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postr/StutterSep 17, 2024
2 points

I write Poetry to express myself

I write Poetry to express myself Hello guys, I am a CS major and I started writing poetry to express myself and it feels nice. I don't write so well but its good. All my life I've struggled to expres...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionIdentity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
19 points

Heck I couldn't even begin to describe my life with a stutter, I've stuttered since my 1st memory.. it's like I've lived a separate life from the person I am inside, the person that hardly ever get...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterSep 16, 2024
-7 points

I didnt come on here to be judged. I was embarrassed to tell her at first and me telling her now is a big deal for me...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterSep 16, 2024
51 points

joking with a stutter

joking with a stutter You know that feeling when you're about to tell the funniest joke ever but can't manage to say the punchline, then you struggle to finish the joke even though you know it won’t b...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentListener Reactions+1 more
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2024
3 points

When I do I just carry on as it never even happened but cringe so hard inside. People give me a different look for a second but when I don't react to it my self they 99% time just move on with the con...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2024
3 points

I always just get told about how there's people who have "actual disabilities", and that I'm quite lucky I don't have anything worse wrong with me. It's literally the most useless statement...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 15, 2024
2 points

You stutter yes? That doesn't make you dumb. It makes you a person who stutters. Stuttering is not an easy thing to deal with. People can be cruel. Being shit on all the time from other kids at school...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2024
2 points

Probably the best thing you can do is just listen to him if he opens up about it. If you start telling him about other people's experiences he may feel like you're minimizing his own experience. But ...

Community & SupportEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Validation & EmpathyShame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2024
3 points

everone is going through worse in someway, it does not mean people has to say your pain is less than that person or those people. it is like saying to a child who lost father “your pain is nothing com...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterSep 14, 2024
29 points

My stutter is getting worse.

My stutter is getting worse. I don't know why but I'm stuttering more than ever and it is affecting my personal life. Last week I had a presentation and i couldn't utter a single word, it was so emba...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2024
1 points

"i would give everything i have just to talk normaly .." This really touched me.. Please when you feel like that just remember there are worst cases than us! Be grateful and smile. Accept it and don't...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2024
0 points

I love when people finish my sentences for me lol. But I understand it can be demeaning. Congratulations on being so confident with your stutter in public. I like having my sentences finished for me b...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterSep 14, 2024
2 points

This whole discussion reminds me of a conversation I’ve had with my boyfriend a hundred of times. I stutter, he doesn’t. Every time I complain about stuttering and say something like "why me," "you do...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStress & Fight/FlightFrustration & Anger+1 more
postr/StutterSep 12, 2024
8 points

Remembered the fear and stress of stuttering

Remembered the fear and stress of stuttering Random Rant- Basically, after a long summer of not really speaking nor socialising with friends besides like one I had my first day back at school where I...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 12, 2024
2 points

i don’t know this person or anything, but he probably takes it because what’s he gonna do? get angry and end up blocking really bad in her face so she can mock that too? stutterers, especially lifel...

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencyShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2024
3 points

Same 😭. Especially on words like 'Hello', 'Thank You', 'Sorry', 'Happy Birthday' or calling out someone's name. People would be thinking I am rude because I can't say Thank You 😭...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterSep 11, 2024
25 points

Embarrassed myself Infront of a girl

Embarrassed myself Infront of a girl Couldn't hold a conversation with her She tried her small talk with me but I couldn't get the words out of my mouth I feel so embarassed as she was an old classm...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentDating & Romance
commentr/StutterSep 11, 2024
0 points

This is a neverending struggle in my life. I freeze up on my last name. I can't even count how many times I haven’t been able to say it at all, and people would confusedly ask, 'Haha, did you forget y...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterSep 10, 2024
1 points

Ok VERY late to this but don’t EVER call us stutterers dramatic, as you haven’t been in our shoes. “At least with a stutter you can get your words out clearly”, first off, people can’t understand me b...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical TensionBlocks & Stoppages+3 more
commentr/StutterSep 10, 2024
2 points

Yes! And this drives me crazy every time! When I introduce myself to me, It all flows naturally. Im thinking if psychotherapy is what i need after all...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Shame & EmbarrassmentSeeking Therapy