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commentr/StutterOct 7, 2020
1 points

Thank you for asking, it was a disaster.... i brought up that a have a stutter, that really helped a lot, but still, it was... just really bad, my sutter is quite severe and i could see lot of people ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2020
2 points

That's what came to my mind at first.. but it's just so shameful and i can imagine them pity me or me, making a poor thing from myself....

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2020
29 points

Absolutely. I'm 30 now. Always was someone who stuttered. I don't remember feeling too much shame about it until high school, although that might just be because it's harder to remember further back. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2020
5 points

I hate being told not to be nervous when I'm feeling really anxious. It's like telling someone who walks with crutches to not be a cripple. Reassurance is good, and knowing the interviewer is fine let...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2020
6 points

Don't smile when he faces a block. I understand you have good intentions but that's one time that smile kills. Once in a viva question I had a block on word "credit" and my interviewer smiled and sa...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2020
1 points

Your so lucky bro. I don't have friends that understand my stutter or are open to me about it. What finished in me not having real friends but people I just have fun with and crying in my room when th...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2020
2 points

Yeah.. I mean I get that but I don’t know. Sounds like they’re trying to validate you out loud. I personally try to have more sensitivity when I speak about other peoples impediments or disabilities. ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2020
1 points

My girlfriend didn’t believe that people actually asked me if I forgot my name. She came out with me somewhere and it happened, and I’ll never forget the look on her face....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 5, 2020
20 points

Like here we are trying our best to say something. We are almost out of breath. Our face is distorted. Eyes buldges out. And ppl think it's cute....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2020
7 points

I’m a freshman in college so I’ve had to introduce myself so much lately. Ironically, my name is one of the hardest things for me to say. I’ve heard the “forgot your name” thing so many times and it s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2020
2 points

I remember after baseball tryouts one year they lined us all up and we were asked to say our name for the coaches. When they finally got to me, I had to kinda pretend I wasn’t paying attention becaus...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2020
1 points

theres been multiple times where ive been asked to go to a drive through for someone or myself and went to order, blocked before a sound even came out and i just drove off. Its so embarrassing and I c...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 4, 2020
2 points

I used to want to be a police woman when I was older, but at a career thing I was speaking to a policeman as you do and he asked my name (which I struggled with). "eh-eh-eh.." to him was Emma. My name...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
2 points

Hey bro. I guess a lot of people felt connected to a lot of things you said in your post. I'm about your age and when I read that you shared this to another person for the first time just a couple of ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
6 points

Hey bro. I guess a lot of people felt connected to a lot of things you said in your post. I'm about your age and when I read that you shared this to another person for the first time just a couple of ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
2 points

I distinctly recall when I was in college going through a McDonald’s drive through, and at the time I would constantly get blocked on the K sound. I just wanted a small coffee but got so hung up on it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
1 points

22, I didn't go to university specifically, but I'm doing an engineering apprenticeship which includes earning a degree.I stuttered quite badly in the interview, but got accepted anyway. Your stutter ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
2 points

It seems like someone wrote my story. I'm also 22, have been bullied, no relationships and just graduated from uni. I got rejected out of 10s of interviews and wanted to just curl up and die in my roo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterOct 2, 2020
1 points

Panicking

Panicking I can't stop crying and shaking, I'm starting a pastry course in 5 days and I've been thinking about the moment where I need to introduce myself since I found out about the course. Im so sca...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2020
3 points

I wholeheartedly agree and feel you. I am in the exact situation, I was reading so much about stuttering and stutterers the last 3 years cuz I felt my condition is unique! In all my relationships, ev...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment+3 more