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postr/StutterNov 16, 2025
19 points

Why do people assume I'm dumb because of my stutter?

Why do people assume I'm dumb because of my stutter? I wonder if anyone feels the same, but from my expirience people tend to treat me like I'm dumb or less serious when I stutter. I have had people ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
1 points

This post literally saved my life. Things have been incredibly difficult with my stutter in the past few years. I’ve lost my job and can’t get a new one because I bomb all my interviews. Even though I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
1 points

i wish im like that ; cuz i say i dont care but i end up being anxious and ashamed , it got worse when strting uni this year...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StammerNov 14, 2025
1 points

im 18yo and struggling with stammer🥀i cant socialise ,i pronounce the things that i want to buy 🥀struggling to introduce myself 🥀life sucks as you said 🥀even i got so much points in an argument i ...

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commentr/StutterNov 14, 2025
2 points

I know this is from 2 years ago but still I wanna throw my two cents in.. I have a severe stutter. It physically hurts. It’s not like a paralyzing feeling or pain but it’s like every muscle in my en...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 13, 2025
1 points

Saji has a stutter similar to mine. Trust me, maybe is not as severe as other cases, but its still frustrating and it also messes with your self esteem/confidence....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterNov 13, 2025
1 points

I hear that. I guess the frame I thought of it in is it won't kill me. Like no one is cutting my body apart, I just feel very embarrassed. In that sense, I found it reduced my fear of what stuttering ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 13, 2025
4 points

Yeah, I kinda created a whole another persona online. People actually like me there, understand me. But the cost of it is that I'm starting to place my online persona above the irl one. I just stoppe...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 13, 2025
7 points

Sadly for most of us stuttering has far greater mental consequences than just the fact of stuttering....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2025
1 points

I actually DO get physical pain for stuttering! I stutter really badly . I almost stomped earlier ....

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Physical TensionShame & EmbarrassmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2025
10 points

Well, I think the most important point is this: It’s not your fault! If you were blind, you wouldn’t feel ashamed of your disability. Same thing for deafness or paralysis or any other disability. Peop...

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Acceptance & PrideShame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation
postr/StutterNov 12, 2025
7 points

Parents

Parents I’m 17 years old and a senior in high school. I’ve been stuttering since I can remember, and recently I’ve been really struggling with something that is really important. I would say I have a ...

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commentr/StutterNov 12, 2025
7 points

Yeah but how do you do that when every conversation you have, never turns out how you want it to. Every joke you tried to make is a 50/50 dice roll of it falling flat. How can I be able to hear myself...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 12, 2025
68 points

Hey man. I felt the exact same way at your age. Life was hell. I remember how it felt like stuttering owned everything in my universe. I'm 37 now and I work in communications. I make good money. I'm...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & MotivationShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterNov 12, 2025
6 points

The small kid inside

The small kid inside (22M) I'm currently in a transitional phase of my life, trying my best to accept things as they are, get to know myself better, and develop the version of me that I want to become...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2025
3 points

Today I had a presentation...went really bad... The way everyone looked at me while I'm presenting is really ruining my mental health. I don't know why god gave me this for...how can one live in this ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessSuicidal Ideation & High Distress
postr/StutterNov 9, 2025
38 points

Just venting

Just venting It hurts to be seen as a decent, intelligent person who can talk about almost any subject—but only through text. In person, you don't recognize yourself; it's as if you have a mental fog...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterNov 9, 2025
10 points

My experience trying to talk to people while stuttering

My experience trying to talk to people while stuttering I'm 22 years old and I've never dated because I'm insecure about my stutter, I talked to a girl who was my childhood friend and she said that al...

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Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
2 points

Now that is a creative narrative! Yeah my point was “people on disability shouldn’t date” nailed it. Stuttering or not you are hard to communicate with. My point is not pointing. Have a good one. My s...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
1 points

“I’m dating a guy in a wheelchair and I don’t know if it’s because he can’t walk or what but he can’t go up stairs and I love stairs, really puts in wrench in walking” to answer your question yes. I w...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment