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commentr/StutterJan 18, 2026
1 points

Have you always been this mentally strong? Sometimes I feel I'm too weak mentally and God gave me a battle I could not fight. My sensitivity meter is through the roof. I hate the feeling of stuttering...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2026
2 points

Thank you for this post. It made me feel a lot better. A lot of what you said are things I already know but often forget. especially the "no one actually cares as much as you think" part. I think deep...

Community & SupportEmotional Experience
Validation & EmpathyShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2026
1 points

Just like me fr I hate having to talk interact with smo, because I rack my brains trying to find something interesting to say each time without resorting to small talk or leaving any awkward silences...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2026
7 points

im just so boring, i bore myslef sometimes. and well i have a strong ability to feel shame about myslef, so i can emphthise a lot with people, i know what is to be pathetic...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Shame & EmbarrassmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJan 17, 2026
2 points

Stutterers victim blame other stutterers, so how can a fluent person change their preconceived notion when our own side is like "no, its about how You deal with it, many stutterers are doing fine". ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Stigma & BullyingHelplessness & AgencyShame & Embarrassment+2 more
postr/StutterJan 17, 2026
1 points

We are working on a project to highlight experiences of people who stutter

We are working on a project to highlight experiences of people who stutter [removed]...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2026
1 points

I wish my parents were like u growing up. When I got into an argument w my brother they argued with me and my brother decided to mock my stutter and nobody said anything. Had a big fat mental breakdow...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2026
1 points

"...not really a disability - you can speak, you just don't like how the stutter sounds" certainly one of the most chad takes on stuttering I've heard. I'll try to keep this in the bank. "What do you ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Identity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2026
3 points

It's humiliating because you can't do what almost everyone does effortlessly without having to do any mental gymnastics of switching words, sentences etc, people think you are slow, unconfident(this i...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Shame & EmbarrassmentOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterJan 16, 2026
2 points

I can feel that! My way of dealing with it is to “not care” about it. I even believe it, but deep down you can never fully not care. The desire of being accepted into society is a deep human drive. ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Acceptance & PrideShame & EmbarrassmentPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterJan 15, 2026
8 points

No offense but your mother know nothing about stuttering and human emotions. the one question that she should ask is why, why you want to hide your stutter. and like severe stuttering is really bad, y...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentLoss of Control
commentr/StutterJan 15, 2026
2 points

My parents assumed that because I didn't "seem bothered" by my stammer, that I wasn't bothered... I was extremely bothered. Bothered and ashamed and massively anxious that I was too scared to even bri...

Emotional ExperienceCommunity & Support
Shame & EmbarrassmentValidation & Empathy
commentr/StutterJan 15, 2026
3 points

So relatable. I just had a day like yours. I’ve been having bad blocks in social situations. I already feel anxious, and then it starts happening. People looking at you like they’re trying to figure o...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 14, 2026
1 points

When’s someone’s mocking me for something i can’t control or being unfair when i’m trying my best yeah i’m touchy?...

Emotional Experience
Frustration & AngerShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2026
1 points

In the 7th grade, we had a long term substitute teacher who told me to "sit down until I could talk right" when I had to stand up and give a report on front of the class. All the kids defended me, an...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2026
3 points

Yeah I skipped a lot of classes in high school because of presentations and severe anxiety around my stutter too. I avoided Uni because of it, so I went to a technical college to study digital electr...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2026
2 points

I appreciate the advice. I’m trying to be better. For me it isn’t really even about the other kids seeing me. That’s a part of the reason I avoid class, but I genuinely just hate stuttering. I hate th...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Shame & EmbarrassmentSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2026
2 points

Thank you for taking the time to reply, i get that, i understand everyone handles things differently and i want to respect that, i guess now my only concern is that maybe he is embarrassed to stutter ...

Emotional Experience
Anxiety & Social JudgmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2026
5 points

I have been saying this for years and years that as we stuttering communicate are all alone, helpless, no support, no nothing but some other people were telling me I'm using a victim card...why can't ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyShame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 12, 2026
4 points

Man, shit like this pisses me off. Reminds me of the time I asked my 7th grade math teacher if I could use the restroom and she responded with "yeah if you could actually speak properly"...she apologi...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingShame & Embarrassment