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midnight thoughts I've never been asked this but if I was to describe a stutter, this is how I would do it. As a person with a mild stutter, I don't know if I would classify it as covert, it has not really affected my social life but the psychological side of it haunts me. To a person who speaks fluently, I would compare my stutter to a laugh. Imagine going out to dinner with friends on a Friday night when someone cracks a funny joke. The whole table erupts in laughter and no one gives the act of laughing a second thought. Except for you. Even if you are able to laugh with the group, the thought of laughing is always in the back of your mind. That's how I would describe being a stutterer feels like. A task that regular people don't ever think about not being able to do is something that influences you throughout your everyday life. The mental burden of being a stutterer is like an invisible disability in my opinion.