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postr/StutterAug 26, 2025
3 points

How you deal with job interviews

How you deal with job interviews I’m going through a season of big changes right now. I’m moving out of my hometown and looking for a job. For most people, that might sound exciting, but for someone w...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+2 more
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 24, 2025
7 points

My stutter is somehow getting worse

My stutter is somehow getting worse For context, I (24F) have had my stutter since first or second grade, and for a huge chunk of those 15-ish years, I've been in and out of weekly speech therapy. My ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencySadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterAug 24, 2025
19 points

To ex-stutterers (if you even exist) : is there any hope?

To ex-stutterers (if you even exist) : is there any hope? I am 22 and no one in my family stutters. I might as well be the first in my lineage. I have stuttered for as long as I can remember but accor...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Hope & MotivationHelplessness & AgencyGenetic & Family Factors
postr/StutterAug 23, 2025
6 points

I gave up

I gave up I am not strong enough. Even normal conversation most people take granted for is a nightmare for me . I am already dead ,tired of fighting , it's never going to be different. ...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencySeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterAug 23, 2025
33 points

Thinking that I'm going to have to live like this my whole life really makes me sad.

Thinking that I'm going to have to live like this my whole life really makes me sad. What kind of life awaits me? What reputation can a man have who doesn't even know how to communicate properly? Thos...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterAug 23, 2025
3 points

I rejected a girl because of my stutter

I rejected a girl because of my stutter I probably lost my first and last chance to have a girlfriend. This is going to sound really cheesy, I’m sorry, I don’t know how else to put it. I stutter, and...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Dating & RomanceAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterAug 23, 2025
35 points

I’m a loser

I’m a loser I don’t have any friends, never had a girlfriend, not smart, unemployed, have social anxiety, and a stutter. I’m too timid to approach strangers or even hold conversations with one. I’m t...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterAug 20, 2025
34 points

I WISH I WAS NORMAL

I WISH I WAS NORMAL I'm 15(f) turning 16 with a bad stutter and I don't think I can do this anymore. I can't continue watching all the people in my life be able to comfortably express themselves when ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & BullyingHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterAug 19, 2025
40 points

People don't and never will understand our struggle

People don't and never will understand our struggle I hate that we have to go thru what we go thru and nobody has a slight clue how it feels. To me it's like being forced to be someone you are not. My...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & IsolationIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterAug 17, 2025
5 points

My struggle

My struggle My stutter began when I was 6 years old we were living with my mom's family it was the best years of my life then we moved into different country with my dad, then my nightmare began, a ne...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+3 more
postr/StutterAug 17, 2025
17 points

Stuttering is consuming me

Stuttering is consuming me I have stuttered for as long as I can remember, as a child I could speak fluently when I felt calm, and I stuttered a little when I felt nervous, anxious or when I spoke qui...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+2 more
postr/StutterAug 17, 2025
15 points

Wrote something at the lowest point of my life

Wrote something at the lowest point of my life 11-08-2025 It's a strange feeling. Nothing like I have felt before. Stomach is upset, mood is down, self-esteem is at the lowest - only being compensate...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionQuality of Life
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 16, 2025
16 points

No matter what I study, it's never gonna work

No matter what I study, it's never gonna work I'm thinking about not even going to college only because of the stutter. No matter if i'm the best, it's never gonna be enough without the ability to spe...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Helplessness & AgencyBlocks & Stoppages
postr/StutterAug 14, 2025
11 points

Thank you for reading

Thank you for reading I don’t really care wether or not people read this post, i would just like to vent to something other than Chatbots for once. This post is just going to be my thoughts as i write...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesGenetic & Family FactorsTrauma & Psychological+3 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
13 points

I just started college and I really hate it and I don't know if I can keep going

I just started college and I really hate it and I don't know if I can keep going \*This isn't a suicide note Title. During welcome week of college I tried to meet new people but I stuttered so badly....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterAug 10, 2025
23 points

Just need to get this out

Just need to get this out I (22M) have had my stutter for as long as I can remember. Just went through so many posts on this subreddit and it really hit me hard but in a good way I think and I wanna g...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
postr/StutterAug 7, 2025
1 points

Any supplements for Blocks/hesitant to speak?

Any supplements for Blocks/hesitant to speak? I had stutter my whole life. But I think life circumstances had made it worst. I’m unemployed, idk what particularly what to do in life, and my mom ment...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityHelplessness & Agency+1 more