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postr/StutterAug 28, 2024
58 points

I couldn't say thank you

I couldn't say thank you Someone went out of their way to hold the door open for me today and I couldn't say thank you. I managed to finally push it out after 5-10 seconds after the guy was walking a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2024
5 points

It’s the stigma of being different. I’m 77f, mildly stutter, and I’m still embarrassed ....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 28, 2024
11 points

how do you overcome your stutter?

how do you overcome your stutter? I know that stutter is incurable. So I just accepted that I can never be the person I wanted to be so I might as well just deal with it. In a few months, I wish to g...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
5 points

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. None of these celebrities or presidents who claim to be stutterers, were actually stutterers in my opinion. Stuttering doesn’t go away. Maybe it’ll improve b...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Identity & Self-PerceptionSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
0 points

It’s not the stutter it’s your mindset. I can sympathize but you’re only holding yourself back. No one cares as much as you do. With that being said, isn’t that freeing? You can fix that today by sayi...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
8 points

Just become a celebrity and somehow you will never stutter again, all public record of your stutter will be gone, and you will be featured on the stuttering foundation page....

Identity & Disability
Public Awareness / MediaIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/stutteringAug 27, 2024
1 points

Self-Hypnosis Guide

Self-Hypnosis Guide I've had a stutter for most of my life. One day I decided to read books on hypnotism out of pure curiosity. I then proceeded to put the ideas in practice. This is what worked for m...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityMeds & Substances
Mindfulness & BreathingVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
postr/StutterAug 27, 2024
0 points

Self-Hypnosis Guide

Self-Hypnosis Guide I've had a stutter for most of my life. One day I decided to read books on hypnotism out of pure curiosity. I then proceeded to put the ideas in practice. This is what worked for m...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilityMeds & Substances
Mindfulness & BreathingVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
postr/StutterAug 27, 2024
15 points

Less ashamed of stuttering but the shame has returned (vent)

Less ashamed of stuttering but the shame has returned (vent) I (M-22) started stuttering ever since I was in school in 1st grade. I went to therapy all my life from 1st grade to 12th grade on an IEP (...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
0 points

I never knew I was an introvert until I found out from a friend that described me as such. I told my best friend at the time, and she was not surprised one bit. It goes to show that a lot of us stutte...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Friendships & BelongingIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 27, 2024
56 points

Getting less ashamed of my stutter as I get older

Getting less ashamed of my stutter as I get older I notice as I get older I'm starting to carr less about stuttering in front of people. In high school I would think it was the worst thing in the worl...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
1 points

So true. It suggests that we are not to be taken seriously but laughed at or pitied. The stigma is also internalized. Although we might have earned professional careers( medicine, law, academics,) we’...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2024
1 points

Completely understood!! I feel like my intelligence gets questioned everyday just because I can’t speak fluently and it’s so aggravating. Gotta keep pushing though, as always....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
5 points

I didn't much care for the way one of the droids in star wars Andor was portrayed. His "speech impediment" was one that went along with him being older and broken down / malfunctioning. Seems like a c...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & BullyingIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
1 points

This is a stuttering sub. Having trauma and intense anxiety is not being *a dumbass*. I’m pretty sure Joe Biden struggles to say his own name and the names of the people closest to him. I don’t g...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
4 points

Realizing that you are not your speech. Realizing that people have it worse than me, someone who stutters. Realizing that I have a lot to be grateful for, that life isn’t perfect for anyone. Perspecti...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
3 points

How old are you out of interest? I'm in my late 20s and completely agree, but I have a feeling most on here are in their teens (refer to parents a lot for example), and I guess you can't really blame ...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterAug 26, 2024
4 points

The Complicated Relationship With My Stutter

The Complicated Relationship With My Stutter Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of my stutter joining my life. While I have always had a little bit of a stutter throughout my life due to my cerebr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterAug 26, 2024
10 points

To all the stutters who know what I’m taking about who hate it when people try to play you like you don’t know nun but really you do you just can’t say it.

To all the stutters who know what I’m taking about who hate it when people try to play you like you don’t know nun but really you do you just can’t say it. ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2024
6 points

Stuttering broke me as a child and adult, along with other 'nervous dispositions' it totally messed me up in relationships/work/family and more. What could I do except get through the day and hope th...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more