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postr/StutterMay 20, 2021
15 points

How to keep on living when Life keeps throwing me stones?

How to keep on living when Life keeps throwing me stones? It's probably not the right sub, but my post keeps getting removed elsewhere because I'm using a new throwaway account and I need to vent and ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2021
1 points

I think one of the things that it is important to say is that we don't know other people's shit that they are going thru. Maybe they have a history that are all kinds of fucked up, maybe not. One thin...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathySadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterMay 14, 2021
3 points

This! It’s not as easy as people say it is. I had this not caring mindset and thought I was done. Then spoke in front of 20+ people today and severely embarrassed myself. Put me right back in that dep...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessEmployment & Career
postr/StutterMay 14, 2021
21 points

Today was one of those days

Today was one of those days Had a meeting with 20+ people for over 3 hours. Everyone was going through turns sharing their ideas. It was my turn and I had so many great ideas, now just to share it. F...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 12, 2021
3 points

When I was a kid. I used to not stutter in my dreams. This always gave me hope that maybe one day I can talk like that. But now I'm 22 and I have a severe stutter in my dreams too. I'm just tired of...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Sadness & HopelessnessEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterMay 8, 2021
1 points

Thanks cg for spreading the knowledge! The breakthrough on me was when I realized that I deeply thought adults don't stutter and adults must be perfect. Then I realized that I had this thought since ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterMay 7, 2021
16 points

Anyone else ever completely shut down and not talk?

Anyone else ever completely shut down and not talk? (18M) Lately, my stuttering has gotten so severe I’ve just completely began to isolate and not use my voice at all. Hell, I kind of forgot what it s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/FlightSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
postr/StutterMay 5, 2021
9 points

Is there a video/call conference group for stutterers?

Is there a video/call conference group for stutterers? I've been feeling very depressed lately as while I'm progressing in my career, I'm having to interact with more people. But my stutter is embarra...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2021
2 points

Today I feel like you my friend. Talking feels like hauling heavy rocks all day. I no longer want to be fluent, I just don't want to talk, period....

Emotional Experience
Helplessness & AgencySadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterMay 4, 2021
22 points

I'm crying, we're the same. This thing about stuttering makes me so negative, pessimistic and hate towards myself. But it feels good really knows how it is... send you a hug...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Sadness & HopelessnessShame & EmbarrassmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
9 points

I thought about that some time ago, and I advise you against it, sure you can learn it for fun or to meet and help people from the deaf and mute community, but at the back of your head you ran away du...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
2 points

It definitely affected my life i think most of my problem are because of my stuttering. I isolated myself from people when I was a young boy because I realized that socializing is too much for me beca...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyLoneliness & Isolation
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
1 points

For me, it exacerbates it but it was never the root of it. Like, it was easy to pile it on the other things I was depressed about. Don't get me wrong, it absolutely affects how I live/think from day t...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
6 points

Stuttering is a daily onus that I must comes to terms with when I wake up. It is stressful and absolutely destroys my mental health. My daily strive for perfect speech gets tiring and the emotional to...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stress & Fight/FlightFrustration & AngerSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
2 points

So I suffer just like you described and it’s very very defeating when you tell this to a psychologist and they have no idea what to do haha. Like I’ve had psychiatrists and psychologists perfectly und...

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
1 points

Yes I'm also like that, that's all I think about. I like to think it would get slightly less worse with age, so that's what I hold on to. Permanently disappointed would be the summary of my life....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterMay 1, 2021
1 points

yes absolutely. it makes you constantly anxious and feel worthless in turn when you can’t even talk to your loved ones or produce coherent conversation....

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
29 points

Hi, absolutely. The connection b/t stuttering and mental health isn't talked about enough. I read a study about this a couple days ago, and it was very interesting. Basically, people who stutter have ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterApr 30, 2021
5 points

it did put me very low in life, but i learned to live with it and now I just replaced my worries with other busines. live never gets better....

Emotional Experience
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterApr 30, 2021
45 points

Does Stuttering effect your mental health?

Does Stuttering effect your mental health? I was wondering if your stuttering problem causes you to go crazy like it does me. That's all I think about. I am sometimes scared to speak, so therefore I h...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency