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postr/StutterSep 24, 2024
11 points

It sucks to always have a doubt in the back of my mind

It sucks to always have a doubt in the back of my mind Doubt that I might not be able to speak. Even if I accept stuttering I will always have to live with this doubt and fear. Speaking is always goin...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
2 points

You need to practice that S sound in situations where you feel comfortable. You then need to challenge yourself in more difficult situations or scenarios until the anxiety dissipates and it becomes ea...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shiftFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
0 points

The antidote is challenging your anxiety by pushing out your comfort zones, until the anxiety-induced situation becomes boring and not anxiety-induced anymore. An easy initial way of challenging anxi...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shiftFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
1 points

Many jobs very legitimately require verbal communication skills. What if someone like OP has hard silent blocks that severely limit what they say, how they say it? We’ve all seen people on this sub ...

School & WorkSpeech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerBlocks & StoppagesAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
2 points

Wrong. In physiology of stuttering there is always this component. Speech is very complex and our brain processes speech in front of other people and speech in front of ourselves differently. Yes, if ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterSep 24, 2024
1 points

I am selling my car and will have to answer calls.

I am selling my car and will have to answer calls. I am 22, male. I have severe generalized social phobia and a stutter. Talking on the phone, ordering or answering questions at the counter are my ni...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentQuality of LifeFeared Words & Names+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
0 points

>I know I'm going to stammer like crazy and put everyone at the panel in an uncomfortable position. From my experience its the opposite, normies will often try their best to put a disabled person in ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
9 points

I'm 26 (M) and I know how you feel. I quit my office job a year ago to pursue my dream job, but job hunting and interviews are making me regret my decision. I avoided 3 interviews due to fear and not ...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social JudgmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
2 points

I know how it feels, but you have more to lose if you don’t take the risk. I didn’t start working until I was 23 cuz I was so scared of stuttering. Stuttering still happens on the job but oh well, we ...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2024
2 points

I'm 27 and this is exactly what I'm going through. How do you manage daily calls and meetings? I'm petrified of working in the corporate environment, I feel I'll just be stepped on despite being more ...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterSep 23, 2024
27 points

Feel lost. Inclined to believe the root cause of my failures is my stammering.

Feel lost. Inclined to believe the root cause of my failures is my stammering. I (27m) feel like a failure. I blame a lot of it on my stammer. It hinders everything....it's probably the worst thing on...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2024
1 points

The situations where you don't, are where I do lol. Glad that your key life skills ain't getting fked by this stutter...

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Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2024
1 points

Yup, I can almost guarantee that I'll stutter when ordering food. It's kind of become a joke with my friends whenever I'm ordering the food and I'll them to watch as I tell them exactly when I'm gonna...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2024
2 points

Have you noticed any improvement? Does he stutter with the therapist? I only noticed an improvement with a therapist when I got older and maybe haven’t talked that often in a while. I never stuttere...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Therapy ExperiencesAvoidance & SubstitutionValidation & Empathy+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2024
1 points

I don’t think anxiety is the right word but I know what you mean. I rarely stutter when giving a presentation, at a job interview or talking to a cute girl. It just puts me in a state of mind where I’...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterSep 23, 2024
38 points

I've developed a sixth sense

I've developed a sixth sense OKAY SO I don't know if it's just me but recently anytime I say the word over in my head I can kind of sense what words I will stutter on. Like the other day it was som...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2024
3 points

True , any time I am even a lil conscious that I am gonna speak I stutter so so hard...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterSep 23, 2024
1 points

Is the antidote to stuttering anxiety?

Is the antidote to stuttering anxiety? Ironical but from the past 7-10 days, I have been anxious about something else and working under pressure, just barely meeting the deadline everyday. This has th...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightAnticipating Stuttering
postr/StutterSep 23, 2024
1 points

Career Fairs

Career Fairs As a person who has a stutter, I struggle with branding myself and asking questions during job fairs. During my post graduate now I have a co-op term so it is crucial for me to do that. D...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerFeared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterSep 23, 2024
34 points

Its sucks not to be able to speak your mind with fluency in job interviews.

Its sucks not to be able to speak your mind with fluency in job interviews. From last 1 year I'm trying to crack a entry level role but I'm unable to. Companies didn't reject coz i was stuttering. I w...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more