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commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
2 points

I see where you’re coming from. In my experience, if I’m in a block, I physically cannot get the word out. Each time I try to cold open on the difficult word, my anxiety gets worse and there’s really ...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Blocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
3 points

I feel like this too. It’s hard to feel confident in social situations when you have impending stuttering weighing on you. Life has thrown me situations recently that have forced me to confront stutte...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
1 points

Yea. I was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder years ago. I honestly don't feel I suffer from that so much anymore or at least not nearly to the same degree but I'm still very hesitant to talk to p...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencySadness & Hopelessness
postr/StutterAug 27, 2022
27 points

does anyone feel like they arent a normal functioning member of society due to the (social) anxiety that comes with a stutter?

does anyone feel like they arent a normal functioning member of society due to the (social) anxiety that comes with a stutter? i also suffer from GAD so i guess this isnt stutter specific but still, m...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & IsolationHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2022
1 points

Hi! I came across your post by accident, but I’m having the exact same problem. Did your stutter get better or do you still have it? I’m too scared to go to the doctor rn so I’m also experiencing a lo...

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional Experience
Seeking TherapyAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2022
1 points

Im bad for revenge sleep procrastination. Which definitely affects my stutter. But I do shift work so sleeping properly is already an uphill battle. I find working on reducing anxiety has the best af...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Energy & Biological RhythmsStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2022
2 points

Look at my comment above. If anything, get the book “Redeafining Stuttering.” Absolute life-changer for my friend and I. Hang in there! And reach out for professional help because you seem to be dep...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Research & ResourcesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2022
2 points

Yeah im also going to a new school in a week and yeah im also afraid that im going be made fun of...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2022
3 points

That sounds like a sure fire way to get a child to hyper focus on their speech and potentially become insecure about it. I'm sure your grandma meant well, but that may not have been the best way to ha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
3 points

If it’s comforting, lots of nonstuttering 18 year olds hate being 18 too. It’s an awkward age...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
3 points

Sorry mate this is part of it. We do life on hard mode. It helps when you learn to accept you stutter and will stutter. Makes the dread and anxiety go away....

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterAug 25, 2022
84 points

Did well on my interview!!!

Did well on my interview!!! Hello my dudes! A couple of years ago, I posted on another account about how shitty I was during an interview. I stuttered so much the interviewer could barely understand ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationAnxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
4 points

Thank you for sharing <3 Its nice to see there are other people still learning how to socialize just like me, for so long I was trying to find a person who can get and understand me, thinking that ...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Friendships & BelongingLoneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterAug 25, 2022
25 points

I hate being 18

I hate being 18 I guess it's not really that I hate being 18 it's that I hate being a legal adult. Now I have to make the important phone calls. Which gives me so much anxiety and I'll start crying ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & NamesBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
2 points

Same man and there's actually people that will like you if you were speaking more but you can't beacuse of the stuttering and you don't want to look stupid...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 25, 2022
2 points

I hate this so much because I never want to introduce my self because of the impression my stutter will give...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2022
8 points

I hate being an introvert but I’m socially awkward so even when I make attempts to socialize I often say the weirdest stuff. Then think why did I say that 😂Stuttering just adds to the awkwardness. I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterAug 24, 2022
2 points

I understand you completely, I'm also a teenager and none of my family members ever stuttered and I don't recall any trauma. although my stutter is not severe I have blocks in my speech and I sometime...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterAug 23, 2022
12 points

“Why suffer twice” this is something I read a while back about anxiety and it really makes sense to me. Whatever your stressed about will be over eventually and will likely not define your life....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterAug 23, 2022
56 points

This is my first ever post on reddit.

This is my first ever post on reddit. Hi, im a teenager from Poland, so I apologize if my english isnt that good. I downloaded this app just because I’ve found this group. As a person who stutters, I ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFriendships & BelongingSadness & Hopelessness