commentr/StutterOctober 8, 2023

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Maruqo, telling people who are living with a stutter every day that they lack strength, telling people who are surviving every day even though they want badly to die that they lack strength, is not going to help people hear what you are saying. I do hear what you're saying as far as getting help (leaving aside the phone thing). But even when there are a "lot of options" to get help, which I actually don't think is true, a lot of "help" is not helpful, most especially if you have a stutter and try to get help from someone who has no understanding of stuttering. It's actually very difficult to find help when you're so drained by hopelessness that you can barely function, and when you have a neurological condition that very few people in the help professions are going to understand, especially if you cannot pay. So, while, yeah, people who are suffering this severely need help, when you come in and kind of blithely say "call this number" (even though you are a stutterer yourself?), and imply that help is everywhere, and then tell people that they need more "strength," it's not surprising that you got some negative reactions. I guess you're not here anymore to read this, but I thought I should post it anyway.

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Community & SupportEmotional Experience

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Validation & EmpathyHope & Motivation