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commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
1 points

Always that second time of repeating isn’t it that’s the worst ones! Stresses you to want to say LISTEN. 🤣!...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
8 points

The educational setting is by far the hardest. Wether I was 7 or 27 the anxiety was the same. To feel completely cursed by an affliction that everyone is so comfortable making a joke of...but maybe t...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAcceptance & PrideMindset shift+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
3 points

When I stutter and they say "can you repeat that sentence again?" I get full on anxiety and a red face, I stutter even worse saying it the second time that I just give up....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
3 points

How I look at every job interview: "If it's meant to be it's meant to be. It's Ok to stutter. I will face my fear. I'll feel worse if I run away, and I will not run away". I stuttered at every job int...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHope & MotivationEmployment & Career
postr/StutterDec 13, 2020
53 points

stuttering sucks so much

stuttering sucks so much I stutter my whole life, and I still cant get used to it. I hate how I dont even "stutter" but I do that thing which sounds like "o-o-oo-u" and cant breath anymore, people are...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
8 points

When stuttering was a big issue in my life, I think the worst part was feeling like I was making my listener(s) uncomfortable or making them feel embarrassed...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
6 points

Exactly! Its the same stuff we need to get over. Fear of looking stupid. Fear of being misunderstood. Fear of failing. All those fears are what restricts us from being the version that is free....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
7 points

I can definitely relate. I'm 23 aswell and My stammer is pretty bad, like barely 4-5 words in a minute on an avg day. I have very severe anxiety of almost anything. Calls, video calls, opening the doo...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSeeking TherapySeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterDec 13, 2020
11 points

Anxiety due to stuttering

Anxiety due to stuttering Hi, I'm 23 yo student, I stutter since I know for myself and I just need to vent a bit. I've been following this subreddit for a few weeks now and I think this could be the r...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterDec 13, 2020
3 points

Negatively. Last semester there were less conversations during lessons, so I practiced speaking less and my stutter was getting worse. Now its better but I’m still struggling a bit And the worst part...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
32 points

When someone asks my name, or any other basic question you're supposed to know the answer to and I pause for like 2 seconds before I can get the words out. I always feel like now the person I'm talkin...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
6 points

Love those judgment-desensitizing ideas. And the evaluation of yourself... fascinating how you could speak fine in the presence of a dog, but certain people would throw you for a loop. I have to think...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
14 points

Steve Harvey touched on this, stuttering is almost more of a mental game than it is an actual speech impediment. I can say my name to myself or to a friend totally fine, but as soon as someone asks “c...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
2 points

Yess same, i try to distract myself too! But still I always make up 100 scenarios in my head on how i am gonna stutter on my name before they even ask for it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterDec 12, 2020
7 points

I just kind of had an emotional breakdown at a public setting today.

I just kind of had an emotional breakdown at a public setting today. So I got made fun of my stutter today. After many many years. In a public setting which is my worst nightmare. And these aren't eve...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
20 points

This is more of the science behind what I was doing. I realized when I would talk by myself or talk to a pet I would be completely fluent 99.9% of the time (depending on if I was in my head or not...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Authenticity vs. MaskingHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
3 points

I'm not a psychologist, but let's call me a expierence expert in stuttering, anxiety and inferiority complexes. 1 stop apologizing all the time : you are who you are, nothing wrong with that! **Be ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Acceptance & PrideHope & MotivationAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2020
2 points

As a kid I stuttered the majority of my sentences, but as I grew into my later teens my stutter kinda turned the same way like yours. I would say the main solution if you could even call it that is ha...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideAnxiety & Social JudgmentPropositionality & Weight
postr/StutterDec 11, 2020
28 points

I just need to vent.

I just need to vent. I work as a dog groomer, which can be difficult when dealing with clients and communicating. I get remarks about my speech regularly and I apologize profusely to my coworkers beca...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterDec 11, 2020
7 points

Holidays can be stressful

Holidays can be stressful I was recently invited to a christmas dinner by my boyfriend's step-sister. From what I hear it'll be most of his family and some of thier friends. Ever since the invite my a...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency