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postr/StutterSep 13, 2025
11 points

What do I do if my family doesn't support me???

What do I do if my family doesn't support me??? 16M. In situations like this, family emotional support is usually vital, but what happens if you don't have any? My parents are very traditional and the...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Frustration & AngerSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 13, 2025
1 points

Yeah I'm really trying to get to that stage. Sometimes I'll have the confidence to answer the phone, stutter terribly, then lose the confidence and let calls go to voicemail until its been a couple of...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 12, 2025
20 points

This girl I like got me food and I'm really worried

This girl I like got me food and I'm really worried 21M here. I've been talking to someone online for few months now. We had our fair share of video calls, voice calls and stuff. I got really sick ye...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
6 points

I relate to the “if 100 million landed in my account” statement. Yes I could probably be happy and not worry financially but stuttering has made me so lonely, worthless and miserable. My life here has...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
5 points

I feel you. I avoid people but I am lonely af. I tried speech therapy and pretty much every tip I found online and none of it worked. Then I talk 100% fluently alone with no trick or anything. This w...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsTherapy & Professional
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & IsolationUnhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
4 points

I can relate. I'm in my mid thirties and still struggle with self esteem and acceptance. I'm a complete recluse with severe social anxiety. Have little to no friends. Fear approaching women. Lonely an...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
4 points

A disorder that impacts on your self esteem, mental health and makes it hard for you to connect with other human beings cannot be described as easy. Human beings are social animals and this disorder ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2025
3 points

Stuttering perpetuated my social phobia from the age of 10 onwards. It ruined my life, more than depression and physical health problems combined....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
4 points

its not easy. in my case it started my anxiety, self doubt, not speaking up when needed to, changed my whole personality, made me awkward, makes my dreams harder, stops me making jokes w my friends, h...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
1 points

If a man has no desire, he might fall far from reality. Personally, I've been in that space for years, and guess what, I fell into depression with ambition....

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 11, 2025
6 points

What in the world is happening.

What in the world is happening. I'm 25, and still my stutter is bad. All my peers are doing things in a good speed and I'm here with all the talent and skill that could win 100x, but missing everythin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationFrustration & Anger+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2025
3 points

I hope u are right. Part of me thinks its a mental illness. It makes no sense. I stutter when talking to an AI voice but not animals. If it is a mental illness there will never be a cure...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Medicalization / NeurodiversityHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 10, 2025
2 points

Actually stuttering is a huge issue as it impacts a daily life activity, speaking. Any condition that make a daily life activity hard to perform will have huge impact on quality of life and feeling of...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Quality of LifeHope & MotivationHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 10, 2025
4 points

Any phone call tips?

Any phone call tips? Hey guys, I'm really struggling to land a job since I moved back to my country because I cannot for the life of me get past the phone stage without stuttering. I've mentioned ahea...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterSep 10, 2025
8 points

Worst thing that could ever happen

Worst thing that could ever happen The worst thing that could ever happen to someone is growing up with a mild stutter and being social and having lots of friends. All of the sudden, a combination of ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 10, 2025
2 points

So the baggages you are talking that everybody has, yes we also have those, we have stuttering, doesn't mean, we don't have any other problem. For example, One child has child abuse. Another has ch...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyTrauma & PsychologicalStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 10, 2025
4 points

I feel all of that , I hate myself because I can’t control this no matter how hard I try . Why can’t I talk again? Why can’t I just be normal? I always feel awful . I hate myself ....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencySadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterSep 10, 2025
0 points

Maybe we stutter cuz we are fed up from the bs that we see

Maybe we stutter cuz we are fed up from the bs that we see _ you see , we don't stutter alone right , we became so ourself when we are alone, atleast in my case , but just when family come home , just...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalFrustration & Anger+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 10, 2025
2 points

The d@mn brain,if my busted brain chases fluency like it chases women, I wouldn't stutter my whole life ,but no...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterSep 9, 2025
8 points

The problem is 99% of people will base your personality just on that, that is the problem. This is not some "baggage". This is a life ruining curse....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingHelplessness & Agency