commentr/StutterDecember 2, 2025

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I can contribute. I am 16 years old and have been stuttering sinxe I was 4, and recently my absolute biggest challenge has been to answer normal questions, the worst one being what my name is I am a kind of extroverted person, I like to try new things and that sorts of stuff, but that also comes with the fact that I sometimes have to meet new people and answer questions. If I were to go meet up with let's say a client for a little business I started (true story), I would always feel worried about the possibility of getting asked what my name was, if i lived close by etc etc. Sometimes panic rises up through my body so fast that I almost don't know what to do, and when the question finally drop I either freeze, or the first letter of my name (V) gets dragged out and it all just sounds horrible. (Altough sometimes a miracle happens and I say it with ease, altough the times are few). I could go on for days about how frustrated I am about that I can't speak to strangers normally, I can't hold a presentation in school without panicking and stuttering, I cant even talk to my own family fluently, and sometimes I just feel almost like a "burden". I hate it. And I don't think I would be able to really describe the feelings but It really sucks

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception

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