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postr/StutterAug 30, 2020
32 points

I wish i didn't Stuttered, Life would be different (better), Nobody understands how we feel

I wish i didn't Stuttered, Life would be different (better), Nobody understands how we feel [deleted]...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
postr/StutterAug 29, 2020
9 points

my stutter is eating me alive please talk to me

my stutter is eating me alive please talk to me [deleted]...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 29, 2020
2 points

I feel this. My friends work for a really good financial firm and suggested that I applied because I would be really good at it. Did a video interview, and made it to the phone interview where my spee...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2020
3 points

So, since you don't mention it, I have to ask: Have you tried speech therapy? As for avoiding words, you seem to be aware of the pitfalls already, so I won't go over that, except to note that you sho...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
2 points

Thank you for reading my post.☺ I'm emtry and every fields are equal boring-- major depression thought. I used to love art when I was a teen but people in my country value science(especially health ...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
4 points

Bro, I’m North African as well (Egyptian), and also been stuttering since like 5, I feel like our stories match up a little bit. Im also really fucking talkative like you and HATED my stutter because ...

Community & SupportTherapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Personal StoriesSeeking TherapyStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2020
3 points

What your grandfather said to you isn’t right at all, he came from a different time is a big part of why he said that, I’m sorry. I don’t have much advice I’m in similar shoes I don’t have a terrible ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Trauma & PsychologicalHelplessness & AgencyRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
postr/StutterAug 26, 2020
11 points

The world is HELL if you're ESL and stutter!

The world is HELL if you're ESL and stutter! I am stutter. English is my second language. I lived in US for 3 years. I live with my parents, they took me to US. I am 25. I have no job because no place...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2020
8 points

I would rather spend my life with the people I know now than be rounded up into a concentration camp-type special "city"...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
postr/StutterAug 24, 2020
15 points

Normal???

Normal??? How are we supposed to be ‘normal’ human beings when we cant even talk to family without stuttering?...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2020
7 points

Lol funny how people think a million is going to solve anything. That million will be spent so quick you'll regret not choosing the second option. With stutter comes anxiety, depression, low self este...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 23, 2020
12 points

Some philosophical thoughts

Some philosophical thoughts This is going to be a long post, but I hope you won't be bothered by that :) I'm starting college in almost two weeks and I am 19, but I was thinking about stuttering and ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringGenetic & Family FactorsPropositionality & Weight+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2020
3 points

Therapy doesn’t “fix” the defect, what it does is teaches you ways to manage and cope with it, and hopefully working strategies to get around some blocks. I stutter, and I’m not broken, and neither ar...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & AgencyValidation & Empathy
postr/StutterAug 22, 2020
13 points

I'm broken and i can't be fixed?

I'm broken and i can't be fixed? Nothing will help my stuttering since there's no cure, no treatment, and there's also no medicine to treat it. after doing more research on stuttering, it's caused by ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterAug 22, 2020
3 points

Thanks a lot! I aviod to talk in public. It's hard to notice my stuttering from the outside. My family and my friends do not even know my speech problem. Because i avoid. I try to run away. But now, i...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterAug 21, 2020
2 points

Hi , Im 34 and sometimes i also feel like Im getting to old, But from my humble experience, you just gotta keep on,i use to be afraid to even go to the shops, talk to someone in the elevator etc Rec...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Hope & MotivationHelplessness & AgencyValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterAug 21, 2020
1 points

Just turned 30 as well, and I feel every bit of this. ​ I have trouble giving my name a ton, so I tend to just give people the first letter and let them go with that. ​ You...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesSeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 20, 2020
2 points

I am an engineer who stutters. Not an 8-9 but ... I am 38, had those same thoughts at 21. I have 3 kids ... still struggle with depression everyday, thank god for them. I liked the advice of leavi...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 20, 2020
3 points

I need to take baby steps, I am too deep in the hole to do such grand things like moving to a different city/country. Thank you for the support....

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 20, 2020
4 points

Yes I have tried many times to step out of my comfort zone and all it gives me is more humiliation. People give me wierd faces and try to treat me like I'm disabled or something (acting nicer because ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency