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commentr/StutterMar 3, 2026
1 points

>My mom doesn't even mind me stuttering so I don't have the stress response of being judged, and I still stutter when I'm with her.  Im pretty sure as humans, even when were with someone we fully tr...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterMar 2, 2026
6 points

*VENT* I feel like my dad is disappointed in me.

*VENT* I feel like my dad is disappointed in me. As far back as I can remember I always had a stutter. Not too severe, never with my close friends, but I could never ever pronounce open vowels, o, e, ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesShame & EmbarrassmentFamily Support & Conflict
postr/StutterMar 1, 2026
13 points

Hello everybody,

Hello everybody, I want to share my struggle with stuttering, which I have had since childhood. I don’t remember ever speaking fluently. I think I started stuttering when I was five or six years old. ...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 28, 2026
2 points

I started stuttering age 11 or 12. Before that I was fluent.  I was in speech therapy when I was five or six years old. But that was because of "s" and "sh" sounds I seem to have had problems with. ...

Parent & CaregiverCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Early Concern & OnsetTrauma & PsychologicalStigma & Bullying+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2026
1 points

I did the survey am from Atlanta but not yet received the payment, is it really legit or a scam...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterFeb 27, 2026
13 points

started drooling when i stutter?

started drooling when i stutter? had a severe stutter my whole life and i've NEVER had this before but this past week its gotten so bad and its so so embarrassing...

Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Physical TensionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 27, 2026
6 points

When I was in grade/high school.….. so many parents hung up on me, yelled at me for making a prank call, laughed at me. I'm glad some folks here can laugh at it. Honestly that's the best way to handle...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterFeb 26, 2026
2 points

Yes, sadly I have the same reaction of cringing (according to the old, pre-internet meaning of the word) when hearing another stutterer. Although it's not because they're unashamed of it, it's just pi...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterFeb 26, 2026
8 points

It’s comforting to see that someone else shares the same issue. Bro I can’t even say my own name at the pharmacy or on the dam phone. It’s humiliating. In college I did a presentation and couldn’t say...

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentFeared Words & NamesShame & Embarrassment
postr/StutterFeb 26, 2026
12 points

A Question About Tolerance

A Question About Tolerance Behind the anonymous bulwark of the internet, I feel I might want to be honest. I (38M) have stuttered since I was 5. I started speaking normally, and within a couple years...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2026
1 points

I feel you so much, this is heartbreaking. I'm currently doing a Master's in **Data Science and AI**, and I had a similar humiliating experience. During a presentation with a new professor, I couldn't...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & BullyingFeared Words & Names+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 25, 2026
2 points

D'ailleurs, j'ai trouvé des pistes concrètes pour s'en sortir et je compte bien m'y mettre, parce que la fuite ça suffit ! Le secret, c'est le **volontariat de basse intensité**. Il faut qu’on "hacke...

Coping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureFluency TechniquesSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2026
2 points

Yeah I was also getting bullied till 10 class but then I changed school for 11th and 12th and never got bullied. Yeah there are some exception cases so because of that reason I don't really talk to ot...

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Shame & EmbarrassmentStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2026
2 points

I agree to that, I think this is why many stutterers think they would've been unstoppable without a stutter like, "without it I'd be the president", because even with this issue we can survive in soci...

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commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2026
4 points

I close my eyes hard during blocks and also get cross eyed... It's embarrassing, I look like I'm having a seizure....

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 24, 2026
3 points

This is very similar to me. When I try to pronounce words that start with certain letters, my face looks like I want to sneeze. Shit looks terrible so I understand why people look at me like this....

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
2 points

I think the eye closing and blinking more resembles of tics. Honestly, I’m getting used to the constant eye-blinking and people walking away and it become normalize experience. It make sense that peop...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2026
3 points

I'm sorry this is your experience when this happens. It definitely doesn't make us feel good! For me, I have this twitch when I'm blocked, my eyes go up like I'm being possessed lol. Usually right aft...

Emotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering
Shame & EmbarrassmentPhysical Tension
commentr/StutterFeb 22, 2026
3 points

For me, the perception of others has been my personal jail. I suffered mockery during childhood and can't seem to recover from the trauma. I just want to sound like a "normal person" ....

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterFeb 22, 2026
19 points

My mother's attitude towards my stuttering (she hates it so I hate myself lmao),

My mother's attitude towards my stuttering (she hates it so I hate myself lmao), Not even ten minutes into me having dinner with mum and grandad, I stuttered on saying grandad and she mimicked it. The...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Stigma & BullyingShame & EmbarrassmentFamily Support & Conflict