commentr/StutterSeptember 14, 2020

Content

I thought about it but never actually done it, I wouldn't do it for dating though.. I've been stuttering since I was a kid (31 now) so I'm kinda a pro stutterer if there's such a thing, I can have a short conversation picking my words carefully and speaking kinda slow without stuttering at all but it's really mentally exhausting so I can't live my life pretending that I'm not a stutterer, I did this (pretending not to be stutterer) once in a first date, everything went smoothly, second date was weird as hell when I started to stutter... this was like five years ago and I still cringe every time I remember that day.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionAuthenticity vs. Masking

Codes (1)

socializing_one_on_one