commentr/StutterJanuary 24, 2024

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This is my attempt to summarize part 3 (the [third](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUSfDSDYMrM&ab_channel=JM) video): * 8:30 enjoy the road, whatever happens, happens * smile like I'm harmless * stutter state: goodbyes are hard, I don't think I can talk fluently, my nerves are all over the place. It's not that the day is actually bad, rather I was strongly focusing on what happened that the tightness sensation stays. 45:00 There is a macro - a bigger picture - that I tend to ignore, because I want to fight through the microcosms (aka small challenges). * Ask myself the question: what is there to worry about? * This question by itself completely moves me from the stutter state to the fluent state. I do it myself, I chose in the moment to stop and not continue, it's psychology. It's more a curiousity now rather than worrying. It completely changes the way I feel in the situation. * even if we can't control fluency, we can still know how to not make stuttering worse * don't change speech to compensate for difficulty (such as, rushing through words), instead, just back-track and let go * 28:30 I think I have the subconscious sensitivity that the word "stutter" reminds me of stuttering, that triggers it sometimes * when I feel there is something wrong, unlearn the instinct of fighting through it * 31:00 I'm super sensitive to any intrusion, anything that throws me off, it snowballs. So, why go down that road? Because it's already warning me that it's gonna snowball * ​ *

Themes

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. Masking