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commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
2 points

I don't know how I can move out. I'm unemployed right now and have no source of income to move out to another home/city. On the other hand, if I tried to search for a job, then nobody would hire me be...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
postr/StutterSep 25, 2020
65 points

Life seems hopeless

Life seems hopeless Today a guy randomly asked me my name in the gym and it literally took me 10-15 seconds to say the first letter. I feel like life isnt worth living like this. Rather be dead than ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterSep 24, 2020
48 points

Alone

Alone 21 years old and I'm just too alone man. Making social connections with people is too damn hard; At work, at university, with new friends... I have a couple of friends here and there and that's ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
postr/StutterSep 21, 2020
67 points

I don’t know how to have conversations,tell stories,jokes, talk in complete sentences and it’s really ruined my personality.

I don’t know how to have conversations,tell stories,jokes, talk in complete sentences and it’s really ruined my personality. I really don’t, because I’ve stuttered my whole life early on I was able to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2020
2 points

Yeah I know what you mean by how its changed you. The contrast in personality in me as a care free kid and now. Its like night and day. I feel like I could have been a lot more If I never stammered....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterSep 19, 2020
18 points

My Personality

My Personality Do you feel like since having a speech disorder that doesn't enable you to express yourself to your maximum potential, affects how much of your personality you can display? Not to blow ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2020
4 points

she was tired of me, she never told but I know, she is felt, I spoke very little, because I could not say a word all the time, I would give everything to talk normally with her, now nothing matters an...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2020
3 points

Nah man I haven’t, I didn’t even think it was such a big problem because I’ve had it since I could talk! My family didn’t even take me to a speech therapist when I was younger for god knows what reaso...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencySadness & HopelessnessGenetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2020
2 points

I was at this same position when I was 18. I got depressed and felt like I had no voice when my stuttering got more frequent. Finding the stuttering community really helped me out and got me out of th...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2020
1 points

Yeah it was really difficult and I don’t wanna put myself under that pressure anytime soon but I hope things work out for you and she understands your predicament. If you wanna leave the course nobody...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2020
2 points

Whatsoever resides with you, that keeps you from doing things you (think you) want, is something you can seek to address on your part. A stutter is such a thing. There are many factors that go into ...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Mindset shiftHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2020
7 points

i really just don't want my son or daughter to feel the hopeless i felt , it's just so heartbroken to think about...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2020
1 points

I've been through most of what you went through so I feel you man, it really drains you. But We'll get through this!...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2020
20 points

I agree. Don't put yourself in a state of "disabled person" and expect people to treat you with care. Like, dude - whatever. Let shit people talk shit. The truth is - every one of us has something t...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2020
6 points

Same here bro, I used to feel exactly how you feel, here's my story. I have other issues other than stuttering which make people not want to even look at me or try to talk to me. I've always been reje...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2020
2 points

The same happens to me, like a panic attack. I have gone for speech therapy multiple times but nothing really worked. Honestly I don't know how to minimise it. Maybe it's just how life is....

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional Experience
Therapy ExperiencesHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 9, 2020
2 points

Pain is suffering without acceptance. You need to accept that you have a disability, that callous and insensitive people will reject you for it. But then you need to do everything in your power to li...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & AgencyHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterSep 9, 2020
1 points

Man I wish I would be like you, I tried... but then I have bad days or it can be just one and I don't live with integrity, and the people I bother or well... if you stand up for yourself that's good b...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 8, 2020
1 points

How did you cope with that? Were you homeschooled? I dont know man if that would be possible, I didnt ask but when it gets worse I may. Well I dont see much options man, writing instead of speaking th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 8, 2020
2 points

I see. I cannot help with that as confidence is the only thing in the world with which I never had a problem with. I can be a sociopath if I want to, completely disregard other's feelings. What I advi...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesHelplessness & Agency