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postr/StutterOct 11, 2025
2 points

wearing a face mask to "distance" people from their stutter

wearing a face mask to "distance" people from their stutter I went on a date last night with a really cool gal. She told me prior we met that she stutters felt insecure about it. I knew someone in mid...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
13 points

:( was at a therapy session yesterday (I've got a handful of challenges: ADHD, OCD, GAD, Dyslexia and, yup... Stutter!). Explained that exact thing! Navigating words that just won't come out - chan...

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postr/StutterOct 11, 2025
91 points

When you’re talking about stuttering and they say “but you didn’t stutter right now” after you just did 2 minutes of mental gymnastics, changed 5 words, and nearly passed out holding eye contact to sound fluent.

When you’re talking about stuttering and they say “but you didn’t stutter right now” after you just did 2 minutes of mental gymnastics, changed 5 words, and nearly passed out holding eye contact to so...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterOct 11, 2025
2 points

Writer (without stutter)

Writer (without stutter) Hey I’m not really sure if I’m allowed to post here but as a disabled writer I really hate the idea of misrepresenting in my own stories. So is it okay to ask you guys questio...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
2 points

I feel that my entire personality is carved around my stutter. I went to co-ed secondary school and JC, and I have a few friends as I rarely opened up to people. In NS, my self-esteem and confidence ...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & CareerShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
2 points

Am I the only one who hates when people think my stutter is cute? I get fetish vibes whenever someone tells me that and why would you think that's cute when it affects my life daily?...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
2 points

im assuming its a mild at worst stutter? My stutter looks like I am convulsing and having a full blown seizure when I get stuck. I dont think anyone would find it cute or sexy...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
3 points

you gotta be careful of her treating you like a wounded animal type of situation. it becomes a complex. they sort of turn you into a fetish object or like an idealized projection. happened to me...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
1 points

Frrrr, especially thank you, and it's so embarrassing having a block on thank you because then you're "not polite", and it's still embarrassing even with people who know about your stutter. But excuse...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
1 points

Manche Männer haben auch den Fetisch, aber dann fühl ich mich irgendwie benutzt. Geht gar nicht. Der Gedanke, ich krieg die Worte nicht raus und er… 🙄...

Emotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Shame & EmbarrassmentRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
2 points

Das frag ich mich auch immer. Die sagen zwar immer, es macht nichts, aber dann merkt man, es ist vor ihren Bro‘s peinlich, wenn man an zu stottern fängt.  Und wenn man richtig stark stottert, ist das ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
2 points

One of the main issues that make my life difficult can be "cute" is just bullshit, to me. I've see it as if they like you then it's "cute/attractive" because if they didn't, lol well we all know that ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
4 points

Ja, ein Ex fand es auch nicht schlimm,  wenn ich gestottert hab. Hat ihn gar nichts ausgemacht.  Ich hab mich trotzdem immer in Grund und Boden geschämt, besonders, wenn ich Freunde von ihm kennen gel...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentDating & RomanceAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
1 points

Yeah, I get that you’re trying to push people to take responsibility and not let their stutter define them and that’s a valid message. But honestly, the tone here comes off a bit dismissive of how dee...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
3 points

I went to NHS speech therapy at around 21 about ten years ago. I don't remember a very long waiting list. I think I had around 10-12 sessions and it was enormously helpful. I also deal with a lot of...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Shame & EmbarrassmentTherapy ExperiencesFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
1 points

ahhh! been there! we had to do presentations in front of like 6 teachers, our class and the 9th grade class whom i dont know. all of this just to get to write an english exam. i stuggled and stuttere...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Physical TensionShame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
4 points

Yeah 💯 NOT my experience. Got a lot of ridicule from girls, never once a “aw that’s adorable that your face contorts and you struggle to say words.”...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterOct 9, 2025
1 points

Speech Therapy as Adult UK?

Speech Therapy as Adult UK? I did speech therapy as a child when I was 6 or 7 years old. I remember a lot of it was me reading from a comic/magazine and the therapist clicking a button every time I st...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
8 points

Especially girls have laughed at me for my stutter than finding me attractive. Your take on this?...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterOct 9, 2025
2 points

Does stutter makes you apear soft

Does stutter makes you apear soft when I stutter or my speech gets tense, i feel how other perceive me as soft or overly gentle .. like I’m fragile or less assertive than I actually am It’s strange b...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more