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commentr/StutterOct 14, 2024
0 points

I have similar feelings. I feel shame around my almost covert stutter. there are fluent days and there are difficult days. When I was younger, alcohol and drugs helped me a lot to get comfortable in s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
7 points

Not really. I do have an IEP so I don’t have to present in front of the class but I did have to privately with a teacher or video record my self presenting. But besides that, I found it hard to make ...

School & WorkIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
School & Academic LifeStigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2024
4 points

Me my mother and little brother and my uncle have a stutter. My mother overcame it and I have come a very long way masking it and generally improving a lot. Generally I always felt alone with my stutt...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Genetic & Family FactorsShame & EmbarrassmentAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
1 points

Still hate it though when people laugh at a stutter, like how is it funny? So many lack empathy it's quite sad 😞...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2024
0 points

no, it was because she didn’t know i stuttered & thought i was calling her a whore. once i explained, she was super understanding & not at all offended!...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
1 points

I’ve had people avoid me . I know what you mean. It’s like I just wanna be quiet because I’m nervous and anxious then they end up avoiding me because I can feel that they think I’m weird. Like I can e...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
7 points

because she didn’t know i had a stutter & thought i was calling her a whore lol. she was totally understanding & absolutely not offended anymore once i told her! awkward for both of us 😅...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
2 points

the beatboxing comments are like the main ones i get. my sister once told me that my stutter would sound great as a sample in a soundcloud song (i forget what genre she said specifically, i just know ...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Repetitions & ProlongationsFeared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
3 points

Stuttering is physically and mentally exhausting. I spent 2 years communicating by writing on "Post It" notes because of my stutter. I also spent another 2 years only speaking in a whisper (because...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
10 points

I just keep thinking about that embarassing situation I just made for myself and feels like everyone is pitying me but in reality no one cares....it's all in our mind...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 11, 2024
1 points

You should be thinking it in a way that you are not doing anything illegal, you didn't ask for this God gave this to you without this you would be unstoppable in life so yeah I ain't gonna sit and cry...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideShame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
postr/StutterOct 10, 2024
57 points

Did a presentation and stuttered horribly

Did a presentation and stuttered horribly I’m a freshman in college. We were required to do a presentation if our philosophical papers, and I stuttered every second during my presentation. It calmed d...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
postr/StutterOct 10, 2024
11 points

ignorant people

ignorant people right so today i was in class when my teacher who i had made aware at the start of the year to please not cold call on me because of my stutter and how much anxiety i feel around it...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2024
3 points

Litrally im facing this issue im a fresher ,it feels to just stop going I totally feel you bud its exhausting and literally no one shutters in class aur anyone near me ,why me?...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterOct 10, 2024
1 points

yep a real career is something I've never had, I do regret it, I've always been ashamed and embarrassed by my stutter so I've always took low paid dead end jobs where I'm mostly alone all day, main...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2024
6 points

I feel this. When I tell people about my stutter and they say they have a stutter too I know they’re trying to be helpful and trying to relate to me but it just feels disrespectful because they haven’...

MetaEmotional Experience
Minimal or No Substantive ContentShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterOct 9, 2024
15 points

Being a Speech Therapy student who stutters

Being a Speech Therapy student who stutters For some context I have been stuttering since I was young and I am now currently M 24 undergrad and going to college to be a speech therapist. Honestly I'...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2024
1 points

My life is a mess. I'm struggling to find a job and I want to be stable financially before even thinking about having kids. I also don't want pass down my stutter to anybody because I know how terribl...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 8, 2024
1 points

No. I inherited it from my father, but I have it much more worse than him. I don't feel right passing it onto a child. This one is very hard to explain to women, so I don't even try. I just hope they...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterOct 8, 2024
10 points

I’ve met a few other stutterers and unless they brought it up, I don’t even mention it. I know how awkward and embarrassing it can be when people make comments about it, even if they meant well, it ca...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Disclosure & Telling OthersShame & Embarrassment