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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2025
1 points

Happy....is by chance. You conflate joy and elation with the acceptance. What action? What improvement? I have food and shelter, I have work and many convienances. Any "improvement" in a state of ...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterOct 25, 2025
20 points

I refuse to socialize with people.

I refuse to socialize with people. just can't do it, i can talk to staff at my workplace. but when it comes to actually trying to "get to know" someone. Im just not doing it, yeah it is lonely as fuck...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2025
0 points

I mean , I know she is courage to follow this profession but is it worth it? Not just because we like this job, doesn’t mean we can follow it. Life is unfair btw....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyPublic Awareness / Media
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2025
1 points

That doesnt sound like my experience. Like most apathetic individuals listlessly going through the motion of the dreary day to day. Woe is me for my own ineptitude, knowing my own limitations and pa...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
1 points

If I think about what’s impacted my confidence, probably getting my job. 11 months, 1500 applications, 2 rescinded offers. That murdered me. What am I doing to fix my confidence? Nothing. I’m workin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
1 points

Yes! People think I’m an idiot. Just now my coworker was struggling with a computer issue. I tell the answer….instead of trying my solution she calls over another coworker and that coworker gives the ...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2025
3 points

This reminds me of what happened to me today at work. I was in the elevator and it stopped working midway and it was soo hot and suffocating inside that I started lose breath and panicking like crazy ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
22 points

I wish my stupid fear of stuttering hadn't kept me from med school. I'm a software engineer currently, and I enjoy what I do, but being a doctor has always been my dream....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
2 points

Exactly. I know what I want to say and I promise I’m smart, I just can’t get the right words out. :(...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterOct 23, 2025
4 points

How to tell if it's the stutter or something else

How to tell if it's the stutter or something else One of my best friends for 10 years and ex partner has a severe stutter that has significantly altered his life. His dad also had a severe stutter so ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsStress & Fight/FlightHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterOct 23, 2025
8 points

I feel trapped

I feel trapped I really need help. I genuinely do. I’ve tried, I really have I tried to stay positive and to stutter with confidence when I speak, but no some people are just unbelievably rude, to t...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Frustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencySelf-Advocacy & Boundaries
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
2 points

I personally haven't done this. I have a blocking stutter and I have always thought that it might be better to have a repetition stutter. I thought that being able to make a sound and repeating is a s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
2 points

Acceptance is how people deal with losing a limb, or dealing with losing eyesight, or losing hearing, or being diagnosed with serious illness - all sorts of ailments are dealt with via acceptance. It'...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
5 points

Acceptance isn't 'admitting defeat' it's about accepting that I'm built different than others so now I can find a way to make life work for me within my constraints. Acceptance is empowerment. Instead...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHope & MotivationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
5 points

Oh yeah lets just take a stroll down the acceptance path like its so fucking easy to undo years of being made fun of, laughed in our faces, and treated as lesser than for an disability we can't easily...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
8 points

We should threat it no different than how ADHD is threated. No it's not in our heads or a personal failure. It's a neurological disorder. The difference is that ADHD has tons of medicines that can hel...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / NeurodiversityHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
5 points

I am 25 male and currently struggling a lot due to stammer. I don't understand the concept of "acceptance". How we can fight stammer, if we already accepted our defeat ?...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
10 points

I kinda go against the ‘Be thankful for what you got’ though I see what you’re coming from. Yes, a person who has a home, food and water are living a good life, but that doesn’t mean they’re living a...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
6 points

The 'it's not fair!' thinking is part of the 'self-pity' trap that so caustic to our mental health and wellbeing. No matter who you are, there is always someone who is better off \*and\* someone who i...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyAcceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2025
11 points

I always compare stuttering to being a short man. Like yes, its going to affect your life and there is no getting around that. But you just have to choose to play with the cards you were dealt. Choosi...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency