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commentr/StutterMay 2, 2020
2 points

Same, 17 year old here. Along with other difficulties I face stuttering is one of the worse of them all. This made me lose every social skill I gained as a child and I ended up self-isolating. This is...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMay 2, 2020
3 points

I just don’t know, I am not 18 yet I an scared of the future, scared of having job, scared of people, scared of starting relationships, I just wished I was normal instead of having this curse on me...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencySadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterMay 1, 2020
12 points

Anyone else forgot how to communicate?

Anyone else forgot how to communicate? My stutter came up in middle school, grew worse in high school and became much better during university and today I mostly manage to go unnoticed on my good days...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyBlocks & Stoppages+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2020
2 points

My son (will be 4 in a month) just started stuttering during the quarantine. He has blocks which he tries to force out, he asks why he can’t talk, etc.. He had none of this prior. It has been scary ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesTrauma & PsychologicalHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2020
5 points

My stuttering goes mostly undetected by people since I block really bad but am pretty good at finding alternative words and messing with my breathing. But that's all out the door now. My stuttering is...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 28, 2020
1 points

I have the same problem as you but I don’t feel like an impostor and you shouldn’t either. It’s not your fault. Edit: the same problem with talking, not the college /irish part...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 28, 2020
1 points

Thanks for the comment. It really helps to know that I'm not alone. I'm in TCD also. Literally just did my final exam today and I'm just finished haha. In fairness my classmates and lecturers are very...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 28, 2020
1 points

Yeah completely! Where did you go to college? (Im assuming you’re in Ireland haha) I’m studying German and Spanish I’m Trinity atm, and I feel the exact same way. It makes people doubt my language abi...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 27, 2020
-3 points

If you find a way to surpass your weakness, that's a nice goal to achieve. But for what you want to do, you just can't stutter. Even if you don't surpass it completely, you just have you sure you don'...

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commentr/StutterApr 26, 2020
2 points

Me too. I don't get upset or agitated at my stutter anymore............but it has the capacity to hamper a conversation by preventing you from saying what needs to be said. Or at least making it very ...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterApr 26, 2020
12 points

Lifelong stutterer here. Quick story from when I was around 14ish

Lifelong stutterer here. Quick story from when I was around 14ish A bad one I had a decade ago was when I called up Xbox live because my Xbox 360 hard drive corrupted I think. The lady on the other en...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesGenetic & Family FactorsHelplessness & Agency+2 more
postr/StutterApr 25, 2020
33 points

Can’t even order food

Can’t even order food I’m trying to order food for my family, I kept on blocking on the phone, so I asked my brother to call for me he denied, I asked my mom and she denied because she thinks she will...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Helplessness & AgencyBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2020
3 points

I have a stutter but nobody else in my family had one going back to my great great grand parents. My daughters two if she has to deal with this shit I’ll be pissed....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2020
0 points

It's possible they could inherit it from you, i personally wouldn't want children because i wouldn't want them to feel the pain i felt, but that's up to you...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2020
5 points

yeah same. I have a hard time accepting that stuttering is just out of my control you know ? But please give it a chance. From my experience, ppl don't actually care if we stutter. It'd be a waste ...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Helplessness & AgencySuicidal Ideation & High DistressValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterApr 21, 2020
3 points

There's one time where the teacher asked a question I knew the answer to, but knowing that I stutter, I didn't raise my hand. It benefits me because the answer I had was wrong in the first place. Oth...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 20, 2020
2 points

I have to prove myself before a single word is spoken to be given a chance in any sort of companionship. It induces a lot of failure related anxiety, because when I do fall nobody will have the patien...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyDating & Romance+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 19, 2020
4 points

And about the people that can live with their stutter for the rest of their lives, great but not evryone with a stutter are not able to do that, because everyone stutter is different in terms of sever...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterApr 19, 2020
5 points

You are not alone,i feel exactly like you do now,i am stuttering since childhood i am 22 now, in childhood it didn’t affected me and i didn’t cared about it that much as i do now, because when you are...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterApr 19, 2020
30 points

Anyone else been in the same boat?

Anyone else been in the same boat? Hi I'm 27 m.. I been stuttering since I can remember about 7-8yrs old.. When I was younger I had the traditional repetition stutter I hated it I now get stuck blocks...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment+3 more