postr/StutterNovember 24, 2019

Today I made my mother cry

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Today I made my mother cry Lately I've had problems with my family, specially my mother. She's overprotective and always tries to do everything by herself. After a big confrontation with her last night, I wasn't feeling emotionally ok with myself so I decided to go to a psychologist this week (I'm a psychology student). I told her about my decision and she just kept asking why and trying to understand if I'm mentally ill or something like that, and I told her I wanted to go just to talk to a professional about me and my feelings... but she kept asking to a point where I had to tell her something that has been bothering me and that thing was my stuttering. Now she's crying blaming herself because I told her I had personal issues with my stuttering and she didn't even know about it, she always thought I just got over it. I'm doing this post at this subreddit because I don't know if any of you got a similar situation where a family member started crying because of your stuttering. I hate the way I'm feeling even more now.

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Emotional ExperienceParent & CaregiverSocial & Relationships

Subthemes

Shame & EmbarrassmentParent Emotions & GuiltFamily Support & Conflict

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