Do you talk to the people in your life about your stutter?
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Do you talk to the people in your life about your stutter? I have stuttered all my life but I've never really spoken to anyone about it. I think this is because it was always treated as something that was wrong with me when I was a kid. To be honest, it has not really bothered me a great deal. Yes there are times when it becomes a problem: job interviews, work presentations, reading aloud in class when i was at school (the terror), but as an adult I've just sort of got on with it and people have been accepting and I don't think about it a great deal of the time. However, I've never really spoken to anyone about it and no one really mentions it to me either. Not close friends or even my partner whom I've been with for 15 years. I think maybe I mentioned it once at the start of our relationship. I'm beginning to wonder if I spoke about it more to friends I might feel less conscious of it at those times where it does become a problem. It's sort of the elephant in the room a lot of the time and I wondered if I was more open about it it may help. I'm interested to hear what people think or how you've approached this in your life.