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postr/StutterJun 3, 2025
17 points

Horrible Phone Call

Horrible Phone Call Hello everyone, I am having an emotional breakdown and don’t have anyone to talk to about this. As many of us, I dread phone calls as well. I had to make a call to reschedule mine ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger+1 more
postr/StutterJun 2, 2025
17 points

Idk what to say.

Idk what to say. Hello, I’m at 27 years old female. I came to Canada this January 2025 to join my husband who lives here since a long time ago. I came from Morocco in which I used to have my own car m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 31, 2025
12 points

No solution indeed. That is life. Still, I would recommend you get into exposure therapy of some sort. Stutter on purpose. What happened for me was I stuttered on purpose in countless occasions now no...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMay 30, 2025
3 points

When i was working at gas station I barely could start asking some mom with a kiddo what petrol to pour, so kiddo gave me a disgust look and asked her mother "Is this guy sick? Also at school while w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterMay 30, 2025
6 points

Relapsing Stutter

Relapsing Stutter I have struggled with mental health and stuttering my whole life. My mental health got worse in my teenage and young adult years (which I am). I am currently receiving medication an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2025
3 points

Early 50s here, have spent decades trying to overcome this, it's been a hard road. I'm making progress but it's turtle speed slow. You're right, they look at us weirdly, astonished that something as ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionPropositionality & Weight+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2025
3 points

Telling me to relax or take my time with talking. I know that already. IDK if it's annoying, but mocking it. That can ruin my mood for the whole day and next day for me....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2025
7 points

stuttering on your name is the most saddest and worst part of stuttering. you can't even introduce yourself in many situations and that's frustrating. once a girl from my highschool saw me out in publ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2025
10 points

My dad saying " take a deep breath and relax" when I was trying to speak in public or to people in front of him was the lowlight of my childhood. Stressed me out more than the actual stutter....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMay 26, 2025
1 points

Damn maybe u stutter cuz ur rude af im just sharing my experience...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
2 points

Good days, I try to figure out what made it a good day. If I was able to do a lot of talking without any really severe stuttering, what changed, what made it easier for me that day. Was it who I tal...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMay 25, 2025
3 points

Lmao you need to fix your mental fr ”The fact that I have a silver platter makes my suffering worse than yours” Really, it sounds as if life served you a humble pie you desperately needed Good luck...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterMay 24, 2025
12 points

Help dealing with a very severe stammer

Help dealing with a very severe stammer Dealing with a severe stammer is an appalling thing. It’s not your usual inconvenience, but a personal hell that accompanies you every time you open your mouth....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
8 points

I work in healthcare, speaking with patients, their families, other departments within the hospital, and with doctors’ offices all day long. On days when my stutter is mutating and defeating every fl...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesFrustration & AngerStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

In fact, it was easier for me to get words out with an angry *forceful* tone…so I developed that. Shortly after learning better habits to decrease blocks, my anger quickly went away....

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Frustration & AngerFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
1 points

Yeah I laugh at my own stutter. I just stutter and don't care about other feelings uncomfortable or not...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterMay 23, 2025
47 points

Lying because of my stutter

Lying because of my stutter So today I went to the physical therapist for the first time and I had to give some information at the front desk while other people were also in the room waiting. I stutte...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
7 points

Another comment said it well. Toxic positivity seems to be the most effective mental remedy for me. If I almost seem to trick my mind into having an assertive tone where I may come off as standoff ish...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Mindset shiftFrustration & AngerStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
1 points

Oh gosh. I feel your pain in my soul. I have had a customer service job for a couple years and my stutter is the bane of my existence. It’s something I can’t control, yet some people are absolute @$$ ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerListener Reactions
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
7 points

We've all been there. It happens. I've truly mangled some customer service situations and the rep totally left the interaction thinking I was disabled person. You just have to get over it? Part of t...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger