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commentr/StutterNov 24, 2025
1 points

I also quit my job because of the stutter. You are not alone....

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2025
3 points

Im an extrovert at heart, one time in my life I had many friends and an outgoing life. Now because of my stutter I am an insecure, paranoid and frightened stuttering mess. I feel like a fragile leaf a...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyExperiential Association+1 more
postr/StutterNov 23, 2025
45 points

Stuttering is slowly turning me into someone I’m not

Stuttering is slowly turning me into someone I’m not I’ve been dealing with stuttering for years, and I can feel it slowly reshaping parts of me I never wanted to lose. There are moments when I’m com...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Authenticity vs. MaskingHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2025
14 points

You don't have to work a customer service job like that if you don't want to. Seriously, there's stocking, cleaning, delivery driving, warehousing, etc. I don't buy the whole "stutterers should just...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterNov 22, 2025
21 points

Quit working because of stuttering

Quit working because of stuttering Hey so i think i dont have a big stutter but i sometimes stutter on the letter a or m or o so there are certain words i cant say or numbers so im afraid to stutter i...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
1 points

The older you get the more it is about also having an effective support system. If you have no true support system and stutter, that’s truly where it begins to suck...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
2 points

I’ve been stuttering since I could talk I’m 28 now. People say it gets better or it goes away. But it hasn’t I just learned how to accept it. Life is significantly harder, harder to get a job, harder...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
2 points

Yeah it sounds like severe PTSD, and those anxieties come from very real negative encounters. The problem of the dysfunction is that you start to view every interaction as the same. Stuttering for me,...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
2 points

Well as much as I wanna be positive, I feel the worst I have ever felt, and the most helpless than ever. It doesn't help chronically always having a bank account in the negatives and being forced out...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2025
4 points

Man, my girlfriends always acted similar when I brought up my stuttering and how it was making me feel. They never helped and told simply told me "no one cares about it" Clearly that's a lie and isnt...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyStigma & BullyingQuality of Life+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 19, 2025
1 points

You adapt. You learn workarounds to get what you need. I’m socially awkward but I don’t feel restrained in life....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
4 points

Imo it will be significantly harder if you fail to position yourself correctly, in other words if you overestimate your speaking capability. The truth is, we are verbally crippled. So if you are not t...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
postr/StutterNov 18, 2025
4 points

Stressing about going to the DMV

Stressing about going to the DMV So I renewed my drivers license online, but then I never received the photo card in the mail to take to the dmv. I emailed them about it and they said I must of gotten...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
postr/StutterNov 18, 2025
45 points

Stutter so bad a lady at a warehouse hung up on me because "my service is really bad and I keep breaking up"

Stutter so bad a lady at a warehouse hung up on me because "my service is really bad and I keep breaking up" I'm sitting in my house 😭 I don't know how I'll get gf bro...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
8 points

This breaks my heart. Stutter causes anxiety which causes avoidance. The biggest wake up call for me was when I understood how I was using stutter to hide from life. Please talk to her about this and ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
3 points

Let me ask you this, would you rather *deal* with her insecurities and stutter or live a life without her? Choose wisely......

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
3 points

First and most important, I would recommend as other have speaking to a professional. This will be beneficial for her in any regards. That being said generally speaking you are not doing her any fav...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHelplessness & AgencySeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
1 points

Sounds like you might be approaching the exit ramp of your relationship. You can't change someone. And if you can't deal with them as they are... Someone else suggested couples counseling. It's cert...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Helplessness & AgencyTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
9 points

This sounds like she's been surrounded by Enablers since her very childhood, because of which she either doesn't want to get better or doesn't believe she can. Being mad and frustrated at her, while n...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Helplessness & AgencyShame & EmbarrassmentSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2025
4 points

Hey, I appreciate you being honest about it. Even I feel that she really needs to stand up for herself and not always make her stutters and anxiety dictate every moment of her life. Encourage her to s...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencySeeking Therapy