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commentr/StutterDec 29, 2019
14 points

I’m still thinking about the situation where it took me 45 seconds to say “My condolences for your loss”. I think the person I was speaking to forgot for a brief moment about her loss and started feel...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterDec 29, 2019
30 points

Vent

Vent I'm done ignoring it or pretending it will go away and I'm done trying to work towards ''fixing'' it. I can't hold a conversation with the ones I love and I can't tell jokes or include myself in ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
1 points

This may be an ideal time to confide in a family member how much stuttering has bothered you. Self-disclosure (aka sharing this) is therapeutic. We hold so much shame that we should let go....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
3 points

Alright. - Could you tell us more about your struggle? What happens and what does it feel like? Also, who are these people you mention? Have you talked to them specifically about this? Are there a...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
3 points

Thank you. Further still, then. ▬ Why do you feel helpless? Are you able to communicate the things you mean to communicate? ▬ Have you spoken to your family about how their mocking makes you feel...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2019
2 points

Alright, let's move further. - Why would you be embarassed? - Who's belittling you? - What's the anxiety about? *(I take it you don't mean this in a diagnostical sense.)*...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterDec 28, 2019
24 points

I am broken..

I am broken.. This past week was hard for me mentally all these thoughts about how I just want to speak without fear or holding back, I am worried about my future, I will go to university soon and the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentPropositionality & Weight+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 27, 2019
1 points

Its not like an immediate headache it usually happnes in a middle of a conversation when i stutter mostly because i feel soo bad about myself and have no desire to continue speaking...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterDec 27, 2019
6 points

Got a job recently

Got a job recently So I started working an internship recently, so I'm at the learning phase so I have to ask my seniors extremely difficult and complex questions. That make me stutter even more than ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2019
1 points

None English speaker here. I feel you man, i quitted university because of the presentation thing (due to my stuttering), my friends kept telling me to comeback but i refused, they have no idea why ...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
School & Academic LifeHelplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
3 points

I also had a mean teacher in KINDERGARTEN! She humiliated me because I didn't understand how to properly use scissors. She was telling to me in front of the whole classroom that she would glue a paper...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
1 points

It feels so bad, my self-esteem becomes low, and it just doesn't feel good. As for the job, yes I will have to talk alot....

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
postr/StutterDec 25, 2019
52 points

I am done with this world.

I am done with this world. Hello everyone, I just want to share my story as I am feeling very depressed . I have a serious problem when it comes to conversing with ppl. This all start when I was a kid...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 24, 2019
1 points

Want to smash their face to those who mock me, but later it shouldn't become a target to pick on me.... That's why I keep quiet...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Frustration & AngerHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterDec 24, 2019
3 points

I was about to but I was da about to cry lmao after though I told him to shut the fuck up...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterDec 24, 2019
14 points

I think school/college is the most damning years for stutters. Kids are assholes, period. They WILL make fun of you to show off in class/be humorous/be cool in front of their friends/etc. The sensitiv...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingSchool & Academic LifeAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
postr/StutterDec 22, 2019
30 points

Just a little support is all it takes

Just a little support is all it takes I havent met anyone with a stutter and im so grateful that this thread exists I am 17yo male with not so bad stutter, i block on maybe half my words and sometimes...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 21, 2019
2 points

I feel ya. People either smile, laugh, or look confused that you can't say your name. I one time had a friend's dad say to me "it's not a hard question, sweetheart" so she said my name for me to get o...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentPreparation & Rehearsal
commentr/StutterDec 21, 2019
-1 points

We need to make a distinction between mocking a stutterer, and mocking a stutter from a non-stutterer. The latter is unprofessional and childish, while the former is, well, just generally being a piec...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterDec 21, 2019
10 points

“... You feel... a void” So true, but yet not many people recognize this. She apologized because of media pressure, not because she is truly sorry, and that hurts me the most....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying