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commentr/StutterAug 20, 2024
21 points

“DID YOU FORGET YOUR NAME??? HAHAHAHA” Always fucking hated hearing that one. Yeah definitely perks me up - making me very aware, self conscious, embarrassed. I think the phlebotomist in your situa...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentDisclosure & Telling Others
postr/StutterAug 20, 2024
15 points

Acknowledged my stutter

Acknowledged my stutter I just came from the hospital and my PCP ordered blood work. As usual they ask for your name and birth date. I blocked on the year and the phlebotomist commented "No worries. ...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentListener ReactionsFeared Words & Names
commentr/StutterAug 20, 2024
4 points

I agree 100% our struggle is tough because it’s an all day feeling of “how’d I do?” Or “damn I probably sounded stupid” I’m learning to just say “it is what it is” at this point...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 20, 2024
1 points

If you are someone who has come to depend on word substitition, a block is basically a mini-PTSD based panic attack when you come to a word you cannot substitute. So the inherent stress of the curren...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 20, 2024
4 points

“It’s cute I love it” I love my stutter too but that’s my thing. It’s not cute...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
3 points

Talks over me tries to finish my words for me looks at me like im dumb or makes fun of me ......

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Listener ReactionsStigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
2 points

I feel like most stutterers won't agree but I actually really hate it when people are overly patient with me and my stutter. Like they just stay quiet and stare at me until I can get the words out. It...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
10 points

Yes, I can and I'm a 77f. Its been and still is very challenging. My parents made my childhood a hell by not accepting me and demanding perfection in my weight, speech, and everything else. Despite th...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentGenetic & Family FactorsEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
3 points

I think for me it's when someone says "but your stutter is cute!" When I voice my struggle around it. I don't think it's wrong to think stuttering is cute or anything and I fully believe you can think...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & ConcealmentPreparation & Rehearsal+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
8 points

Sometimes little kids would mock me, because well, they dont’t know any better. But it boils my blood when parents ignore that behaviour or laugh at my stutter with their kids. Like how can you teach ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
2 points

I'm pretty covert so get this all the time. Incredibly frustrating....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
-3 points

I couldn't even make it a few minutes into the movie. I had a bit of trauma or bad experience with another movie before that that had someone who stuttered or stammered, although it was part of his m...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
10 points

A grown adult woman/mother, whom I never met before, but we had mutuals, either after or during me getting stuck on introducing my name decided to mock me in the same manner I spoke. I had to spend a...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessFriendships & Belonging
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
17 points

When people mock me for it. Or when people claim they stutter because they have a presentation or get stressed. My stutter is genetic and I'm stuck with it for life. I met a grown adult for the fir...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingGenetic & Family FactorsShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
2 points

It's very frustrating and annoying, I agree. Even to this day, I still get embarrassed every time I stutter, and I stutter frequently. I hate having to try and switch out words or use filler words lik...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterAug 19, 2024
1 points

I have a mild stutter yet i get cringed while listening to my own video. It's very normal...

Emotional Experience
Shame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 18, 2024
2 points

As early as 7 I remember being slapped each time for speaking the way I do. My mom said I did this to myself and I have to force myself to stop. Every time I tried to have a conversation with anyone i...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 16, 2024
0 points

I feel like i need to get embarrassed really bad for me to get over it Like my worst stuttering nightmare, then i might be able to care less idk...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
2 points

I'm 77f and have a relatively minor stammer. It is still enough to, even at my age, I still have the stigma. That's part of my perfectionism. I can't abide any divergent traits. Oh, I wish I could. L...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterAug 15, 2024
1 points

It haunted me because he was the one "knows all and still said that" that made me realise literally"no one understands me and no one will", I am fine now with that....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Shame & EmbarrassmentLoneliness & Isolation