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postr/StutterFeb 15, 2026
33 points

I would rather be poor and not have a stutter and have friends rather than live the current life I'm living which is being born into a rich family but have a severe stutter and no friends

I would rather be poor and not have a stutter and have friends rather than live the current life I'm living which is being born into a rich family but have a severe stutter and no friends For context,...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of LifeShame & Embarrassment+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 15, 2026
2 points

I’m start to losing my voice, man! I’m tired too; I even start considering learning sign language and act dumb my whole life, because at least I’ll be taking seriously....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyLoneliness & IsolationIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 14, 2026
1 points

To be in that position as president it's very obvious that people will make fun of you. In my opinion we better not to put ourselves in tough situations. Plus with all due my respect for you but stutt...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencyStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2026
1 points

I'm in America. Our president at the time, Joe Biden, had a stutter and was openly mocked for it constantly. I guess it proves that you can do whatever you want, but you are handicapped and it's imp...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & AgencyStress & Fight/Flight
postr/StutterFeb 13, 2026
10 points

I can't sometimes say my own name

I can't sometimes say my own name I have practised it a billion times at home and out of the billion times I never once fail, I cannot by any thinking fail and yet when the real situation is there I c...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2026
1 points

I just want to live without fear. I just want to go to work without anxiety, without work draining my energy and my will to live. I want to have a beer and laugh with my colleagues after work, and for...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Helplessness & AgencyStress & Fight/FlightSadness & Hopelessness+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2026
9 points

i relate; it hurts, so bad, many times i think; why me? when i'm alone, i have confident, i'm cool person and people will like me, but when i have to deal with social interactions i be different perso...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 13, 2026
1 points

i relate; it hurts, so bad, many times i think; why me? when i'm alone, i have confident, i'm cool person and people will like me, but when i have to deal with social interactions i be different perso...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception+2 more
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2026
2 points

"we as stutters are by default are going to have hard times, but that doesn't mean we are not going to make the most of it" i remember when i used to go to school and dealing with social interaction e...

Social & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationFriendships & BelongingHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2026
3 points

yeah it is very serious, the older you get the bad it gets, but i say to myself; "you can't keep blaming yourself for something you didn't choose!" but at the end you have to deal with it; so you spea...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterFeb 12, 2026
2 points

wow! I am a grad student now, and I really dropped the idea of being a pilot cuz of stuttering. I went to one of the flying school in my city just to visit for inquiry, the representative literally la...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerAnxiety & Social JudgmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2026
2 points

I found hard to accept that there is no other way expect suffering raw, but i often numb it by reading books or watching my favorite sport....

Emotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2026
2 points

This is exactly how i think about myself.Im 25 and i feel exactly like you. I wish if i could be able to make things better but i cant find any solutions.even speech therapy didnt work. Lite is so har...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & ProfessionalSocial & Relationships
Helplessness & AgencySeeking TherapyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 11, 2026
13 points

I think you have written word by word of my thought. Same feeling, same struggles and same emotions. I too am tired 🫩. Just want to rest. Want to retire from my job and spend time in countryside with...

Emotional Experience
Shame & EmbarrassmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 10, 2026
1 points

Some days I accept it and just add it to part of my character and feel no anxiety but a lot of days I can't seem to leave the house. It's extremely difficult living with such ups and downs and I'm ter...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationHelplessness & AgencyQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2026
1 points

Yes, but you shouldn't always look at it that way because it often ruins your life. I know this, and I stutter. But try to get rid of it by any means and with any effort you can. From experience: Isla...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2026
1 points

That's what I thought at first. I thought I had a normal childhood. I thought my past was fine and normal. Nothing wrong. But I started investigating my thoughts and feelings when I was stammering. Wh...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2026
1 points

I have not cured it. The knowledge and the solutions I found are not a magic pill that instantly 'cures' my stammer. But it has helped me a lot. I talk more fluently. Theoretically, it is possible to ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 9, 2026
-1 points

I know. I've been to the best speech doctors, I have read the best books on stuttering, I have been practicing its guidelines to control/manage my stutter... The books, the authors, the doctors and ps...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 8, 2026
1 points

I am considering... Anyway living with this disability is already hell on earth. Which hell God can put me other than that?...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception