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commentr/StutterMay 31, 2020
6 points

I'm sorry that you had to experience this💕 I've also had asimilar experiences as this but one stuck with me in particular although it wasn't even that bad, but still- Once in 9th grade (it was around...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterMay 31, 2020
9 points

Ouch. I'm sorry that happened to you, OP. I have so many of these. How about the time when I was 14 in high school (I'm old now) and the teacher in my homeroom class had the bright idea that before ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & ConcealmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterMay 30, 2020
1 points

I'd say it's definitely a disorder, people won't even be able to visualise how the stammerer feels from inside It constantly gives you self-doubt and low self esteem...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Medicalization / NeurodiversityShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterMay 29, 2020
22 points

My funniest stuttering story

My funniest stuttering story Basically I was at a church choir rehearsal and normally me and my bro mess around on the instruments when we don't rehearse. Anyways this was a nigerian church and you HA...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2020
2 points

I was 8, 9, and 10 when I was in speech therapy. I honestly didn’t get a lot of useful information out of it and some of the techniques involved things that I consider to be shaming, like having my fr...

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional Experience
Negative Therapy / HarmShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterMay 26, 2020
16 points

My most embarrasing stuttering experience

My most embarrasing stuttering experience I was at a party, and I went to introduce myself to 4 guys who sat on the couch I didn't know. There were probably 20 other people in the room, and just when ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesHiding & Concealment+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2020
2 points

I once completely embarrassed myself at a coffee shop with a friend when a women entered that she KNEW and that I looked up to- I got introduced to her and I stuttered like CRAZY saying hello and when...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2020
6 points

I don't have repetitions either. I either say the word perfectly or I just have a long pause. Sometimes this is a "block" where my larynx just won't cooperate (a part of stuttering) but often I'm ju...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2020
3 points

I just try to turn my negative experiences with bad people into funny moments. If someone gets disgusted by my stutter I think positively of myself of ruining someone's day. Probably a bad attitude bu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2020
1 points

The reactions i get are pretty different from each other... Many people look confused or patient while some others look impatient or they start laughing out of nowhere (which i can't actually blame be...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterMay 24, 2020
18 points

It's not me who's ashamed of my stutter, it's the people around me....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2020
1 points

Is this when reading to yourself or to a class? Ive actually had my worst stutters when I read out to a class to the point where a teacher embarrassed me....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterMay 21, 2020
3 points

Yeah, I love when I’m trying to tell someone something and they are listening and I can’t spit it out and they look at me like I either have 5 heads or with pity like I said my cat died....

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Physical TensionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterMay 19, 2020
11 points

I like this picture because I also interpret it as how others don’t see what’s underneath because to them it really is just a stutter. And I also hope to one day get to the point where it’s ONLY a stu...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterMay 19, 2020
8 points

Yeah, people see just our stutter... what we actually see is worse....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterMay 19, 2020
3 points

I think we all have those same thoughts as people who stutter, but it’s something that we have to overcome in life and not let it define us! Yeah I get frustrated when I can’t get my words out and I h...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionSeverity & FluctuationShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterMay 19, 2020
7 points

I feel that extreme shame like I have pretty much my entire life

I feel that extreme shame like I have pretty much my entire life I can't crack jokes and small chats and have that same atmosphere afterwards. Once I stutter it feels like I ruined fucking everything....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 19, 2020
5 points

Thank you so much! Maybe it's even the global pandemic circumstances that affect each one of us, whether you stutter or not but I felt desperate this morning and simply had to reach out to people who ...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterMay 19, 2020
61 points

English teacher here, I stutter and have a class today, I'm so nervous.

English teacher here, I stutter and have a class today, I'm so nervous. Hey everybody, I would love to share my lil story with you because I'm regularly reading everything here and I value and support...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment+2 more
postr/StutterMay 18, 2020
6 points

If i had no stutter i would be a total different person

If i had no stutter i would be a total different person I am stuttering since i was 4 years old.I don't know how to explain it but the stutter started immediately after an "accident" i had.I was with ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger+2 more