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commentr/StutterJul 17, 2022
3 points

Sorry, but I completely disagree. Stuttering makes it way harder to communicate, and my life would be way easier without it...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
postr/StutterJul 17, 2022
13 points

How do I end Stuttering?

How do I end Stuttering? I’m 22 years old and I can’t handle my Stuttering. It came to me due to intertwined genetics which I came to realize after my little cousins had Stuttering as well. I can’t ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesGenetic & Family FactorsShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2022
1 points

I am very ashamed and very anxious, I've also discovered I'm paranoid too. Not a great combo I'm thinking about going to a therapist or speech therapist but not both...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencySeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2022
2 points

Yeah I'm still young so I don't really want to get stuck in bad habits, and my speech therapist keeps saying I need to go out of my comfort zone because all the avoidance is just making my speech wors...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 17, 2022
6 points

I always here them influential speakers say ‘you can only grow when you leave your comfort zone’ and I never understood how that can work. Every time I try push myself, I regret it and go back to squa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2022
3 points

I also volunteered yesterday at my church. When the parents came in, my anxiety spiked so bad I couldn’t breathe. I was so scared of them asking for my name. The whole time I wasn’t myself and cried t...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2022
2 points

Thank you so much! I will definitely check the books out. And you are so right. I think I’ve been in this hole of self loath due to my social anxiety ever since I was young. I’ve been used to people ...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 16, 2022
2 points

>When I pushed myself to achieve, I became incredibly unhappy, and filled with self-doubt. It destroyed my self-confidence, and made me feel as though I was nothing more than a horribly incompetent...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2022
1 points

For me, stuttering has been a life destroying menace. ‘It is what it is” doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 15, 2022
2 points

My employment history has spanned retail to hard labour to aviation. My last job, and what I thought would be my career, was working as an Aircraft Systems Technician, or Aircraft Mechanic, in the Roy...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more
postr/StutterJul 14, 2022
7 points

How to cope with stuttering

How to cope with stuttering I wanted to ask y’all, because I genuinely don’t know what to do. I always feel like I’ve accepted that I have a stutter, but then right as I do, I have a huge block when t...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 11, 2022
4 points

I’m going to assume you mean life dreams and not your sleeping dreams. Having said that… I learned a while ago that it is important to have a range of dreams and have quite a few of them. If dream A b...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterJul 5, 2022
2 points

This was a good read, thanks for sharing. I am also curious if anyone has any experience with this. Maybe this is a topic for a separate post, but I hadn't heard about a connection to too much dopam...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2022
3 points

Showing up is half the battle. Really. Force yourself to go. Talk to the school. You aren't alone. There are other people that require support at school. ASK FOR HELP. no reason that your stutter sh...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHelplessness & AgencySchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2022
2 points

I give up there’s no help not even speech therapy works :( not even group therapy as there is nothing in Ireland!! So if this Stamurai app works I’ll be happy enough I’m 24 now and I want a career an...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkTherapy & Professional
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & CareerSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2022
3 points

You are capable of doing anything you put your mind to and never let your stutter make you think otherwise. do you honestly not enjoy your course or do you think the anxiety is making you dislike it? ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
postr/StutterJul 3, 2022
17 points

I'm scared to go back to college

I'm scared to go back to college (18m) I basically flunked my first year of community college bc of anxiety. I wouldn't show up to class bc I was scared of being called on in class , and with that I l...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic LifeHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2022
2 points

Im soo sorry to hear that, similar thing happened to me when I was young , I worked in a car workshop and the man who I worked with told me that " If you keep doing this ( he meant stuttering and bare...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterJul 2, 2022
15 points

It gets harder

It gets harder I’m a male working as engineer, I have stuttered my whole life. At some point in my life when I lived in the US I came to accept my stuttering and many people were cool, I got to meet p...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingEmployment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 2, 2022
2 points

Severe, sometimes almost to the point of calling it a disability. My stuttering has ruined many things for me. Sure, I have a learning disability, avoidant personality disorder, PTSD and OCD, all of w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentTrauma & PsychologicalShame & Embarrassment+3 more