Did most people here pour their hearts out into their first stuttering forum that they found
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Did most people here pour their hearts out into their first stuttering forum that they found ...and not really get much of a reply or answers because no one seems to know a full blown cure, let alone an easy one. I bring this up because there are 2 things humans are very uncomfortable with. Uncertainty and resistance to a reality. At work, people were nervous about calling someone who was upset we couldn't show up yet. The worry about what she thought was killing me so I spoke with her (yes I stutter but that's beside the point here, that probably works in my favor in these situations because I come off as worried and caring beyond the pale to those that aren't used to it). I didn't even know if they showed so I asked her how it was going and was surprised to hear they hadn't yet. I told her where they were finishing up and though they tried to come today, they will be there first thing in the morning and she is definitely next in line and apologized again. She said "well I hope so, you take care now." And that was that, she sounded content, I felt content and relieved, everyone else could relax that day and we are free to be there tomorrow. And that's after we told her we'd be there for 2 days. We are trying but I was nervous as hell at not showing up AGAIN and having to break it to her. All I could be is honest and myself. Nothing more I can do or ask for but I KNEW the issue was the uncertainty that really unnerved her so I put my faith in that and low and behold, it was fine, we came the next day and I had set her uncertainty aside and she sees we care and are trying. As for the later, the thing about resistance to something is...we're all dying. There's no escaping this fact. We will get old, we will become more sensitive to things, we won't feel good, it will hurt, it will come and go and we will degrade further.. And we will die. Resistance to our reality and our future can make it more painful, difficult, and the resistance to it itself can make us feel worse than that which we are afraid of. But it doesn't matter, everyone will be vulnerable to something and everyone will die. Accepting the fact, knowing life will be harder as we age and we will go through the ultimate sacrifice helps put things in perspective. We were never perfect, we will ALL die. Learning to let go over time to the resistance of our stutter lets us not take so much more for granted that we will painfully regret on our deathbed or when we get the life changing news. What ever fear builds up in you over your stutter, stop your uncertainty, accept it, stop resisting and smile. Because you have so much to smile for. And then we can start sharing things..