commentr/StutterJune 4, 2018

Content

My stuttering and anxiety only improved when I stopped avoiding speaking situations. When we find a way to get around speaking we reenforce the stuttering narrative. There will be a time you have to speak on the phone and when you can't use your Google assistant you are going to be fucked. Job interviews? 911 call? My advice to people is to face their problems head on, face speaking with courage, accept stuttering, accept yourself. This mindset has improved my life by leaps and bounds. I have to speak on the phone at work all the time. There was a time in my life I would have quit because of that. It all gets easier when we stop the damn avoiding!

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & MotivationIdentity & Self-Perception