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commentr/StutterMay 30, 2021
5 points

I admire your courage, there's been a few jobs I've wanted but my stutter has put me off, in the end I've wasted my life doing jobs where I work mostly alone, but they really dead end jobs.. I w...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2021
3 points

Stuttering has always interfered with my life, personally and professionally. It's unfortunate, but that's just the way it is. I have to exist and live, etc, so I just trudge on. Takes a lot out of m...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Quality of LifeHelplessness & AgencyStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
postr/StutterMay 28, 2021
8 points

Stuttering interfering with life ...

Stuttering interfering with life ... My stuttering has gotten sever. My stutter mostly consists of blocks and it’s like a lot of tension probably I’m not breathing I really dint know and it’s like a e...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2021
2 points

hey your anticipation is maybe making it worse. I always believed stuttering starts way before the word is spoken and this is a great example. you got to ask yourself, what's the worst that can happen...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2021
2 points

It's not a stupid question at all but remember, there won't be a cure for the decisions you make as a result of your stutter now....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2021
2 points

I tell that to my parents but then they’re like “alright, if you don’t want to listen to us then fine”...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2021
5 points

Yea, I love my parents but that’s the only thing I don’t like about them. They don’t understand, they’re very inconsiderate about my stutter and they’re very impatient. But thanks man...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2021
16 points

Mostly my parents and there’s other people that say it to me too. My parents usually gets mad at me when I stutter and they always say “stop the stuttering!” And it’s honestly just frustrating. I trie...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2021
3 points

I agree with /u/hipsydoodle. If you don't already journal, it can be very good for you. IMO /u/hipsydoodle's comment is the best advice. /u/phznmshr makes an excellent point about running out of brea...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Mindfulness & BreathingPhysical TensionBlocks & Stoppages+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 27, 2021
4 points

Hard to say. Stuttering can be neurogenic, psychogenic, developmental or some combination of all of them (as far as we know). For now it's just something we might be able to alleviate but not fully cu...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 26, 2021
0 points

I have the same problem as yours. In the end, I decided to not share my opinions. This world doesn't even care about them, I keep them inside. It's hard to find a good listener these days in the mide...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2021
39 points

Please don't make life decisions based on your stutter. Letting your stutter direct your life is not the path forward. If you didn't stutter, what would you want to do? Work towards that....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
2 points

I’ve also done the work to get out of my comfort zone; I’ve been going to the gym more in the past few years, I’ve tried going to student events on campus, and I’ve gone to Meetups to name a few. I st...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyDating & RomanceSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
1 points

It’s hard to look forward when things just haven’t gone right in the past. I’m assuming you’ve also had few/no relationships but I could be wrong. How do you cope with it? Cope with the feeling that y...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyDating & RomanceLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
2 points

Yes all those things are all ways to distract yourself from what you're feeling/thinking internally, which always makes the stutter worsen. And the anxiety rise. Porn is another thing on its own in ...

MetaEmotional Experience
Not About StutteringHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
1 points

taking poor care of myself and not pushing myself to grow, mostly using emotional crutches like youtube reddit and porn to numb myself. i also internalize a lot of my emotions and thoughts and feeling...

Emotional ExperienceMeta
Helplessness & AgencyNot About Stuttering
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
1 points

Similar boat for me. Girls have actually approached me, but I shut down out of fear of what they would think when I spoke. I probably just came off as a rude asshole because very few people realized t...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentDating & RomanceHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
3 points

I’m trying dude, it’s just...I don’t think things are gonna get better. I keep getting told that I’ll find someone soon, but soon never comes. I feel better about my stutter now than I did in the past...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyDating & Romance
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
10 points

I'm 32 and have still never been in a relationship. My stutter has taken away any desire to meet people and turned me into a husk. I basically just live day to day without any motivation or cause. I g...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyDating & Romance
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2021
11 points

I'm going to tell you my experience. My stutter limited my potential romances, but not as the main reason, only as a single factor. I asked out thirty one people, men and women from 15-24...only thr...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation