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commentr/StutterJan 2, 2025
15 points

pharmacy clerk/tech. Stuttering one the phone and in person trying to say medications I don’t know or do know is humiliating but I’ve been here now for four years so I don’t mind it and the customers ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2025
2 points

How can i Project confidence when i just blocked on my name for 2 minutes and the person in front of me is trying to control his laugh...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentListener Reactions
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2025
2 points

I was about to ask the same question! I’m almost 30, never had a girlfriend. Stuttering has ruined my self esteem since high school but this year I’ve made the honest effort to let it go. Just let it ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentMindset shiftShame & Embarrassment+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 1, 2025
3 points

I'm only 20, and I feel like it's already ruined my life in a way. Most days are fine, but I still have that voice of doubt, shame, and depression that will creep back up every so often....

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Sadness & HopelessnessShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 1, 2025
2 points

Yeah, it can get really awkward, especially if you're anything like me and you try and hide in the background to avoid falling at the first hurdle of saying your name if you don't know the person....

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
postr/StutterDec 31, 2024
26 points

College has literally destroyed me

College has literally destroyed me Hey everyone hope your all doing better than me haha! I'm 16m in college (in the uk) and ofcourse we're in the holidays now haha. But the last day of college wqs on...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & Names+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 29, 2024
7 points

But, the terrible feeling that comes when i see the expression on other people’s faces when they see me stuck on a word….. or the mental effort in trying to select words….....

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterDec 29, 2024
34 points

How to deal with the loneliness that comes with stuttering

How to deal with the loneliness that comes with stuttering I am lonely….. can’t keep up interesting conversations…also I look gross when I get stuck….. I can see that in people’s faces and attitudes ...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 29, 2024
1 points

Oh yes. My child's school has that. It's terrible for stuttering. They have accommodations to not participate which in itself can bring alot of shame. They own it though. There are some days they opt ...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
School & Academic LifeShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterDec 28, 2024
15 points

My stutter is small enough to be judged as normal but big enough to be unlikable

My stutter is small enough to be judged as normal but big enough to be unlikable Does anyome experience this ? Like many times people judge me harsh as a non stutterer whenever i say something silly ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 28, 2024
2 points

If she’s … one of those… she will use it against you. The person I loved the most used it against me. Just be careful. In an argument I would be stuttering trying to respond and she would say “hello??...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterDec 27, 2024
2 points

Never been kicked out but my senior year English AP teacher failed me for not doing a presentation. She was a horrible human being though. It was weird. That ONE assignment covered 35% of our grade....

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Access & RightsShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2024
2 points

Unless that is your only grade, that is ridiculous. I remember having only a handful of courses where there were only a few grades that were assessed for an entire semester. But one singular assignmen...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Access & RightsShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterDec 26, 2024
26 points

I was an MC. I stuttered but I’m still alive.

I was an MC. I stuttered but I’m still alive. Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/s/68dvJOILbY (TW: family trauma) Hi guys, I was an MC for a really big event. And I think I nailed it. ...

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Hope & MotivationFluency TechniquesHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2024
1 points

I can take being seen as incompetent or slow but not some one who stutters, people mostly have 2 reactions to it one is of pity and the other one of bullying I hate both of them....

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterDec 26, 2024
5 points

Honestly I feel the same way. I shut myself down because I don’t want to deal with the bs of people trying to help me or try to make fun of me....

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterDec 26, 2024
49 points

Loneliness because of stutter

Loneliness because of stutter Hey guys! I am glad to have found this subreddit. I have never spoken to others with speech impediments so I thought I would write my thoughts here and have a conversatio...

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Loneliness & IsolationFriendships & BelongingShame & Embarrassment+1 more
postr/StutterDec 25, 2024
12 points

Did I handle it wrong?

Did I handle it wrong? Okay so this happenend 4 months ago. I deal with a shit ton of people daily. Guy, 18-20 looking, came up to compliment my necklace. It seemed whole heartedly sweet with no ill i...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentFeared Words & NamesValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterDec 23, 2024
2 points

Thank you for the kind words. Years of effort went down the drain in one hour and led me to disgusting someone I was excited about, so my perception of myself has been destroyed. I just need to rethin...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2024
1 points

Absolutely none, I've been embarrassed and ashamed of my condition. Plus, it really becomes an issue in certain situations, other times it's there but not too too bad (like I can reformat the questio...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career