postr/StutterJuly 5, 2020

Worried that people may think I’m faking my stutter

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Worried that people may think I’m faking my stutter I’ve been stuttering for years and my stutter is very unpredictable in its nature. Some days I stutter, other days just a bit or maybe not at all. Sometimes I may manage not to stutter on ‘a particular word that I usually find hard to utter.’ I had several phone calls this past month with the same person and they pointed out how I “no longer stutter anymore” when it just happens that whenever we decide to speak on the phone, I’m having a ‘non-stuttering day’ (I refuse to use good/bad speech day). I got comments like this before! I spent hours paranoid and thinking what if they think I’m faking it? Can you relate? *I hate that I even have to explain myself. I think it’s very unnecessary to even make any comment about my speech, whether I’m stuttering or not!

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Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability

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Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & FluctuationAcceptance & Pride