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postr/StutterOct 14, 2020
18 points

Should I quit?

Should I quit? I recently accepted a job at a call center thinking I could manage since my stutter is mild. After 10 days of training today they asked me to answer a call and my heart dropped. Since s...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & CareerFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2020
1 points

Yeah good words I know but people don't understand especially my parents and I said them that is not my fault about that, they just feel disappointed that I was not a boy like everyone else, Idk man I...

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Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyValidation & Empathy
postr/StutterOct 12, 2020
16 points

My story

My story Hello everyone, I would like to share my story because I never really talked openly about it. I'm 26 male from Greece. I stutter all my life. Until the age of 22 the problem was mild and co...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2020
1 points

It's not a problem at the minute because he isn't in a situation where he needs to talk outside the household. In 3-4 years time when he's out of school and into the work world, things will be differe...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2020
3 points

Because it's not a "thing". Hes a young teenage lad. More interested in playing online games with his friends. We had therapy a few years ago. He hated it. She talked to him like he was a baby. Refuse...

Parent & CaregiverEmotional Experience
School/Clinical AdvocacyHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2020
1 points

I am the same. I have so much on my mind and would say so much stuff to people who need something to be said but my stutter prevents me from that. So I just stay quiet and composed. I feel the same th...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2020
3 points

Judging parents can be toxic for your personal development, depends ofcourse, I am talking about my experience. If you are looking forward to college, use this opportunity to get a little away from th...

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Helplessness & AgencySchool & Academic LifeEmployment & Career+3 more
postr/StutterOct 11, 2020
39 points

19M guys I'm feeling hopeless lately usually my stuttering gets worse and worse after years, and I have tried therapy but it is not that it is helping me, and I don't have any friends or something just feeling lonely in many days, and my parents really judge me I don't know is hard...

19M guys I'm feeling hopeless lately usually my stuttering gets worse and worse after years, and I have tried therapy but it is not that it is helping me, and I don't have any friends or something jus...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2020
2 points

I think the most beneficial thing you could do right now is realize that you are still the same person regardless of what happens. The stutter changed nothing about you as a person. It just now take...

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Mindset shiftTrauma & PsychologicalHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2020
2 points

Happy to help. And just keep in mind that just because we know it's psychological, doesn't mean that we have the answers. It may be tempting to think anxiety is the cause, but many people (including m...

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Trauma & PsychologicalHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2020
5 points

If there’s anything living with a stutter has taught me, it’s surrender. We have to be patient and accepting of ourselves. Yes I stutter, but I refuse to let myself be defined by it. We all have our q...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftFeared Words & Names+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 8, 2020
2 points

I've never developed good social skills and that combined with stuttering and that combined with talking to a girl I like just makes me unbearable. I can't even look at them afterwards. I attempt to g...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 8, 2020
1 points

I hate everybody, I spent the last year wondering why girls don't like me and I realized this is why. I want to get a part time job but I can't work drive thru. I have no where to go after school besi...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterOct 8, 2020
1 points

My stutter wasnt there always. And that persona is the closest to my behaviour before it started. As i said its not really an act but its not exactly sincere either. Its a part of me. The whimp is my ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2020
1 points

Personally it was the stutter. I vividly remember not stuttering, up to age 5. I was a bubbly kid by all accounts, I loved talking and did it a lot. I also remember being mercilessly bullied when I de...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2020
2 points

Hey bro, this is kind of a crazy post that I'm glad I stumbled upon. I'm currently in my backgrounds to become a police officer, and I too have a stutter. I let it get the best of me sometimes and I o...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Advice RequestsHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2020
7 points

I’m a freshman in college so I’ve had to introduce myself so much lately. Ironically, my name is one of the hardest things for me to say. I’ve heard the “forgot your name” thing so many times and it s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
1 points

22, I didn't go to university specifically, but I'm doing an engineering apprenticeship which includes earning a degree.I stuttered quite badly in the interview, but got accepted anyway. Your stutter ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
2 points

It seems like someone wrote my story. I'm also 22, have been bullied, no relationships and just graduated from uni. I got rejected out of 10s of interviews and wanted to just curl up and die in my roo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterOct 2, 2020
9 points

I’m stuck

I’m stuck I’m a graduate with a good degree and I need a job ASAP. However, the only work experience I’ve had is at a restaurant I worked at when I was 17 - which I got let go from (had crippling anxi...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more