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postr/StutterOct 25, 2020
2 points

Does "situational" or "occasional" stuttering exist?

Does "situational" or "occasional" stuttering exist? Hi! I often speak just fine, but then for some reason I sometimes stumble over my words and can't pronounce something right and next thing I know, ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2020
0 points

I find attracting people easy. I’m decent looking. I have a stutter....

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionDating & Romance
commentr/StutterOct 25, 2020
30 points

We all gotta get out of this mindset that `confidence = attraction = relationship` and additionally `stutter = no confidence = no attraction = no relationship` None of that is a real mechanic. It'...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2020
1 points

Wow, I’ve never looked at it this way. Here’s the thing, I don’t let my stutter change who I am as a person when I talk to girls. It’s just sometimes I’m so embarrassed by my stutter that I don’t even...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2020
3 points

Is okay mate, I'm going through the same thing I just wanted to say that you are not alone, is not your fault about that, Is something that you can't control, in the end it is just a Stutter....

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 23, 2020
3 points

My personality is gone now.. for example I used to at least try and say "hey how it's going" or something like that.. but now I just say hey and don't really follow up.. it's really bad.. like I start...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2020
7 points

Yeah I feel the same. Although I’m a bit younger I have also been stuttering since childhood. It’s rough when you know that if it weren’t for your stutter you’d probably be a different person. I can’t...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2020
3 points

I'm not voting for Biden just because he stutters. But I DO see a lot of myself when he gets ridiculed for it. And I will admit that a lot of my personal success is because Biden showed me that a stut...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 22, 2020
1 points

I'm not quite your age, I'm 27. But I can sort of relate to the feeling of not having accepted it yet. I've stuttered since I was 2. While I've been very successful in my life thus far with finishing ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2020
5 points

It definitely sucks. We need to stay positive. Exhaustion is normal. Just don’t let it make you feel worthless. As a human being, you’re not worthless. I know I throw a pity party half the time and it...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterOct 21, 2020
3 points

I'm so over feeling unworthy and depressed of myself ...cause I stutter !!!

I'm so over feeling unworthy and depressed of myself ...cause I stutter !!! I'm so over feeling sorry for me. I am who I am (a stutterer - genetics for me), if people dont like me...well they can move...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideGenetic & Family FactorsHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2020
4 points

Stuttering isn't mechanically tied to confidence, so don't worry about that. :) And it's not something you "train away", as if it was the act of speaking you were bad at and needed to improve somehow...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterOct 21, 2020
3 points

Studying abroad and not stuttering

Studying abroad and not stuttering Hello guys, I just wanted to share a story with you, which I think might be an interesting take on stuttering. I have used to stutter quite a bit, sometimes it was ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityIdentity & Self-PerceptionAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterOct 21, 2020
1 points

Consider this: would you feel any shame or embarrassment as a physically disabled or blind person, just because you can't walk or see? Stuttering is basically the same thing (even though we have the c...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterOct 21, 2020
139 points

We are living life on hard mode...

We are living life on hard mode... ... and we just have to accept it. This sub is great in general for discussing and helping each other out, but we as stutterers also need to take action to go forwar...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Hope & MotivationIdentity & Self-PerceptionHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
7 points

'I know at my age I should have my crap together' none of us have got 100% of our crap together, you run your own business, you're married (happily I hope) your craps together far more than the vast ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionHope & MotivationMindset shift
postr/StutterOct 20, 2020
12 points

*sigh* I’m new here and just ashamed

*sigh* I’m new here and just ashamed So, I’m 37... never shared with anybody before about my stuttering. It comes in waves. I used to be really bad when I was 4. It’s taken me years to even TRY and ac...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
1 points

Same! I feel like if I didn’t stutter I’d be so much more socially confident...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
2 points

Ah, I see... but we're stutterers talking to each other. We don't have to worry about movies and that. :)...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2020
2 points

Im also kind of in the same boat. I used to stutter a lot in my adolescence and teenage years but haven't as much now. I still stutter now and again. It usually depends on my anxiety in my life and ho...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionAnxiety & Social Judgment