How did you guys accept your stutter? (Practice Self-Acceptance)
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How did you guys accept your stutter? (Practice Self-Acceptance) I'm a very severe pws, like facial contortion, block on every word bad. I'm also very covert about my speech, I try at all costs to avoid talking in public because I don't want to draw any attention. I'm 18. My social life is non-existent. I stay home all day. I'm setting my life for failure under this unsustainable behavior. If we could pinpoint the cause of my stutter imo its the fear of what other people think of me (my stutter) and the network of other factors I'm not going to go into here for simplicity's sake. ( It's become so etched in my identity that I only place worth on myself based on whether I speak normally or not. And where do I get that validation? From others. Not me. I can't make any progress on journey to fluency if I'm always self hating my speech and my self image. So I ask you guys to share how did you get to the point of being accepting of speaking in public regardless of whether you stutter or not?