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postr/StutterFeb 19, 2020
13 points

After I had been through a serious experience that cost me sth I have longed to achieve, I might have just touched upon a key factor in being comfortable with stuttering and probbaly eventually overcoming this impediment.

After I had been through a serious experience that cost me sth I have longed to achieve, I might have just touched upon a key factor in being comfortable with stuttering and probbaly eventually overco...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
1 points

But when the other side hangs up the call coz they think i am not here. That really hurts. My stutter is so bad on the phone that even friends etc usually say their thing on call and then tell me to t...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
6 points

I was a cashier at a grocery store. Keep in mind I’m 17 and was 16 at the time, and to see adults tease or laugh my stutter when trying to make small talk was super disheartening. People are just assh...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterFeb 18, 2020
9 points

Well once I was ordering at Starbucks and there was a big line behind me. I stuttered on my order and the workers started to laugh at me, it was so embarrassing, i get how you feel....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterFeb 17, 2020
5 points

Yeah sometimes it can be helpful but it’s also extremely embarrassing. I feel so helpless and pathetic when they do that....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterFeb 17, 2020
3 points

Stuttering and interpersonal support (or lack thereof)?

Stuttering and interpersonal support (or lack thereof)? Hello, first time poster here! I’m wondering what are your experiences with social/familial support with regards to your stuttering? I’m askin...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Family Support & ConflictAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterFeb 15, 2020
39 points

I hate where I work

I hate where I work I hate McDonald’s so much ( I do it with college btw) . So many customers laugh at me while I really struggle to talk. ( I do the front areas so clean tables etc. ) and then you g...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingFrustration & AngerShame & Embarrassment+1 more
postr/StutterFeb 14, 2020
4 points

The bitter truth

The bitter truth Just I know that in this year I can't resist anymore I rejeced to go in college bc reason was stuttering damn this disorder is TERRIBLE i lost friends everything they not gone about m...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Helplessness & AgencySadness & HopelessnessAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
1 points

Several years back I got into pickup thing and while I was motivated and hyped for few months I made progress in being more okay with stuttering around other people. First approaches I did was horribl...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
2 points

The 3 times I tried I wanted to die as well. Not saying it’s impossible but we’re playing to our weaknesses...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
3 points

I would love to be stuck in that dream. I used to be able to speak confidently until my stutter came...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
2 points

I was bullied — both for my stutter and other reasons — from 5th grade up until 9th. Unfortunately I don’t have any solid answers, but based on my experience there’s a couple routes to take. The firs...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
postr/StutterFeb 13, 2020
34 points

A dream

A dream Yesterday i had a dream that my stuttering was gone. I felt like a bird that was unchained and flew for the first time in his life. I woke up crying. Honestly stuttering is cruel....

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
53 points

Tired of being bullied

Tired of being bullied I’m sick of being bullied. I’m a 15 year old boy in high school, and I’m being bullied constantly for my stutter. There’s one guy in particular who started first, he’s a senior ...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingAvoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
6 points

Lifelong stutterer here. Currently 43 with a good career and have a pretty solid handle on my stutter these days, but wasn’t always the case. I was a pretty happy go lucky kid too, except when it came...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2020
1 points

We do that. He alright you know. Certainly no social anxiety. Im not too concerned when he goes to buy his own sweets. He'll do it. If he stutters he'll flap around a bit, get embarrassed but still r...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
School & Academic LifeShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2020
2 points

Alright mate, thank you so much! Its been quite some time now with this condition, so I have begun to loose traction on what feelings are considered to be normal and what arent....

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2020
1 points

There’s not much you can do. I get loads of people laugh at me when I clearly struggle to speak or make fun of me. Can’t exactly get mad at a customer for it cause yo ass gets blamed....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2020
1 points

zoology seems like a pretty interesting degree and i wish you the best !! and how does it feel when you stutter in a public speaking type of setting do you get extremely embarrassed ? i’ve gotten lu...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
School & Academic LifeShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterFeb 6, 2020
3 points

It would be great not to hate it and feel ashamed by it. Then those comments wouldn't hurt so much....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride