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postr/StutterNov 24, 2024
9 points

Help please - Seeking advice as a parent

Help please - Seeking advice as a parent For context my son is 3.5 and we do not have any history of stuttering in the family. He will be 4 in March. My son started stuttering at the beginning of his...

Parent & CaregiverSpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Early Concern & OnsetTreatment DecisionsRepetitions & Prolongations+3 more
postr/StutterNov 24, 2024
10 points

I’m Finally Quitting My Vision Of Improving Myself

I’m Finally Quitting My Vision Of Improving Myself A few days ago, I was watching a video about a boyfriend loyalty testing his partner. It was a very elaborate setup where the girl was meant to thin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
postr/StutterNov 24, 2024
5 points

To you - what’s the difference between recovery and a fix for stammering?

To you - what’s the difference between recovery and a fix for stammering? ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
1 points

once and often they became the part of the crowd . Hope you are able to get out of it . But the one's closer to you gave you the deepest scar....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentFamily Support & Conflict
postr/StutterNov 23, 2024
29 points

13f just ranting

13f just ranting I've always had a stutter and it's died down a bit but it's still lingering, mainly when i read aloud or if i get flustered with strangers, i never really stutter around friends or fa...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2024
1 points

I was once out walking and a neighbour asked for my name, and i couldn’t say it and kept going t-t-t-t she then said “ i see your a beatboxer like my son” there was an awkward silence and we then lef...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2024
1 points

My dad told me to “spit it out” at 5 years old. I never had the relationship with him I had with my mom and brother who understood (mom stutters) and tried to make me feel human. I never felt I could ...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Family Support & ConflictShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2024
3 points

Regularly when I was younger. Not so much in school but I'm after school clubs every day for so many years. It came to a point where I'd laugh along with the jokes because they were pretty funny actua...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2024
3 points

My mum did it once and I was absolutely distraught cos she'd never done it before. Then when I confronted her about it the next day, despite her doing it when my boyfriend was present, she claimed it ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2024
3 points

I feel her pain, when I was growing up I was made fun for my stutter (“t-t-today junior”) made me felt very alone and different, never told my parents because I felt embarrassed and ashamed of myself ...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2024
7 points

Having a room of students laugh at you for something that makes you wanna cry already is tough. I learned to never let them see me cry and just keep talking. But you may have to accept that she will s...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & BullyingSchool & Academic Life+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2024
1 points

Glad you’re here! I felt the same way reading these. I’ve had to read public speeches, present in class and stutter in front of my crush even to losing out on a job interview just because of my stutte...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Personal StoriesShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterNov 20, 2024
26 points

You guys ever been mocked my a parent?

You guys ever been mocked my a parent? I'm asking this cause my dad mocked my stutter and laughed. What happened was it was my mums birthday so I go to say happy birthday to her but I stutter and ende...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 20, 2024
9 points

Those random name wheel things would literally have my palms sweating. The anxiety was crazy, absolutely awful completely know what that’s like. I had a few times where it happened to me, I’d read h...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterNov 20, 2024
12 points

Couldn’t speak today in class

Couldn’t speak today in class In one of my classes my teacher had randomly picked my name from one of those wheel generators and told me to say the sentence. I literally could not start the first wor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterNov 19, 2024
4 points

I did 4 day programme to help my speech. it was a group thing and the first night was a welcome evening. there must have been 25 other stammerers there, and the noise of everyone talking was deafenin...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Personal StoriesShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterNov 19, 2024
124 points

This made me cry like a baby

This made me cry like a baby This is very new to me, not the stutter, but the group sharing thing. I've never met someone with a stutter like mine, I guess it's safe to say it ruined my life. Read...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterNov 19, 2024
1 points

I think I mess up when I let people know I have a stutter. They act like it's ok then ghosted. That's my worth for ya...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2024
1 points

You know what's worse - I hung out with her and her friend a few times later as well. Even though she used to giggle (her friend didn't though) whenever I struggled, I was too meek enough to confront ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2024
7 points

Yes some do. Even some adults were mean to me when I was a child. I played in a kids league soccer team and I remember some of the other kids parents making jokes about me on the sidelines. One exampl...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger