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commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
7 points

I think stuttering gets worse when we make it a problem. Then comes the shame, fear, anxiety which sort of feeds the stuttering beast and then it grows on its own and sinks it's fangs into the pyche. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 1, 2025
6 points

As a woman who stutters I couldn’t relate or feel the desperation in this post more. I too struggle with my identity and constantly go inward because of this ugly flaw and secret that I keep, that is ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking+2 more
postr/StutterSep 1, 2025
3 points

Does anyone's stutter randomly vary in severity?

Does anyone's stutter randomly vary in severity? Hey everyone, I've stuttered since I was a young kid, maybe around 8 or 9 years old, and even now at 29 I still stutter. Over the years my stuttering ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringSeverity & FluctuationShame & Embarrassment+2 more
postr/StutterSep 1, 2025
14 points

'i have to play the brave role'

'i have to play the brave role' I'm talkative, positive, supportive, mature. But I stutter, and that's the one wrong that negates all the good. People don't take me seriously, or they don't even under...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
postr/StutterSep 1, 2025
10 points

how do you stop stuttering (fr)

how do you stop stuttering (fr) honestly, stuttering is such a big problem, most especially when it comes to speaking- and making extraspontaneous speeches- which is what my teachers soemtimes do when...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringExperiential Association+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 31, 2025
1 points

One of my biggest regrets is allowing it to control me all my life. I feel like im an extrovert that learned to be an introvert out of fear of stuttering. It saddens me thinking about how much differe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
postr/StutterAug 30, 2025
13 points

How do I stop stuttering

How do I stop stuttering I'm 21, I've been stuttering ever since I was in kindergarten and have been beaten by my family and others because of it. When I was in highschool it started to get better to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterAug 30, 2025
16 points

Is it right to keep avoiding speaking?

Is it right to keep avoiding speaking? So I'm in senior year of my highschool and since my teachers are very understanding of my stutter this entire year I have avoided all presentations and anything ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more
postr/StutterAug 29, 2025
11 points

Debating Speech Therapy (Rant)

Debating Speech Therapy (Rant) Hey all! I (20F) just entered my junior year of college and I still have lots of figuring myself out to do. I finished my summer speech therapy sessions (I only went to...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterAug 28, 2025
14 points

New Job

New Job Hey everyone, I just started my new job and I’ve had several stuttering occurrences and I can’t help but feel bad about it. This is my first real office job and I think I should give myself gr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterAug 28, 2025
7 points

Had a good day, stuttered to my manager who i am super comfortable with, now I am thinking about the stutter (stutter was like: Gotcha!)

Had a good day, stuttered to my manager who i am super comfortable with, now I am thinking about the stutter (stutter was like: Gotcha!) Does anyone have any ideas how to take the post stutter experie...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterAug 25, 2025
24 points

rejection coz of stuttering

rejection coz of stuttering i (M18) feel broken from the inside, dead, hollow, numb. my body yearns to let it all out, to cry all that has been building up since all these years. my parents always w...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyShame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
postr/StutterAug 23, 2025
1 points

Wish i could speak normally

Wish i could speak normally So i have a stutter, it used to be really bad at 13-14 but its calmed down a lot and now i dont really stutter as much but i do have some bad days and i dont know why but i...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Frustration & AngerFamily Support & ConflictShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterAug 22, 2025
23 points

Hearing other people stutter

Hearing other people stutter As a stutterer, it boils my blood when I hear someone stutter. Does anybody know why? When I was younger, my parents would make me watch with them talent shows where the p...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterAug 21, 2025
23 points

Couldn't say thank you.

Couldn't say thank you. Somebody lifted a pallet for me at work and I was standing there staring at him trying to get out a thank you. He said what? and smirked. Out of panic I had to admit that I hav...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Disclosure & Telling OthersShame & EmbarrassmentHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterAug 21, 2025
41 points

Man i couldn't say even my own name

Man i couldn't say even my own name Fuck my life man . I am so embarrassed infront of my class , I wish I was dead . I couldn't say even my own name fuck it . ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & NamesAnticipating Stuttering
postr/StutterAug 18, 2025
7 points

Stutter block in a sensitive moment

Stutter block in a sensitive moment Hey everyone, Just wanted to get this off my chest. A neighbor - and a friend of my mom's - passed away recently. Her daughter came by our house today to invite ...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterAug 16, 2025
45 points

Dropped out of my dream university due to stutter

Dropped out of my dream university due to stutter I worked so hard to get in that Uni, but all my hard work went into drain. I was doing bachelors in Computer Science and I am required to give many p...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyStigma & Bullying+1 more
postr/StutterAug 13, 2025
9 points

This is actually the worst

This is actually the worst It hurts when i try to talk and nothing comes out or i move my body in this odd way i just want to talk to same way other people talk and it hurts when people laugh cause qu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+2 more
postr/StutterAug 12, 2025
11 points

I’m giving up dating before even starting at 21M

I’m giving up dating before even starting at 21M I’m just depressed and can’t afford therapy (im American). I have so much wrong with me and don’t see why a girl would like me or want me to be her bes...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+2 more