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commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
2 points

Good thought but I don't think I'm ready right now to start doing that. Pretty afraid of even calling a family member or friend now a days. Recently had a friend get mad at me coz i was just texting h...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
2 points

By the time i get the first word out, even to let them know bout my stutter. They usually hang up. My blocks are pretty long at times....

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

But when the other side hangs up the call coz they think i am not here. That really hurts. My stutter is so bad on the phone that even friends etc usually say their thing on call and then tell me to t...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

I work at Berger King at airport. Usually my work is making the hamburgers, but sometimes they give the cashier shifts, and we still have this old way, where you need to shout for the customer by sayi...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
5 points

I have the same problem, especially when someone says "What?" I completely lock up. But yeah, I can talk perfectly fine on my own. Its SO frustrating :(...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
17 points

Same thing happens to me, but I take advantage of the person not seeing me, so I do weird things like punch a wall or stomp with my foot to get the word out. It sucks but you kinda have to live with i...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2020
5 points

Yeah sometimes it can be helpful but it’s also extremely embarrassing. I feel so helpless and pathetic when they do that....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 15, 2020
8 points

I don’t see how stuttering isn’t a disability. Even a mild stutter affects people differently from regular fluent people. For severe stutterers like me, life is a living hell and requires intervention...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterFeb 15, 2020
18 points

I blame my parents for my stuttering

I blame my parents for my stuttering Hi. I'm 21 y/o male and I've been stuttering since my childhood. When I was young there were many stressful circumstances in my family, which caused my stuterring....

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterFeb 14, 2020
4 points

The bitter truth

The bitter truth Just I know that in this year I can't resist anymore I rejeced to go in college bc reason was stuttering damn this disorder is TERRIBLE i lost friends everything they not gone about m...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Helplessness & AgencySadness & HopelessnessAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
1 points

Several years back I got into pickup thing and while I was motivated and hyped for few months I made progress in being more okay with stuttering around other people. First approaches I did was horribl...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
3 points

i know. i guess i kinda see it like a gas tank where my tank fills (i.e., i feel happy and fulfilled) when i'm with people that support me and people i can trust. and maybe when that gas tank drains d...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Helplessness & AgencyFriendships & BelongingAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
1 points

Oh I agree it's shit. But I don't feel like I have any other options. There's literally zero dating prospects in my hobbies, almost zero at work, and I'm never going to get anywhere 'cold approachi...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
1 points

Ive had a stutter since I was 6 six also,40 now and to be frank it's more our less ruined my life,I also stopped seeing a Speech therapist,Take him back,even if in takes 10years,also it's not a joke...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
1 points

I've been in your son's shoes. One really important thing you have to know is, the more importance you give to a stutter....the stronger it becomes. The more you see it as an obstacle, the more it can...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2020
5 points

This just described perfectly what I’ve been feeling for months now. It’s so damn hard. I’m only 17 and sometimes I wonder how I’m gonna achieve anything in life when I can’t talk. So then it just le...

Emotional Experience
Suicidal Ideation & High DistressSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterFeb 10, 2020
49 points

not having a voice

not having a voice I post on here quite often so I’m sorry but today in one of my classes we do a current events thing where we pick something currently going on in the world and I picked the oscars. ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2020
2 points

gotcha !! exactly stuttering is literally horrible but your right, i can’t let it stop me....

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2020
2 points

God dammit this shit ain't helpin me deal with my anxiety. I literally dropped a class in college because of my stutter. I'm such a fucking failure....

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2020
14 points

Don’t ever tell yourself you can’t do something because you stutter. If this is what you wanna do, then do it. Once you start running away or hiding from opportunities, it becomes real hard to break t...

Emotional Experience
Hope & MotivationHelplessness & Agency