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postr/StutterJan 30, 2024
15 points

The "Motivational Speakers" in this community is getting really annoying.

The "Motivational Speakers" in this community is getting really annoying. Look im not advocating that we should all have a pity party about the fact that we stutter. But some people will simply never ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2024
3 points

You deal with it by feeling what you are feeling, and reaching out anyway. Im sure a lot of your family will be glad to reconnect with you, stutter or not....

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2024
2 points

That’s tragic that the very people who you should feel most comfortable with cause you embarrassment. Your family needs professional help. You probably too to resolve trust issues. If you can’t trust...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Sadness & HopelessnessTrauma & PsychologicalStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2024
8 points

You're describing depression. And it's a vicious cycle. You want to see your family. But you avoid seeing them. And the longer goes on the harder it is. You're being harder on yourself about your stu...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyMindset shift
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2024
27 points

How do I deal with it? I'll just keep my emotions bottled up till I'm 55 and die of a heart attack...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2024
1 points

I feel you brother let me know if you want to talk or anything I’m here for you, I’ve been having dark thoughts just because of how my stuttering has been making me afraid of life and hanging with fri...

Emotional Experience
Suicidal Ideation & High DistressSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2024
2 points

You won’t find out till he is older. When I was younger, I developed a stutter, but it went away. I remember it came back like a year later, but it again went away. I feel like it happened a third tim...

Parent & CaregiverSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Early Concern & OnsetOnset & Life-Stage ChangesSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2024
5 points

Yeah, stutter is strange in general. Everybody is different and have different issues when it comes to stuttering. At least you’re fluent 99% of time, for me it’s different, some days I’m more or less...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationBlocks & StoppagesSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJan 25, 2024
1 points

Thanks! And just remember if you didn’t have a stutter and you had a friend who stuttered , how would you treat them? Treat yourself that way , give yourself that kindness that you would give to someo...

Identity & DisabilityCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideValidation & EmpathySadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
16 points

Ill just say it; the most challenging aspect of stuttering is acceptance. Nothing really works besides pausing and trying again until you succeed, so the real problem is how much you let it affect you...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideSadness & HopelessnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
2 points

According to my parents, I didn't stammer at all as a young child, it's something that started out of nowhere once I began my secondary education. It's not the cause of some physical injury/illness, a...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Cycles & RandomnessSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
3 points

it hurts so bad, I can relate, I wish I could show you a way out, but even I haven't found one and I'm experiencing the same pain as you. I hope your life gets better.....

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Sadness & HopelessnessValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
3 points

Trust me I feel the same way sometimes, I get so angry at myself when I choke up and I walk away like a dumbass and regret being alive sometimes and wishing this could be cured and I would do anything...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Frustration & AngerSadness & HopelessnessHope & Motivation+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2024
5 points

There are worse impediments you could have. I do think a thing that really sucks about stuttering is it falls outside of being an actual genuine disability, or atleast its treated that way. Because of...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
postr/StutterJan 24, 2024
51 points

Whats the point of being alive like this

Whats the point of being alive like this If u talk like us then no one will ever take you seriously and it really sucks how your life is 5 times harder and worse than everyone else's beacuse of somet...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2024
9 points

You know I get the same feelings. Im a failure, can’t achieve anything in life no social life and all this stuff. Sometimes I get rlly depressed to the point that I can’t even get up. You know what I ...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterJan 22, 2024
15 points

We are sisyphus...

We are sisyphus... Everytime I open my mouth to speak I feel dread, Anxiety, And hopelessness at the same time. All while trying to keep a straight face and hope that the stutter ends quickly. No matt...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2024
12 points

Not sure how old you are, but when I was much younger I also felt that my life was worthless and wasted due to stuttering. I don't know if this helps or if it just seems cliche, but it does get better...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHope & Motivation
postr/StutterJan 19, 2024
10 points

I don’t know what to do…

I don’t know what to do… I (27m) have had a stammer since the age of six. My stammer is something I never truly dealt with. My parents didn’t see it as a problem, so they didn’t bother to put me thro...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2024
2 points

I'm the same age as you, reading your words reminded me of the things I had to give up because it was impossible to reach them with this disability, even though I want this curse to disappear. sometim...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more