postr/StutterMarch 12, 2015

So much anxiety interferes...

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So much anxiety interferes... I watched the Spongebob Campfire Song Song episode a long time ago when I was a kid and I tried to sing along to it. I couldn't keep up, as it was going so fast. I fumbled on my words and phrases and I got angry. My parents almost never listened to me when I was young. Whenever I try to talk they would always interrupt me. No matter where I am, they never listen. I try to get my idea out as fast as I can, so I talk fast before they could interrupt me. I fumble on my words and next thing leads to another and here I am with a stutter. There are those moments where you would sacrifice everything to go back to when you were a little kid. I don't participate in parties or conversations because I stutter so much and I embarrass myself. It's killing a part of me. I have a solution to a problem in a group activity, but I don't wanna say it because I'm gonna stutter and embarrass myself. I hate myself for doing that. I just wanted to share some things with someone out there who can relate.

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Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Anxiety & Social JudgmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencyQuality of LifeStigma & Bullying

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