating by not being able to, and therefore often being misinterpreted or even mistrusted, or seen as a shallow person as sometimes...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2023
4 points

This is why I wish I could communicate solely in writing, honestly. I sound (and look) like a complete idiot, and people treat me like I'm stupid as soon as they hear me try to speak. I have a ton of ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2023
4 points

I exactly want to know the same thing . I have excellent thought process and can come with answers in a second but due to the fact that i stutter i can't say them properly or i dont speak those though...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2023
11 points

Its just you project such a perfect thought but it just ends up being utter nonsense and you end up being ridiculed for it every single time . I wish i could let my thoughts flow as they do in my mind...

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postr/StutterFeb 12, 2023
14 points

Job potential

Job potential Hi guys, I'm 19 years old and currently in uni. I'm one of the top students of my major in economics. I've actually been called an 'excellent student' by various professors and tutors I...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2023
2 points

Yep. It’s really something. Not being able to say what you want to say and then watching people say whatever they want to say effortlessly....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency