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Another incident Another person laughed at me today. For those of you that don’t know, I work in a cafe. How long is not really relevant. At was at the front, and this woman got my attention. She started talking to me. I started to block on my speech a little and then this woman smiled and laughed. Like I did something amusing. At first I kinda brushed it off. But then I began to get a little upset about it. I went to the back room and I just couldn’t control myself. I grabbed a roll of towels off a shelf and I threw it hard on the ground! I was surprised no one didn’t come and check on me. After that, I was a little down on myself for the rest of my shift. I am over it now. But, a lot of people will never understand how stuttering can have an effect on you emotionally. Those with fluent speech always ask the same questions. Is there something wrong with you?, are you okay?, you really had to think about that one huh? It‘s the “understanding“ that is still the problem. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But, it just seems that there are still a lot of people that either refuse to acknowledge that there are a lot of us that struggle with speech fluency on a daily basis or they do not care. But if I am right, then that is really heartless and cruel. And those people aren’t worth the time or effort.