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postr/StutterFeb 1, 2021
12 points

Need practical advice for going through life with a severe stutter

Need practical advice for going through life with a severe stutter Hi there fellow stutterers, I'm 19 years old and I've had a severe stutter (8-9/10) for as long as I can remember and I've come to a ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2021
2 points

I'm having a very hard time applying techniques because entering a conversation gets my brain into panic mode. If it's a complicated topic I can't even keep my thoughts straight and sometimes forget w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterJan 31, 2021
46 points

How NOT to deal with stuttering. (Very long story)

How NOT to deal with stuttering. (Very long story) TLDR at the end if you don’t have the time. I’ve had this written down for over a year and I figured I may as well just share it since I recently fo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentGenetic & Family Factors+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2021
1 points

What I mean by cycle was my speech getting better and worse on an occasional basis. Well, if it weren't for it, I would have less difficulty in finding a job, having a gf etc....

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Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & CareerDating & Romance
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2021
1 points

Could you tell me more about how you see things being a "cycle"? What would your expectations be, if it weren't for this 'cycle'?...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2021
3 points

Yes, I may be able to speak more confidently than in the past, but this progress hasn't helped at all as a 24-year old, broke and stutterer guy with no job and whose only occupation is graduate school...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 30, 2021
2 points

Hard drugs and sex with prostitutes /s Honestly OP your best bet is to focus on the things you can control. For most of my childhood/time as a young adult I wanted to be a Navy SEAL and I knew my stu...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
postr/StutterJan 29, 2021
13 points

How can I get rid of depression due to my stutter?

How can I get rid of depression due to my stutter? I’m constantly thinking about my stutter everyday and every second it’s consuming my life I’m ashamed by it and feel like nobody understands or can ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2021
1 points

Nah, don't bother. You already have to deal with stuttering, you want to deal with potentially regretful career choices too? Adding more crap to your mental stress just worsens the stuttering too, so ...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2021
2 points

I forgot he stuttered. Inspiring to say the least. In the 80's some of my teachers would "accidentally" laugh at my stutter. Some, I am convinced, called on me to speak for entertainment. The whol...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2021
1 points

Hey, it's ok. I know what u wanna say. And yes - I accepted my stutter (I know it won't go away, I know I have to live like "this"), but I don't want to accept I have limited jobs offers because of it...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2021
10 points

This hits home so much. I'm in medical school and even though I'm always in the top few for multiple choice exams, I failed a few of the clinical exams (where we have to interview fake patients on fro...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
School & Academic LifeHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterJan 25, 2021
44 points

Not being able to find a job/venting

Not being able to find a job/venting This is a vent. I wrote (on Friday) about my job interview and how I think I messed it up because my stutter. In yes, I was right. Althoug I have skills, knowle...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
postr/StutterJan 25, 2021
5 points

I just can't take it anymore... knowing my life without stutter would be so different, it is killing me.

I just can't take it anymore... knowing my life without stutter would be so different, it is killing me. [removed]...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2021
1 points

But where do we find that similar person? I literally pause so much when talking to anyone besides my family members, even them i stutter with. Can’t continue sentences without pausing, can barely mak...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2021
1 points

well when you can not make a simple order like hell will i go there? But I have understand that life is much harder like this but i don't have any choice, Thanks for talking to me man you are very pol...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2021
1 points

in the country where I live there are very few people infected with the virus so we have a normal life, I'm young and I live alone so maybe i even keep thinking too much because of the stuttering, som...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencyEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2021
1 points

when you can not make new friends and many other things, it makes me stay alone all the time :/ and it makes me feel hopeless about everything, I don't know man do u have any advice what to do ?...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Friendships & BelongingSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2021
2 points

Accept it means accept that you will live with it probably for the rest of your life and you will not let it affect your future choices. (for me btw)...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2021
1 points

Live like you are with a stutter and not trying to hide it to live with it with no fear, but what do you do when you feel hopeless? Has months that i'm going feel this man is so Hard, do you have any...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency