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postr/StutterNov 10, 2025
4 points

Seriously, how do you guys network?

Seriously, how do you guys network? So a little backstory I’m in an online graduate program trying to get a job in entry level IT/cyber intern for about a year. I started Summer 2024 and quit my part ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2025
1 points

i’m at the point where this shit just isn’t funny anymore. there’s nothing to laugh about. i’ve tried to think positively about my stutter but the truth is, there’s nothing positive about it. it’s a c...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyStigma & BullyingQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
1 points

I have blocks all the time, but sometimes I feel calmer, and speech comes out easier, depending on how I feel. Once it came down to getting a job, it's something that doesn't matter if you stutter or...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
1 points

Living it. Struggled significantly growing up and into my early 20s. Sometimes I reflect, and think about so many missed opportunities I missed due to the fear of stuttering. My mid 20s, and now dee...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
13 points

I barely can't say only one word in sentence without block and also have face spasms. It's look terrible, so I lost any confidence in myself. Drop education, lost my friends. Just know you are not onl...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesHelplessness & AgencyPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
3 points

Bro, reading your comment literally felt like I wrote it myself. I also get those full speech blocks — like not even normal stammering, but complete shutdowns. My name starts with a sound that always ...

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Feared Words & NamesHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
7 points

Hey man i share your pain i get severe speech blocks too my name starts with an M and i can’t say it most of the times which makes me feel miserable being in a third world country just makes shit alot...

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Feared Words & NamesHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
3 points

bro you thinking about girl, relationship or future family... but honestly i getting depressed by only one thought — how i even getting a job or earning money? cuz i can’t even speak my own name prope...

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Feared Words & NamesHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
1 points

I totally understand what you're saying. People don't understand that the ability to speak gives a person confidence and makes them complete. If you can't speak and say what you want to say, whenever...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2025
6 points

Ok. The thing is dressed well and mannered well person will definitely impress a girl. But It requires effort and mostly motivation. "looking good" can not be everyone's priority. If your life is goin...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
1 points

Perhaps this situation isn’t relevant for everyone commenting. I can understand why someone on a disability support plan would be apprehensive to date....

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Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
0 points

I don’t. But I am a little frustrated that he hasn’t acknowledged/discussed it with me. like, hey you might notice me stutter, it’s because X, sometimes Y makes it worse but it gets better by doing Z...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencyAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
1 points

Honestly I’m at this point just frustrated having to do all the mental gymnastics trying to figure out how to bring it up. There is no good way for me to say something and yet he could easily address ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencyAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2025
5 points

Ive isolated myself b4 and it only makes it worse. You will find yourself in a hole you will have to crawl yourself out so id recommend not getting in the hole in the first place. Isolation is like ki...

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Helplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 7, 2025
2 points

The same applies. I can't speak any languages well, I only speak English except for one or two phrases of the local language. The thing is, when you travel, you DON'T spend hours and hours and hours s...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterNov 7, 2025
4 points

I get it , you don't want to be a burden ,which is a reasonable feeling, but isolating yourself? You're only gonna make it way worse than it is , cuz I've been through this , and I've isolated myself ...

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commentr/StutterNov 7, 2025
1 points

You're speculating on information from experts who have given us nothing. I'm sure it may contribute, but in most all cases psychology is the main influence over the system. You on here spreading your...

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commentr/StutterNov 7, 2025
1 points

You are looking at the path I went on. It's unconventional but the experts have proven to us that conventional doesn't work with stuttering. The "experts" are guessing, they know only from observation...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
1 points

I feel the true restriction of stuttering (for myself at least)...is the fact I just can't fully express myself. I might avoid words or entire sentences if I feel I will stutter and that just leads to...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2025
2 points

I'm an over the road truck driver. I used to drive garbage trucks for years. I actually have a very bad case. So bad that I carry pen and paper and I pay my son to make phone calls for me. We use 3 ph...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyBlocks & Stoppages