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commentr/StutterFeb 4, 2025
5 points

Thank you but i dont know what happens next in my life. Dont have other options to improve my career growth....

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 4, 2025
3 points

Yup i tried the clothing business and was in loss and dont wanna start the consulting firm where a consultant is unable to communicate. 😢...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterFeb 4, 2025
26 points

Missing out life changing opportunities

Missing out life changing opportunities Hi, 30(M) here. I have been stuttering for my whole life and currently working or should i say surviving in the cyber security domain. Dont wanna brag but i a...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Frustration & AngerSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2025
4 points

I think it makes perfect sense and it happens to me as well. It's well known that parents are their kids' biggest trigger, whether you feel it or not, your nervous system reacts to them being around. ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Experiential AssociationFamily Support & ConflictHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2025
1 points

Not only you! I stutter a lot when talking to my parents and siblings. There’s so much I want to discuss and so many good moments to share, but I struggle to express myself the way I want to. It feels...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Family Support & ConflictHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2025
2 points

I used to lean on alcohol in my teen ages, and till 28 yrs, quit drinking because I abused liquor, even was sacked once because of it. Now I am unsociable grumpy California sober man. Psychologist is ...

Meds & SubstancesEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2025
3 points

Hmm whenever I’ve tried to start a therapy of programme I’ve always found it difficult to stick on to it. I’ve found it very difficult to get motivated to do the work. I suspect other people who stutt...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Advice RequestsHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
1 points

Frequency of stuttering is simply *one metric*. CBT can decrease anxiety and avoidance. *Meanwhile, anxiety and avoidance have been added to the diagnostic criteria. “For many people, this is what c...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
1 points

This is what I believe : Developmental stuttering, as diagnosed by the DSMIV, is due in part to reduced perfusion in Broca’s area *and fear of negative evaluation, negative social-evaluative cognitio...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
2 points

As someone said before in the comments, your father wants the best for you and he does not understand the issue you have. My brother is the complete opposite of me tall, amazing speech (Gave speeches...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2025
1 points

This hurts to read and I can only imagine the pain it must be to experience this. Don't take these experiences as a limiting factor for you, you need to find a way to be at peace with your stutter, do...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
2 points

Adding to this - it doesn't matter if he stutters or not, what is of importance is he successfully overcomes his feelings of doubt/ low self esteem etc. They're by far more important Also, Hi Will!...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
23 points

Happiness

Happiness I have never met a person with stuttering like me. Today I made this reddit account to join this community and for some reason I feel accepted and comfortable for the first time in a while. ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
1 points

Yeah ik that I'm young but I already fear that I will die alone. Not everyone would be okay with dating a stutterer, even less with dating someone with low self esteem and mental health problems, EV...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+1 more
postr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
92 points

Stuttering is a disability and I'm tired to pretend otherwise.

Stuttering is a disability and I'm tired to pretend otherwise. Yeah I know that's the 1000th thread about this, but really I hate it how stuttering is not treated seriously by society. It's always moc...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Medicalization / NeurodiversityStigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
2 points

Ok. So real talk here. As a fellow stutterer, did I sleep with escorts? Yes plenty in my 20's. I also got some free action one night stands etc but not all the time as I struggled in the bar / club / ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
1 points

I have read his book twice, but never practiced the exercises religiously probably out of my own laziness. I believe he has identified the root cause, because i can relate. As in my case, my abdominal...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
1 points

If you really give it a thought, you're just trying to get a justification so that you remain in your comfort bubble It's not okay to stutter, same like it's not okay to be fat, It's changeable if yo...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterJan 31, 2025
6 points

Feeling Completely Stuck

Feeling Completely Stuck No pun intended. I'm an adult with a speech block (essentially, I cannot speak verbally; imagine trying to run forward but encountering an immovable concrete wall that you de...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2025
5 points

You're 33, your life is not over yet. Your insecurity is your biggest obstacle, not your stutter. People with stutters find love, people with physical and mental disabilities find love, people who are...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life