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commentr/StutterApr 20, 2022
2 points

That sucks big time. I stutter a lot less amd even then I avoid conversation as much as possible. Maybe conversation just isnt for you. Have you ever thought about learning sign languange?...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionQuality of LifeLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterApr 16, 2022
3 points

It's definitely not comforting when the majority of the public mocks Biden forr his hesistation and stumbling when speaking. It just shows me how ignorant the majority are to stuttering and dismiss it...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingLoneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterApr 7, 2022
1 points

i know exactly what you mean. im 16 and dont really have a social life. most of the girls ive dated have been close to me for years so even when i stuttered around them it wasnt a huge deal. but going...

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commentr/StutterApr 3, 2022
1 points

Yes I think authenticity in-general is something that we all as thinking-rational beings struggle with and given a stuttering condition, that is surely something that may seem as a very vulnerable p...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-PerceptionLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterMar 23, 2022
6 points

Mine started when I was 5 or so. Gradually taking hold. I became so fearful socially, going to school. I couldn’t understand how others around me in school appeared to have no difficulty speaking in c...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 21, 2022
3 points

All I can tell you is try to avoid what I did - at university I was so afraid of stammering saying my name when introducing myself, that I avoided talking to people altogether. This meant that I made ...

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postr/StutterMar 15, 2022
12 points

how do i stop my stutter from controlling my life?

how do i stop my stutter from controlling my life? im 16 and have been stuttering since i could first speak. as ive got older, ive became more aware of it, and the more aware i became, the worse my st...

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commentr/StutterMar 15, 2022
9 points

Hello, long term stutterer here. Also of course your question isn't stupid, I think it's very sweet that you care enough to ask. I guess my first question is your age. When I and most stutterers were ...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & BullyingLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterMar 12, 2022
2 points

Indeed! I know that when I was a child and teenager, I always (mistakenly) assumed that I was the only person in my environment who repeatedly dealt with fear!...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2022
5 points

I agree. Harder to interject with more people. Especially if you start talking at the same time as someone else. Then they talk then it goes back to you. Like I tried so hard to get it out of my mouth...

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postr/StutterFeb 28, 2022
38 points

Do you struggle feeling authentic?

Do you struggle feeling authentic? I never feel like I can truly communicate what’s on my mind to people. I just settle for the easiest thing to say. There’s no one who truly knows me. It makes me fee...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Authenticity vs. MaskingLoneliness & IsolationQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2022
2 points

I've stuttered my whole life and I can only tell you that i've accepted that being social is just not for me....

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Friendships & BelongingLoneliness & Isolation
postr/StutterFeb 16, 2022
22 points

STUTTERING AND LONELINESS

STUTTERING AND LONELINESS Hello guys, I tried to control my thoughts but isn't working. I am 17 years old, I stutter since my childhood I fought against stuttering for years but now I know that it'...

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Loneliness & IsolationHelplessness & AgencyFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterFeb 16, 2022
1 points

It’s okay. It’s nice to know I am not alone with these struggles! I don’t know one other person that stutters and it’s a lonely world sometimes....

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Validation & EmpathyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2022
1 points

For the stuttering more around you and your wife and yourself, that’s how it is for me with my parents. Not sure why, but I’ll stutter 10 times worse around my parents than random people. Maybe it’s b...

Parent & CaregiverSocial & Relationships
Home SupportSchool/Clinical AdvocacyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2022
1 points

A unique sense of duty to comfort people who most certainly feel alone with their condition. Isolation is a universal symptom of moderate stutters, because the odds of a close family member or friend...

Social & RelationshipsCommunity & Support
Loneliness & IsolationValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2022
1 points

I’m not u/MrTumnus99, but I think he meant his parents cared for him no doubt, but weren’t aware of all the hard times his stuttering was giving him. All in all make it dead clear, you know what he’s...

Social & RelationshipsCommunity & Support
Loneliness & IsolationValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2022
1 points

I know, right? It's better to not face on them and mind my own things, I'm better off myself or atleast my two friends that knows me....

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Loneliness & IsolationValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2022
13 points

Your story really touched me, as someone who doesn't have a stutter, but who also has a father who does. My father struggled with a severe stutter growing up. He was raised by his grandparents who mad...

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commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2022
1 points

Mostly it happens with everyone who stutters. But the most important is how you live happily not always in stress bcz of stammering. Pls try to do what you love when you are stressed too much. Exchan...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Mindfulness & BreathingHope & MotivationLoneliness & Isolation