commentr/StutterNovember 26, 2021

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There is a ton of those kind of videos and they are all pretty generic and its its hard to find someone that speaks to you I think. But I actually read the Jordan Peterson 12 rules for life and there is a rule there that says "Tell The Truth – Or At Least Don’t Lie" I spoke to me in some way, cause I badly don't want to be a person that stutters and try to ignore it sometimes and hide it especially cause I don't want anyone to know. But the rule for me is essentially about not lying to yourself, I can create an image of myself that is not true. I am a person that stutters and I have to start from there, I cant skip to the end and everything is perfect. Which direction am I going, am I doing stuff that helps my self-image/stutter or magnifying it. An example of this would be to tell people that I do not want to know that I stutter, that I actually stutter, because its the truth. And I think I would be one step closer to being as fluent as I am when I'm home alone when I don't have those internal pressures to be somebody I'm not.

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Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy

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Authenticity vs. MaskingIdentity & Self-PerceptionMindset shift