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postr/StutterNov 30, 2025
27 points

Does anybody else feel trapped?

Does anybody else feel trapped? I don't know what it is. I feel like a caged animal. I don't feel free. I don't know if it is my severe stutter. Like I'm uptight, always serious and stiff. I c...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
postr/StutterNov 29, 2025
2 points

What is the solution

What is the solution I have had constant interviews for the past 2 months where the only fucking thing I worry about 24/7 is not stuttering but I end up botching it anyways and getting embarrassed amo...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2025
2 points

This is exactly me. Are we the same person? Although I haven’t met someone in my field who has it worse than me. I wonder the same thing daily. I feel so restricted from my full potential....

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencySeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2025
7 points

The Dev's from the beginning were hinting that waterboy just has low self esteem because of his lame powers ( which he believed that they are lame) but till the end of the game he becomes the second ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2025
12 points

I enjoyed this game and originally didnt enjoy this scene. Because it didn't feel like a real representation of a stutter. But then I replayed the scene and I realized that Rob says from the beginning...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterNov 28, 2025
2 points

not a Christian but raised as one. The story of Moses. He was a stutterer and is A VERY IMPORTANT FIGURE in all abrahamic religions. With the support of his brother, he was able to achieve what he n...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
4 points

Sometimes I will get down in the dumps about my fluency after a bad day. I like to remind myself of people like Moses and Paul who had disabilities and were still used by and obviously seen as valuabl...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
3 points

OP, I really relate. I recently started a new job at the same time as two other people, and seeing how effortlessly they connect with our colleagues makes me feel both envious and a bit sad. I’ve trie...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
1 points

Almost in same situation, can’t do much but just hope people don’t think too negative about us. I know it’s real disappointing and questions our self worth too. But keep up your head, you have secured...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation+1 more
postr/StutterNov 27, 2025
4 points

Confused if Grad school would help me

Confused if Grad school would help me Honestly I'm quite confused about going to grad school due to my stuttering. Within me that would been a great joy and I believe I can excel in research field but...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2025
7 points

OP I understand what you are saying. OP my stuttering is extremely severe. At times it can take me about five minutes to say one word. Growing up was torture for me. My parents hated that that I was...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
postr/StutterNov 27, 2025
4 points

My stuttering story

My stuttering story Here is my story. I started having moderately severe acne around 8th grade in middle school, and because of the comments and the mockery, I stopped speaking and participating in cl...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentBlocks & StoppagesHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterNov 27, 2025
21 points

Should I spend all my life wishing i didn't stutter

Should I spend all my life wishing i didn't stutter Thats a question that came to me recently. Well am 19, soon 20, thats a quarter and if am lucky or unlucky a fifth of my life. Should I live it brea...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterNov 27, 2025
12 points

How people have given up?

How people have given up? How many of y’all have given up making friends and relationships over the later years of your life? I’m 35 (m). Why should we have to double our efforts twice as hard to just...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyFriendships & BelongingLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

Meeting new people is definitely hard, but it doesn’t make it impossible. Anytime you say you “can’t” do something, it’s not cus of the stutter. It’s cus the stutter makes you feel bad and you don...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

Currently in my 20’s and i always think about this college was a mess no friends the ones i did have made fun of me. University is even worse presentations and stuff I’m avoiding them for now not sure...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
1 points

It is the pity that hurts. It is the being misunderstood. It's being asked a question you can answer perfectly in your head but your mouth is physically locked. It's your friends and people you admire...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 26, 2025
2 points

Yeah, same. I just have this powerful gut feeling like I can't stand when people dislike me, and I'm already starting at a disadvantage!...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterNov 25, 2025
18 points

people pleaser and stuttering

people pleaser and stuttering How many of you have people pleasing behaviour because of stuttering. I have it, I am trying to control this. “Just so people like me, I am doing more than I should, I a...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Helplessness & AgencyHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2025
1 points

That’s not what I took from it at all. It’s certainly what the character feels about himself. And that’s exactly what my own stammer often made me feel as I was growing up. It is a true representation...

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Personal StoriesHelplessness & Agency