commentr/StutterDecember 28, 2020

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I wanted to make this video in hopes I could help anyone by explaining what worked for me. I had wanted to talk about it for so long but it was so difficult to explain what it meant to not think about something that I felt I had no tangible control over anyway. I felt like what I did have control over was my mindset to it and low and behold I never imagined it would get me to this point and I feel like I tricked my brain somehow into not getting hung up over the stutter to the point where if I stutter it goes away nearly instantly or I feel like I can pretty easily break out of it. It's so hard to put into words that I thought I video was my best bet to try to keep it genuine and I knew it would take a while to explain with examples and comparisons for it to remotely make sense because not thinking about something is such a conundrum since you need to think about it to even tell yourself not to. But the brain is amazing and it...listened.

Themes

Identity & DisabilityCoping & Advocacy

Subthemes

Authenticity vs. MaskingMindset shiftVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure