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commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
5 points

I know the feeling. I’m envious of my peers at work because they can present so eloquently, and here I am, a bumbling mess when I talk. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I’ll never be fluent, so...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
12 points

i feel u so much. im literally struggling every day. i wish i could just shut up or go nonverbal so i dont embarrass myself anymore. its such a struggle that i cant express myself tbe way i truly w...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerLoneliness & Isolation+1 more
postr/StutterOct 29, 2025
20 points

i’m jealous of others

i’m jealous of others how cooked am i that i am jealous of others being able to talk normally. something so simple that people don’t even notice and i would give up everything in life to have. if i ha...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterOct 29, 2025
1 points

Just go and do it even if it means you'll get embarrassed in front of her family. It's better they know of these flaw of yours rather than later getting a rejection because her family found out you go...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2025
1 points

No. I don't think this is great. It sounds exhausting and slightly humiliating. I am also projecting. You didn't say how the exercise made you feel? That's what's important here. Not me....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterOct 27, 2025
23 points

Relationships

Relationships My girlfriend broke up with me the other day and one of the things she said is her family said “he’s a nice guy but we don’t think he’s the one for you”. It’s a backhanded insult in my ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2025
2 points

Ahh I'm sorry :( it sucks how much social emberaasment comes with stuttering, esp blocking.. Something that helps me for some reason is telling the person immediately after I get stuck on my name is t...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2025
1 points

Same! Im in middle too, stucking while someone asks name is so embarrassing especially I work in healthcare, so it affects rapport alot. Hoping for the best in future...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & CareerFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterOct 27, 2025
3 points

Uh, its gotten worse in the last couple of years. Idk why. I block a lot. Its an everyday thing. Trying to learn to not care. But Especially when asked my name i just stand there looking like in hav...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & CareerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterOct 26, 2025
2 points

Speech therapy video

Speech therapy video Hi, I'm an high school student and I really need to stop my stuttering because, embarrassment is killing me, I don't want to stutter in front of strangers and I don't want people ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterOct 26, 2025
42 points

How do I get rid of this sh**?

How do I get rid of this sh**? I was just at a grocery store in the self checkout line waiting and the guy behind me kindly pointed out there was an open one next to us I turn to him to just say than...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 26, 2025
7 points

I had a therapist who ran a group was obsessed with disclosing, pseudo stuttering exercises to get comfortable stuttering publicly, and generally owning your stutter h exercising words like “speech i...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Shame & EmbarrassmentUnhelpful Therapy TechniquesNegative Therapy / Harm
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2025
1 points

L0l sure, me not being able to land a job because people think you're retarded and unqualified is surely an attitude problem. If it weren't for my family I would be homeless...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2025
1 points

I contacted them recently and waited a long time for a reply, only to receive an email of just three sentences. In my message, I had asked if there was someone who could help me learn Dutch — even as ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2025
1 points

That doesnt sound like my experience. Like most apathetic individuals listlessly going through the motion of the dreary day to day. Woe is me for my own ineptitude, knowing my own limitations and pa...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
1 points

That path usually starts out with self-pity until the person realises that sitting around feeling sorry for themselves does nothing to improve their lives, and, in fact, makes their lives much worse, ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
1 points

Should we apologize for stuttering? I always feel bad for the other person. X...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
2 points

can i join? im on my final year and i feel like the professors are giving me a passing grade just out of pity...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
3 points

im a final year pharmacist student and i have to do interviews with my professors for my final class, i feel like they're giving me a passing grade just out of pity because not even i could understand...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
1 points

It is both. We are saying the same general things in your first lengthy post and you lost the plot in the second one. To focus on the subject matter of the example instead of the example itself is you...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessIdentity & Self-Perception