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commentr/StutterNov 11, 2022
3 points

I have found out that a lot of times people don’t mean to make fun of me because I have a stutter. Everyone stumbles on words now and then (even people who don’t stutter). So people in general just la...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 11, 2022
6 points

Hey OP, let me tell you my side of the story if that helps. Back in school, maybe 8th grade, i was playing some outdoor game with my classmates during the games period (PT class). We divided us people...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterNov 10, 2022
64 points

Got laughed at today

Got laughed at today I was talking to somebody in a hallway at my college, and I was stuttering. Somebody walking by started laughing while saying “what the hell”? I simply mentioned “I just have a st...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2022
6 points

To be fair, most SLPs don't know much about stuttering and what they learn in grad school, if anything, is likely outdated or plain wrong. It's not an acquirable behavior. It's a neuromotor communicat...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2022
2 points

Just tonight I had dinner w a friend, and I held eye contact when feeling shame when a block was about to take over. A phone call with a doctor where I initially felt like not bothering w my question...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentFluency TechniquesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2022
3 points

I deeply struggle with this too. It's so hard to accept! It's far too embarrassing to openly block and stutter in front of people, as it can be a really vicious limitation. I struggle with feeling jud...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterNov 10, 2022
31 points

they make a disgusted face

they make a disgusted face Has it ever happened to you that you are talking to someone for the first time or explaining something and you notice that they make faces of disgust when they see that you ...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2022
1 points

pretty sure i got banned after leaving like 2 years ago :/. i was struggling with undiagnosed bpd. Thank you for the invite though!...

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2022
3 points

Yes, the way other people look at me during these verbal blocks has me under the impression my respect level and my intelligence level is being zapped from me. I often find my self being challenged ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2022
3 points

Sadly not. I hate it when I stutter infront of anybody and especially if it’s a bad one I just wanna kill myself...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSuicidal Ideation & High Distress
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2022
16 points

When the customer starts staring at me funny because I look like I'm about to regurgitate something forcing a word out. Also had similar moments with the regional manager where I awkwardly stand there...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
postr/StutterNov 9, 2022
72 points

you guys ever stutter in a formal conversation and when it ends you wish you were never born? because same

you guys ever stutter in a formal conversation and when it ends you wish you were never born? because same i work in retail and it just makes me wanna be unemployed but i cant because i need the money...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Frustration & AngerShame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2022
2 points

Erggg…. Yeah…that’s icky. I guess it’s great that I keep forgetting what I overheard my old boss saying about me after I told her I was leaving - maybe it’s better bc you have to wait and wait for he...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2022
3 points

I overheard a couple former coworkers making comments about how much they pity me for my stutter and one straight out told a coworker that she shouldn't do something with me outside of the office beca...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2022
2 points

I love your sentence “PWS overestimate value of fluency to point of perfectionism”, which can be debilitating. I find it very affirming to listen to fluent people have repetitions that easily transit...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Repetitions & ProlongationsAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
3 points

If it makes you feel better one time I had a job interview and when I got to the front desk to tell the lady what I was there for I stuttered so bad and my eye started twitching and everything it was ...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career+1 more
postr/StutterNov 5, 2022
34 points

barely hanging on...it's getting bad again.

barely hanging on...it's getting bad again. just need to vent. I'm Tom and I'm from Australia, it's great to meet you all. Over the past 2 months my stutter has begun to get worse again, confirming ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightCycles & RandomnessShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 5, 2022
15 points

This is me. I mean i have friends that accepts me but whenever we hang out, i would like myself to be the one that creates a topic, cracking jokes with them, talking to strangers and stuff. But usuall...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentFriendships & Belonging+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2022
3 points

Almost wanna go back in and apologize and be like sorry I’m not really a jerk, i just couldn’t get the words out, then over analyze doing that band know it would just make things worse...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 4, 2022
5 points

No one will ever know how depressing it is to struggle while ordering food on a drive thru and not be able to say the Shake you want.. i couldn’t say the simple word strawberry and i felt so sad and j...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentQuality of Life