postr/StutterJanuary 25, 2026

It’s very exhausting

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It’s very exhausting I’m sure a lot of you feel the same way. But stuttering is extremely exhausting, almost to the point where it hurts. It hurts because I’m straining on every other word, on top of that the emotional weight that’s being carried. I’m wanting to go to PT school. I still have about a year or so worth of prerequisites to go so I’ve just been getting to know some locally. I just connected with one over the phone a few minutes ago and the amount of times I had to stop, repeat myself, and have fragmented sentences made the conversation feel pointless and endless. Because of my stutter I’ve been made to believe I wasn’t smart, wasn’t capable, and wasn’t worth making outgoing decisions that would better my life. I’m just so sad, tired, drained 😞

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & FluctuationShame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency

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