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The mindset to not dwell on the stutter and give much of a damn helped a lot, to really really not dwell on it at all, before, after, during, all of it! But it didn't help me realize how to fully control it and get out of it myself. For instance, I didn't care what people thought but with goodbyes (just for example) I'd kind of already amp myself up and start stuttering on it. I could care less and still smiled after but I felt so much heart pump and kind of shaky after that it felt like I had to calm myself or if I call someone in that moment I'd stutter as well. I became aware of it, stopped myself from the anxiousness, reminded myself I can say goodbye fluently just fine, I remembered what it felt like for a block to let go, remembered there's nothing special about these words I'm about to say and then goodbyes were never an issue. As I said, we have more control than we think but when we fall into it unless someone interrupts us it's hard to interrupt ourselves, especially from the fear of blocking again anyway. It's a kind of "interruption" that I tried to explain above. I know most would probably be really angry at being interrupted but while being interrupted during a stutter, not before, do you remember losing the block? But yeah, more on that in the giant wall of text, lol.