postr/StutterApril 18, 2021

Felt so useless /like a loser earlier today (details below)

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Felt so useless /like a loser earlier today (details below) I was trying to explain/tell my dad how Jayson Tatum (basketball player for the Boston Celtics) uses an inhaler before every game. This is something he has only recently been doing, as a result of having covid in January (he’s not asthmatic). Anyways... so I was in the process of telling of him, & then I just couldn’t say inhaler. It just wouldn’t come out. Huge fricking block. So I ended up saying “the thing asthmatic people use...” I felt so useless. Like I was a loser. Couldn’t even say inhaler. Today’s rant over.

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