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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

Bro I share the same kind of stuttering as you. I pause until I get the word out or I change the word to one I’m more comfortable with. I get really bad tension in my face and I even have a line next ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
1 points

I understand what you mean. It almost feels like I did something wrong, although I know that’s not the case. Stay strong you’re not alone!...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
2 points

I had a really bad one almost 20 years ago in college. Even got ghosted which was more odd that long ago than it is now. Got to brush your self off and get the next. But now im a data analyst making ...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentHope & MotivationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
10 points

It is not guilt as many people have said. It is self-loathing shame. It is hopelessness. You feel like you can't do even the basics of being human right. You can't talk as easily and trouble-free as o...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
6 points

Yes, it’s that perfection thing. In my case, my parents only valued me when I had no blemish. My stuttering caused them shame and I internalized guilt for destroying the pride they enjoyed by having a...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2025
4 points

Guilt for ANY medical condition at all. Stuttering, especially, because that’s what I sensed removed my parents’ love. Before my stuttering began at the age of 4, I was their precious little treasure....

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentTrauma & PsychologicalFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
7 points

Yes I thought the same. Guilty is not the right word. It’s more the feeling of shame. Guilty is used more so with feelings of doing something morally wrong. There’s no guilt that should be associated ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
2 points

It’s literally second nature for me to apologize whenever I stutter in public....

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
38 points

It’s not guilt for me, it’s shame. Because we think we’re supposed to be perfect. No one is perfect. And stuttering has made me realize people have so many problems and I’ll take stuttering over other...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterJan 22, 2025
34 points

Does anyone feel guilty when they stutter?

Does anyone feel guilty when they stutter? I went back to college for the spring semester and I had to introduce myself to the class. I felt so guilty that I stuttered, therefore. Does anybody else fe...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
11 points

I am so sorry that happened to you! YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! this happened to me last week on a phone interview. Started stuttering so bad...was blocking for seemed like minutes at a time on words until I...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Frustration & AngerShame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
6 points

i can relate man. i still remember my first interview, complete mess. completely broke my self esteem and confidence for so many days later. even the interviewer got irritated and agitated. i don't kn...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 22, 2025
3 points

Bro literally me. Whenever I have those moments in the day or week where I couldn't get a word out for an abnormally long time compared to my normal stutter I just replay it over and over in my head f...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Frustration & AngerShame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
postr/StutterJan 21, 2025
5 points

I can’t stop thinking about my 1st day.

I can’t stop thinking about my 1st day. Today was my first day of training as a crisis counselor, and I can’t stop replaying the words I messed up on. We had to introduce ourselves and participate in ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterJan 21, 2025
2 points

Today was the first day of group training

Today was the first day of group training Today was my first day of training as a crisis counselor, and I can’t stop replaying the words I messed up on. We had to introduce ourselves and participate i...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentOverthinking & MonitoringShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
1 points

Yes I did. I've learned at the end of the day you gotta what you gotta do. It's still embarrassing when I stutter but life has to be still move on....

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 21, 2025
1 points

Thank you — I do need to breathe😩 I seem to stutter regardless of the sound, it's just something that happens more at the start of sentences. It didn't bother me much, but recently it's been eating a...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Mindfulness & BreathingRepetitions & ProlongationsShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
1 points

Do it man!..I did that when I was younger but got discouraged before I even got to 20 😂..So make sure to not get discouraged no matter how embarrassing or painfull it may be bc there are girls out th...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Hope & MotivationDating & RomanceShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 20, 2025
1 points

Hey! (germanic or slavic? I see you write with 'j') Okay, I am pretty glad) Yeah, it's definitely quite mild — I block more in spontaneous conversatiom rather than something I've thought over & said m...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationPropositionality & WeightShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 19, 2025
17 points

been going through same. it's so tough and mentally challenging for me to watch a clip of someone else stuttering...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Shame & EmbarrassmentTrauma & Psychological