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I just hit a low point.

I just hit a low point. Just a couple of minutes ago I bawled my eyes out in tears thinking about past interactions with strangers that went horribly bad for me. For the first time in like half a seco...

It's pathetic how it's 2023 and still nothing for Stuttering

It's pathetic how it's 2023 and still nothing for Stuttering Its extremely sad and frustrating how it's 2023 and theres still no solution to speech disorders. Fucking hate how they have shit for depre...

I've already accepted that I will live like this until the end of my days. I no longer have the strength to fight, to look forever for a cure for stuttering, to force myself into society and each time...

Just tired of this disability.

Just tired of this disability. Tired of having to silence myself all the time because I have this stupid fucking stutter. It's to the point where I have no friends, dont speak to my family (that I liv...

Gotta say, warehouse jobs pay $20-$25/hr in the southern US. No speaking to anyone. That’s decent money, easy-ish and may offer overtime also. And you got a car to get there. I did it making $14/hr in...

Instead of wishing we weren't born so we wouldn't have to be like this...we should have wished are parents didn't decide to kids!! We didn't ask to be born!!! We were born because our folks decided to...

I feel incredibly down about general life at points. The best thing I can do is repeat to myself that these feelings are temporary, then just wait for the sad to pass. It's especially bad when I can...

100000% true. The amount of anxiety and fear the 'hope' gives is so much that at times the sheer act of living becomes something that requires so much energy. At least for me....

So I just replied with this somewhere else and I'll share it here as well. In terms of the uncontrollable feeling we foster and the depression we bring up; ​ I believe we have 2 states. ...

I understand even I get super anxious and depressed too. Maybe that's the reason. I have always been a sensitive person. I almost feel like my breathing is irregular and these double breathes are fr...

Well, I seldomly get the symptom nowadays. Maybe once a month when I am feeling down and sad. What I noticed that triggered it was my depression & anxiety, was constantly worried about every littl...

i spent the last 10 years of my life doing exactly what you say 'cured' your stutter and here i am still stuttering maybe even worse than i did when i was a young teen. congrats on finding the cure fo...

Hey OP, My advice would be to be honest with your parents now about your depression and anxiety. I tried to keep it held in and had a full on mental break at age 26. Everything you stuff down now wil...

Even if my stutter were magically cured it won't get rid of all the bad feelings that come with growing up with a stutter. It is what it is....

Accepting your stutter is not the same as saying “my stutter is beautiful and I don’t hate it all”. Acceptance is understanding the realities of your stutter and continuing to try and live your life ...

I feel like I can hardly speak to my parents

I feel like I can hardly speak to my parents I was born with my stutter I'm currently 19 and the last few years my stutter has just gotten worse I feel like my parents can hardly understand me at time...

I hate having a stutter

I hate having a stutter One of my friends just asked me to write down what I wanted to say bc she couldn’t understand me… that just felt so demeaning and really hurt my feelings. Wishing yet again I w...

Dream Crushed because of Stuttering

Dream Crushed because of Stuttering Just a little vent here… For a while now, my dream job was to work as an ASL interpreter. I love the deaf community, interacting using sign, and interpreting would’...

I am also a PhD student, but with a stutter. 1) When I experience negative emotions I usually withdraw and watch tv/netflix, or scroll on reddit. But aside the technologies, only sleep makes me feel...

These negative emotions normally occur in situations where technological techniques would be of limited use. IE in a conversation, in a meeting, whatever. The more persistent negative emotions cause...