commentr/StutterSeptember 24, 2024

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Gonna sound like general shitty dating advice but I think it's applicable here. Just be yourself, and treat your stutter like a filter. If they make fun of your stutter, then they aren't worth your time. Look elsewhere. Own your stutter, it doesn't define who you are as a person, the same way as your haircut doesn't define who you are as a person. Most people will actually accept you and your stutter, provided you can show through your actions that it's something that isn't going to define you. Show them that you aren't insecure about it, and if it's gonna be a part of you forever, then you might as well accept it. Better to fail over and over than never having tried. But that's just my feelings on the matter.

Themes

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Acceptance & PrideAuthenticity vs. MaskingHelplessness & Agency