Search

postr/StutterMar 16, 2021
3 points

Question

Question Anyone else go through a phase where you felt really low on confidence/self-esteem and really anxious because of your stutter? If so how did you overcome it because I'm struggling rn...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 15, 2021
1 points

I have been stammer since i was kid and i never thought it was a disability, I am like everyone else, disabilty would be being not able to talk (I dont know the english word) I am just have more troub...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMar 14, 2021
13 points

Weird? Not really. Work out, eat healthy, get good grades. Self confidence will increase, thus your stutter MAY get better. Works for me....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 13, 2021
6 points

I dont consider it a disability because I am able to do everything others do, but maybe in lower quality. I think disability means that you cannot do certain things because of your problem....

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionQuality of Life
commentr/StutterMar 13, 2021
9 points

I do personally, yeah. Now, disabled differently than, say, an amputee, but it affects my mental and social health, so....

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMar 13, 2021
3 points

This might sound strange but as a 33 year old, it’s kind of comforting to know you feel this way at 43. When I have these moments, I get sad and frustrated with myself. Even though it does not makes s...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 12, 2021
2 points

Bro, you are stronger than this, let this moment empower you. You are human, remember that. There are people with similar “life altering disabilities” like blindness, deafness, crippled, autistic, it’...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-PerceptionHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 12, 2021
3 points

See a speech pathologist. You need to learn fluency. It's not an attitude. It's a skill. Speech therapy will teach you to be fluent. You'll be assessed, and they'll work you through a program to get...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Seeking TherapyFluency TechniquesIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 12, 2021
2 points

Please don't look at yourself through the eyes of someone who doesn't like or even know you. You are valuable, you have worth, and ur stutter doesn't define you my guy. What other people say about you...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterMar 12, 2021
2 points

Never tried mushrooms, but I've taken LSD many times. I don't think it affected my stutter in any way, but it definitely changed my attitude towards it. Nowadays I don't even care that I stutter anymo...

Meds & SubstancesIdentity & Disability
Psychedelics & MicrodosingAcceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2021
6 points

I think OP refers to the “I stutter and the world hates me and everyone should feel bad for me because of my disfluency” Own ur stutter bro, no one else will...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2021
1 points

Everything gets better when you get older. I dont mean you will stutter less, but I mean people in your age will understand and accept you better and youll have more friends. School life for people wi...

School & WorkIdentity & Disability
School & Academic LifeIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2021
3 points

Honey, he wouldn't just say something like that. Those feelings towards your stutter have obviously been there for quite some time. Maybe on a regular day he won't say something like that, but for tho...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2021
5 points

It will get easier. You will make friends that care about you as a person. Stuttering isn’t the only characteristic of you. I’m 36 and have been a pretty severe stutterer for my whole life. One of the...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2021
1 points

I moved ten hours away from home after undergrad with the plan of going by another name that is easier to say. Within two months I started to stutter when using that name too. Even had a situation whe...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2021
2 points

Thanks for the response and for the encouraging words. It does feel like stuttering has been holding me back to a certain degree, but after a certain point I need to realize that I myself have been th...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2021
5 points

Dude Biden's stutter was basically gone by his early twenties. He's specifically said this. It's rare, but it happens. Most famous stutterers grew out of it as children, which is very common. Most chi...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2021
1 points

I've just always gone with "stuttering adds some personality and isn't a bad thing". The fact that someone could say "hey yeh the Joe kid that stutters" is comforting to me. I'm probably speaking bull...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2021
2 points

I used to shorten my name at Starbucks when they used to write it down but it never felt right. For me now, I take huge pride in my name cause its defines me my identity. You can try a nickname for a ...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2021
1 points

Yes, he stutters. The reason he got into politics was to help his speech....

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception