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commentr/StutterNov 12, 2015
5 points

I know what you mean man. Whenever im ordering food at the drive thru and have a hard time talking. My bro says why do you still stutter? As if like I have fucking control over it. I tell him you don'...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2015
1 points

Thanks for the reply,I know that I should accept my stutter but the real problem is making other people uneasy because of my stutter ,thankfully nobody tries to interrupt me during blocks though. Als...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterOct 15, 2015
4 points

Confused, chance to change my whole life but ..

Confused, chance to change my whole life but .. Hello guys, Im having a very intense stuttering and thats ruinning my life in many parts, i"ve lost any respect for myself. When im facing anything, i'...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
postr/StutterOct 12, 2015
9 points

Who else hasn't stuttered for most of their life?

Who else hasn't stuttered for most of their life? Because of issues that I would rather not discuss, I developed a stutter (non-existent to extremely severe depending on the situation) around two year...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
1 points

I stutter and I find it funny. I'm still not comfortable with my stutter but ive worked a long time not to be ashamed of it anymore. Also why is it embarrassing? it's something we've all done. We don...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & PrideStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2015
1 points

The bullying as a child made me very depressed but I already suffer from depression. I thought about suicide but never came close to acting on it. I always thought of the stuff I would miss: but...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessSuicidal Ideation & High Distress
postr/StutterOct 1, 2015
15 points

I'm fucking sick of this shit.

I'm fucking sick of this shit. I'm so embarassed, I feel like crying. I've had a stuttering problem ever since I could remember. At times it was decent, and at others it was awful. Well, today was th...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2015
1 points

I think there's a tradeoff. On the one hand you dont feel that temporary intense feeling of embarrassment. On the other hand, you're reinforcing your fear of stuttering in front of other people or loo...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2015
2 points

Great job man. Reading in class has always been one of my biggest fear since the age of 14-15 ( I could read out loud perfectly before that, and was even raising my arm to be chosen by the teacher to...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2015
2 points

I know that the intent is to help people, but it annoys me a bit when people with mild stuttering problems say things like this. You shouldn't give up on life just because of your stutter, but bei...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2015
1 points

It's only my wife who makes comments like that and she says them in a lighthearted way. Now if I stuttered more often and get comments like that all the time, that could bother me a little....

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2015
1 points

I think you're spot on, and that's something I definitely need to work on. I really let my stutter define me, and my self confidence takes a big hit every time anyone makes a comment or laughs about i...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & EmbarrassmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2015
1 points

That's really good to hear. Right now, interactions with kids are honestly kind of nerve-wracking, so I hadn't really thought about actually being comfortable with my own. I'm impressed that you are ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2015
1 points

> There are some people that don't have arms, legs, fully functional brains and even voices of their own, if anything, you're the closest thing to being normal (no disrespect to those who are affec...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2015
5 points

I'm no therapist nor anyone with much psychological knowledge but I have been in a similar situation when I was much younger, I was seconds away from trying to kill myself due to my stutter until I de...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2015
1 points

I'm so sorry you when through that, anyone would feel like you do. To be caught in a high stress situation, with people you don't know, the people you knew ran off, be yelled at, be unable to commun...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2015
5 points

You just got away safe! Be thankful for your life! I consider myself to have a mild stutter, and I probably would have shit my pants and lost all ability to speak if that happened to me too! A life i...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterAug 24, 2015
8 points

I want to disappear after what happened to me today

I want to disappear after what happened to me today Hello guys I think we stutters have all the some phobia of being in a very critical situation in which you have to speak to save your life or someo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2015
2 points

Oh geez, too many to count... but here are some of the more worse ones: 1) In my senior capstone class, we worked with a customer to design and implement some software. The first part of the course i...

Speech & StutteringEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesShame & EmbarrassmentSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterAug 22, 2015
1 points

I was in high school and the class was reading Arsenic and Old Lace aloud. I was called on to read and I started blocking really bad. The teacher just kept saying, "Do you know where we are on the pag...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesShame & Embarrassment