commentr/StutterOctober 17, 2018

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This is one birth defect that I would not wish on anyone, including myself for the remaining years I have on this earth so yes I anxiously await for cure that I think we will see in the next 40 years. I totally respect those who this is part of their identity, but to me, zero good has ever come from it. Only negative emotions have come from it for me. Only negative feelings of worth and only judgments of being dumb, intoxicated, unstable, etc. the only half positive to come from my forced jailing inside myself for 30 plus years is what I can only describe as over-empathy which has formed after years of forced observation rather than participatory observation. I would sacrifice a limb or perhaps some years off of my life to rid my genetic code of this monster that keeps me from being who I want to be.

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Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception