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commentr/StutterOct 6, 2022
2 points

I've tried this so bad. Soo bad. I can do it when I'm alone. I can visualize myself in a conversation with another person just flowing and if I stutter, then I stutter. If I feel tension, then I feel ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentOverthinking & MonitoringAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterOct 4, 2022
32 points

I think my teacher penalized me for having a stutter.

I think my teacher penalized me for having a stutter. Over the few years, my stuttering has gone worse and I transfered to a different school for 10th grade. I've never had this teacher and he's a har...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic LifeAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2022
4 points

>You aren’t bothered by it, and a stutterer can become president (please - leave the jokes out). Why is your fiancée bothered? Good question. Honestly, it never bothered me until someone I was cl...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterOct 4, 2022
18 points

I got Laughed at for Stuttering in Class.

I got Laughed at for Stuttering in Class. I've always had a stutter since I started to speak. I'm in high school still and I have a part-time job. Both of those have been going well so far. Good Gra...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
postr/StutterOct 3, 2022
21 points

Imperfection

Imperfection No matter how much I try to be positive and just let go of my stutter I always had a feeling that I won't be like others and I'm not normal. From past 2 years I have been feeling like tha...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessIdentity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2022
3 points

>I propose that a dysfluency characterized mainly by repetition is quite different once it develops into hard blocks and secondary behaviors. I agree with you. IMO, a mild stutterer repeats more (...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2022
1 points

I remember the days I never really understood much. I was very young. I spoke in front of the class and didn't understand why the kids were laughing. I thought I was funny and went with it. Years went...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2022
11 points

I agree. I once had a teacher who asked me to read out loud in class “as a punishment”. About 25 years ago. I will never forget it…....

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterSep 29, 2022
9 points

I had to do this in 7th grade at a new school and in college in a sociology class. Both times alone in front of the teacher. I can never get those horrible memories out of my head. The 7th grade was a...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2022
1 points

ah that makes sense. And these feelings, are they only emotional (shame, guilt) or also bodily feelings like nervous in belly? If you feel shame and guilt, do you feel this in your belly or where?...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2022
2 points

I’m not really thinking about feared words all the time. But you know these feelings you get when you know you’re going to say a word that is difficult to say in terms of stuttering, these feelings ma...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2022
2 points

Yes. Shame is a feeling i often feel when stuttering. And I believe I will stutter on fear words because I have stutteren on them previously...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentExperiential Association
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2022
2 points

So you fear a word because you feel ashamed to stutter on it? Interesting. Then the obvious question: Why do you believe that you will stutter on a feared letter?...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2022
3 points

Exactly! Also OP says he has to man up and done let something to SILLY (??) ruin his life. What do you mean silly? You mean your speech impairment that it none of your fault, and that is making it dif...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 28, 2022
3 points

Good questions you are asking here. For me the fear comes from memories of bad experiences I have had blocking on a word. It’s like the fear makes me feel the bad feeling we get when stuttering. But W...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentExperiential Association
commentr/StutterSep 25, 2022
3 points

I feel you, I just got promoted for a new position that also required to answer phones and being in touch with clients. Although the pay was the same, the workload increased a lot, and finally I told ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2022
3 points

At least you only went home! I landed a really good networking job, paying a lot more than I had ever made before, and the first day I learned I had to work the help desk, answering phones. I went hom...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterSep 23, 2022
30 points

Update on the guy who had a speaking exam

Update on the guy who had a speaking exam I finished the exam and failed hear me out. So I managed to get the exam in private with Royal_Dog_7317 help with him commenting on my last post on how to. Wh...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2022
2 points

stuttering sucks. it's so hard to break into a conversation so I used t to stay quietest if the time. I still do now to be honest 20 years after I took a course that changed my life. sometimes we are...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2022
7 points

Honestly, just accept the embarrassment. I know it’s easy to say, but it’s the best thing I’ve done. If I stutter and look stupid in front of people and they laugh, who gives a fuck. Just brush it off...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride