postr/StutterApril 13, 2025

How do fellow severe stutterers go on?

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How do fellow severe stutterers go on? I have a very severe stutter, am functionally mute. I cannot talk on the phone and in-person I write down 90% of the things I want to say because the alternative is standing there for 30 seconds trying to get one word out. How do you guys go on in life? I go to the gym 7 days a week and am very fit. I’m going to get my second degree, a bachelors, in a year. My basic needs are all met. But I can never say what I want; I can’t ask a question in class; I can’t approach a woman and introduce myself; I can’t make male friends. I want to kill myself and have been considering it for years now. I am locked inside a prison in my head. I am very tall and fit but also very shy and it weirds people the hell out. All of my relationships feel like charity. I don’t know why I wouldn’t kill myself at this point.

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Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Blocks & StoppagesHelplessness & AgencySuicidal Ideation & High Distress

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intimidation_authorityreading_aloud