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commentr/StutterSep 23, 2022
3 points

I feel u. I just started alevels in a new college. This is my third week and I haven’t made a single friend. The fear of stammer holds me back. Whenever I challenge this fear it gets worse...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2022
3 points

It's just hard to even imagine leaving behind my family and small friend group I've grown up with and putting myself in a new situation with no one I know. I can barely speak so it's basically impossi...

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Loneliness & IsolationDating & RomanceSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2022
5 points

I see where you are, recognizing a lot of similarities between you and me. I'm a Swedish guy (18) doing a-levels in the British School of Kathmandu. I'm also a part of the boy's football team. I've b...

Social & RelationshipsSchool & WorkCommunity & Support
Loneliness & IsolationSchool & Academic LifeEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2022
3 points

Yeah, it is so limiting to avoid almost all contact just because you stutter. I had some kind of therapy to accept it and to work on it, and now I often forget that I even have it, despite not talking...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterSep 18, 2022
18 points

does anybody else feel like their stutter is making them not want to talk? like sitting in a room full of people conversing and you just feel too exhausted to talk?

does anybody else feel like their stutter is making them not want to talk? like sitting in a room full of people conversing and you just feel too exhausted to talk? its starting to affect my relations...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & IsolationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterSep 10, 2022
1 points

Yeah, I can't imagine if there were only oral languages how socially disable we would be... For those severe PWS they would be really infinitely close to mute.......

Social & Relationships
Quality of LifeLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterSep 9, 2022
4 points

I find it weirdly correlating with myself that when I got lesser instances to speak, my stutter aggravated. Right when the pandemic hit, I graduated from college and got into full time job which was m...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Stress & Fight/FlightLoneliness & IsolationAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterSep 9, 2022
5 points

My stammering experience has been characterised by blocks. During covid and wearing face masks, I probably endured the most impenetrable blocks, sometimes not being able to say a single word….I don’t ...

Speech & StutteringSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterSep 3, 2022
1 points

Same case here buddy. Due to the lack of response on my opinion on something (due to delay in answer), I tend to keep quiet....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterSep 2, 2022
28 points

[Rant] Stutter and loneliness

[Rant] Stutter and loneliness I'm an immigrant and I stutter wayyy more in English, less so when I'm speaking my native language, but still stutter. There was a time when I didn't stutter this much an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 2, 2022
2 points

Yeah, for the longest time I pretended I really enjoyed college, when really I didn't have many friends and struggled socially, not to mention the bullying....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterSep 1, 2022
47 points

it's so hard to live in uni dorm having a severe stuttering. it's so frustrating not being able to communicate with people while everyone is getting to know each other, hanging out together. very painfully

it's so hard to live in uni dorm having a severe stuttering. it's so frustrating not being able to communicate with people while everyone is getting to know each other, hanging out together. very pain...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
16 points

I wonder how life would be for me without stuttering. Man.. my life would've been in a better place right now. No more depression. No more loneliness. No more endless dark roads...

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Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2022
1 points

yup i feel that. i had a decent group of friends til i fell out with most of them. went from a group of 10 to only speaking to one of them. i spent way more time alone but it was a blessing in disguis...

Social & Relationships
Friendships & BelongingLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
2 points

I felt like this my entire life! I usually stay super quiet so people don’t have to hear me stutter, so I struggled with socializing or making friends. Eventually, I just sort of accepted that I was...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationIdentity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
postr/StutterAug 27, 2022
27 points

does anyone feel like they arent a normal functioning member of society due to the (social) anxiety that comes with a stutter?

does anyone feel like they arent a normal functioning member of society due to the (social) anxiety that comes with a stutter? i also suffer from GAD so i guess this isnt stutter specific but still, m...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & IsolationHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterAug 25, 2022
3 points

What's the worst type of stutter to have?

What's the worst type of stutter to have? The stutter I suffer from is mainly the pausing form, but sometimes I'll also have repetitions. I hate being like this. It makes socializing nearly impossible...

Speech & StutteringSocial & Relationships
Blocks & StoppagesLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
4 points

Thank you for sharing <3 Its nice to see there are other people still learning how to socialize just like me, for so long I was trying to find a person who can get and understand me, thinking that ...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Friendships & BelongingLoneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
2 points

Same man and there's actually people that will like you if you were speaking more but you can't beacuse of the stuttering and you don't want to look stupid...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
1 points

Even if I didn’t stutter I would spend 95% of my time alone....

Social & Relationships
Loneliness & Isolation