commentr/StutterJune 14, 2018
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I used to work a lot on my speech to make folk comfortable- including myself. But when I realised that my problem with my speech was that I had internalised all these negative things about speaking slowly, or with dysfluency I went and worked on myself, to make me more comfortable with my speech. After I did that, it felt less important to make others comfortable because how I spoke - dysarthic, stuttered - was fine and if they had a problem with it, that was kinda their problem.
Themes
Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Subthemes
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. MaskingAcceptance & Pride