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commentr/StutterDec 7, 2022
1 points

That’s really hard when you’re surrounded by lots of people talking fluently. It feels like in the room full of people, you’re the one that’s cursed and forced to live through it your whole life. Ever...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterDec 3, 2022
28 points

Today I turned 20. The stuttering still hasn't gone away, but is only starting to progress more

Today I turned 20. The stuttering still hasn't gone away, but is only starting to progress more When I turned 10, I wrote a letter to the future, which I opened today. the most important desire was to...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyEnergy & Biological Rhythms+1 more
postr/StutterDec 3, 2022
18 points

To the warriros of this sub, Has anyone dropped of college because of stutter?

To the warriros of this sub, Has anyone dropped of college because of stutter? [deleted]...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterDec 3, 2022
14 points

Why was I denied from receiving Disability if stuttering specifically is listed in the ADA

Why was I denied from receiving Disability if stuttering specifically is listed in the ADA Stuttering is listed as a disability in the Americans with Disabilities act. I went through the whole process...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Access & RightsHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2022
9 points

I let my stutter hold me back professionally and I will tell you one thing- I regret it. My current speech therapist who is a doctor stutters. I look at them and go wow I wonder what I could have been...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2022
2 points

Go for it. Don't let your stutter hold you back. I missed many educational opportunities because of my stutter. I live with that regret every day....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2022
4 points

That’s what I’ve been trying to focus on. I usually ask myself if I would regret not doing something 2-3 years from now. If the answer is yes then I do it haha. Sometimes it’s just easier to stay com...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 30, 2022
2 points

I quit smoking a year ago after smoking daily for about 15 years. I noticed I was getting a lot of anxiety and paranoia which ultimately made my stuttering worse. I just wasn’t enjoying being high any...

Meds & SubstancesCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Harmful Med OutcomesStress & Fight/FlightHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2022
4 points

I don't even have sexual impulses at all, ever since my ex left me i've been in love with clonazepam. Sadly life went downhill after that. been stabbed by family and plugs. and all that shit. 5 times ...

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Feared Words & NamesTrauma & PsychologicalFrustration & Anger+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2022
1 points

In many situations in life I realized that stuttering is nowhere near to be main issue, I thought it was only thing holding me back to have good life. It was (and still is) hard to admit, but I couldn...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2022
1 points

"don't care what others think", not everyone is a fucking monk who's disciplined enough to not care about public opinion. Stuttering is hard enough especially when it's servere but it's even worse whe...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterNov 28, 2022
47 points

I really hate how people think things can be solved by “having confidence”

I really hate how people think things can be solved by “having confidence” I have been thinking about this for a while and I see it everywhere from dating to job interviews to making friends. But befo...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterNov 25, 2022
24 points

So hard to stutter even that I feel so loved

So hard to stutter even that I feel so loved Hey guys Tonight I went to my usual nightclub and I walked with a girl, i wanted to say to her something and that took me 30 secs to say and she didn’t hea...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2022
2 points

Or just not stutter and have a better filter (think more before you speak). Does stutter help with this? Well yeah sorry but it is really a reach to make stutter a blessing because of that. Should w...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & MotivationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2022
1 points

Yes. I torment myself with dreaming of what life without a stutter would be like. What I could have achieved, expressed, participated in without being so familiar with humiliation, shame and embarras...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2022
13 points

I fell like that I haven't lived my life yet, since there is a dissociation between the life I have and the life I could have if I haven't a stutter, and I am really afraid of the future and insecure ...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencySuicidal Ideation & High Distress
postr/StutterNov 23, 2022
42 points

How to deal with feeling like you lost so much of your potential because of this stupid stuttering and social anxiety?

How to deal with feeling like you lost so much of your potential because of this stupid stuttering and social anxiety? [deleted]...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2022
2 points

In my 1st semester of engineering, i had to do a presentation for the first time and i was scared shitless. Tried to ask the teacher multiple times to let me skip it but she didn't agree. I wrote a v...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2022
1 points

For some people like me, maybe it already is at it's worse even when hiding!!! I have gone to so much therapy with mimimum results....I just want to end it and I wish I could!!! Total hardcore rela...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Suicidal Ideation & High DistressHelplessness & AgencyAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2022
1 points

I am completely understand what you mean... I truly hate it, many times when I stutter I curse at my self in my mind, or say hateful things about my self. One thing I have hated about my stutter is ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency