postr/StutterMarch 3, 2021

I am so hurt. Today my sister told me that I was not doing enough with my stutter. That I didn't want to get better. I feel so crushed.

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I am so hurt. Today my sister told me that I was not doing enough with my stutter. That I didn't want to get better. I feel so crushed. I was trying to say "polio", a word that contains the dreaded "p" sound. She blurted annoyed that "why do you make the sound so hard, while trying to take it out?? Make it softer" I told her that she out of all people should show me some patience and let me just get it out. She just threw this back at me: "don't you want to get better?" I was doing so well with my image as a speaker. That I'll stutter and it won't matter. But it does apparently.

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Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerStigma & Bullying