commentr/StutterOctober 28, 2022

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Everyone does have their own speaking style. Some PWS have developed to the point where speaking AT ALL in very challenging/draining - and blocks lead to an inability to say what you are actually thinking, with the tone/timing/cadence which conveys your intended meaning. ​ Before I learned simple techniques to become almost entirely fluent, I couldn't share a funny quip, offer my opinion or order the food I wanted. I once had to run after a tow truck driver who got the address wrong because I said it so oddly. I didn't correct it on the spot because I was in such a terrible block and was so ashamed, I even considered letting him drive away with wrong address. I ran after him because that wasn't fair to him.

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Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Blocks & StoppagesHelplessness & AgencyShame & Embarrassment