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commentr/StutterApr 18, 2022
11 points

Having bad blocks during introductions is so intense and hard. It would probably help a lot to have a conversation about your stuttering and what you’re comfortable with surrounding it to make things ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterApr 18, 2022
31 points

Embarrassed that I stuttered introducing myself to my girlfriend’s family

Embarrassed that I stuttered introducing myself to my girlfriend’s family I’m a 20 year old female in a relationship with my 22 year old girlfriend, who I adore and am very happy with. On Easter she b...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 18, 2022
2 points

Yep I totally avoid watching anything where someone stutters, esp if there's a few other people in the room, I find my stuttering totally embarrassing and it adds to it,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterApr 17, 2022
18 points

Do y’all ever in school avoid answering a question bc you might be scared too stutter?

Do y’all ever in school avoid answering a question bc you might be scared too stutter? Hi, so I’m very new to this whole stutter group chat thing, but I fucking love it! I’ve always felt so alone like...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 17, 2022
5 points

Lol this happened to me at the VA. The lady said what is your name? Me: I..I..... Lady: You forgot your name? Me: [N.No](https://N.No).. I have a stutter. Lady: OH IM SORRY! Me: Rolls eyes....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterApr 17, 2022
13 points

I’ve quit a job cause my boss asked for my last name and it starts with a s so I stuttered and he said did you forget and started laughing and I said go fuck yourself and quit on the spot...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 17, 2022
9 points

I once stuttered when I introduced myself to a girl in French class. We were working in groups. I'm one of those who, instead of repeating sounds, stays silent until the block goes away, then I speak....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterApr 17, 2022
36 points

Even worse when your in a class of 35 ppl & the teacher asks you your full name & you take literally a full minute to get it out while sounding like a complete retard. And all 35 of your new c...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingAudience Scale & Group Size
postr/StutterApr 17, 2022
8 points

[rant] i hate my speech

[rant] i hate my speech I always stutter. People laugh and they make fun of me. I want to be a broadway actor but I won't be able to because ill just stutter. Augh! I wish I could fix my stuttering....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterApr 17, 2022
7 points

A self-hatred of my own stutter makes me feel tremendous pity on myself whenever I see movies where people stutter because I then think, "Wow, I talk like THAT :'(". Stuttering changes lives mannnnnn....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 16, 2022
2 points

Saying my first name is my biggest fear. I fear this so much that I don’t meet new people because then i would have to tell people my name lol....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterApr 16, 2022
2 points

I get this a lot especially around new people, especially because when I stutter in front a new person there’s always a laugh or a shocked expressed or a “did you forget your name? Lol” But I’m also ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAvoidance & SubstitutionListener Reactions
commentr/StutterApr 16, 2022
6 points

Exactly my thoughts whenever I see people making fun of his stutter. It’s such an easy thing to make fun of. If only all those people who mock him would have a stutter for even 1 week they wouldn’t ma...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterApr 16, 2022
1 points

Once I had a substitute teacher who walked around and asked what everyone was named during a class. When it was my turn I could not say my name, after a while my friends had to say what my name was, s...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterApr 16, 2022
7 points

i feel this too, sometimes i get nervous when going to someone's house for fear that i stutter in front of them. so far no one has said to my face that im disrespectful, but im scared that thats what ...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterApr 16, 2022
10 points

My ex bf’s family used tell me that I’m disrespectful

My ex bf’s family used tell me that I’m disrespectful This is when we were still together, but my ex family thinks I’m mean and snobby because I don’t talk to them when there’s family gatherings. I h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 15, 2022
3 points

I agree that your way of thinking is superior to mine, as I'm more cynical about it I guess. So much trauma ,pain & disappointment in my life has came from stuttering its hard to think positive......

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 15, 2022
13 points

Thats true brother. Our curse is every day we gotta fight until we die..the other option is becoming a wierd hermit that hides from life. Ive gone thru these introvert phases before & they come ba...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Stress & Fight/FlightShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2022
1 points

For me personally I don’t know what it is but I don’t like when girls call my stutter cute. Just rubs me the wrong way for some reason...

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2022
9 points

O man this being back memories. I remember in high school , when I got picked to read our loud, and hearing people laugh was just the worst. Or going some place where I have to Introduce myself or an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more