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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2020
1 points

It's good to get these things off your chest. I feel it frees you in some ways and you don't have as much of the crushing weight on your shoulders, It also seems likes it been building up. You have ev...

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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2020
2 points

Thank you for the kind words When I have fluency seasons, I try to practice my speech as much as possible – I talk to people, I buy some cake in pastry shop (but only the one whose name I feel I can...

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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2020
1 points

Totally, I remember feeling worse and worse (about my confidence), While the problem was growing, until I thought "wait a minute, I did not have this problem before, can't let it control me"...

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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2020
1 points

When I started, I didn't notice it as a problem, I thought "I am nervous only", but when I understood that was getting worse, I thought "this isn't normal". Mainly because I did not have that problem...

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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2020
1 points

Thanks for your reply My class is fine, so much better than the one from the last school. I almost never got any unpleasant commentaries from them. But it happened sometimes, and several of them maki...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & ConcealmentPhysical Tension
postr/StutterNov 13, 2020
44 points

I'm tired of this

I'm tired of this Hi, this is my first post here, but I’ve been reading your posts for a long time. I’m a 19 years old boy and I’m tired of it all. I wish I could function normally, but I’m not abl...

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commentr/StutterNov 13, 2020
3 points

I get that exact same thing when I’m trying to explain my stutter and I say the word “stutter” I stutter so much I think it’s because I’ve built of so much negativity towards having a stutter that say...

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commentr/StutterNov 11, 2020
5 points

When I look at back my childhood I now see I never spoke to anybody because I was embarrassed of my stutter. I was never bullied bad but I was just to embarrassed to even say a word to people. Because...

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postr/StutterNov 10, 2020
0 points

stutter -vulnerability

stutter -vulnerability I would like to be able to be and be seen as a badass, a strong man, not a person that has it hard to finish a sentence. I can't stand the fact that stutter might make other peo...

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commentr/StutterNov 10, 2020
3 points

A positive interaction to me would basically be any conversation that someone doesn’t make a rude comment toward me or makes fun of me. I have a speech impediment as a cherry on top of my stutter so I...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingListener Reactions
commentr/StutterNov 10, 2020
4 points

Personally I’m a little insecure so if someone did that, my thought process tends to be that they’re treating me like I’m stupid or something. Similar if someone starts talking to me slower. It’s like...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2020
3 points

Oh my gosh yessss, that happens a lot when I’m stuck on a repetitive stutter but when I have a prolonged word one or a block then I can just see their face like they became uninterested and are awkwar...

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postr/StutterNov 9, 2020
16 points

You know when you stutter so much while saying a sentence that you want to give up on that sentence but you can't because people who point out and laugh at the fact you gave up on it? 🙂

You know when you stutter so much while saying a sentence that you want to give up on that sentence but you can't because people who point out and laugh at the fact you gave up on it? 🙂 ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2020
3 points

Don’t be ashamed. This is the worst I used to panic so bad whenever it was my go. My trick was mumbling so if I stuttered it wasn’t too noticeable. I wish I could go back and just say hey miss/mr I do...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 9, 2020
22 points

I think the problem I have with this general message it is really is invalidating of the experience of stuttering since most of these people “overcame” or “worked so hard that it doesn’t affect them a...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterNov 8, 2020
2 points

the last part is my fear!!! imagine using ASL with someone and then they knew you are not deaf person lmaoooo...

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 7, 2020
11 points

It makes me pretty sad at the same time because a lot of people have been making fun of him for it and acting like that lessens his credibility...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2020
1 points

I stuttered very bad as a young boy, now it’s coming back worse than ever, I don’t want to go to work, I don’t want to go to the shop I’m embarrassed to ask for things, can’t talk on the phone. Wish I...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 6, 2020
2 points

Scroll down through this thread and you will get plenty of insight. There's a lot of tough stories on here, I feel everyone's pain. It's not always that way but as every stutterer knows it can come an...

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commentr/StutterNov 5, 2020
2 points

I have the same problem with saying thank you (dziękuję in Polish), I usually manage to do it somehow but then I stutter and I feel like weirdo. Try replacing it with other word/words if you can, in m...

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