commentr/StutterSeptember 1, 2018

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Well, no. Because we can't just turn off all emotion and everything that makes us human. I mean, theoretically, if we dissociated hard enough that we cease seeing other people as other people, then yeah, maybe our fluency would rise. But I think most everyone would rather just stutter. My point is that if the answer to stuttering is to dissociate to this extreme degree--that the solution is worse than the symptom--then we need to also accept that a stutter isn't just in our heads, it's a very real flaw in our brains. There are much more achievable and healthy approaches to gaining fluency.

Themes

Identity & Disability

Subthemes

Authenticity vs. MaskingMedicalization / Neurodiversity