postr/StutterSeptember 9, 2020

My stutter re appeared at 17!

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My stutter re appeared at 17! I’m currently 18 and it was a shock that I couldn’t talk like I did before. And honestly, it’s been my downfall. I quit school because It made me severely socially anxious that I could barely form a sentence properly. Today I was venting to my older sister (I rarely talk, I hate expressing myself irl) and I told her about my stuttering problems and she showed me a local celebrity in my town that stuttered!(she finds his stuttering cute) I watched his interviews and he didn’t give a sh*t that he was stuttering. He felt 0 ashamed. Like I could feel it in his body language, that he accepted his stuttering and confident in it. There was sadly a few nasty comment but the rest of them were so supportive! I don’t why but it gave me a huggggeeeee boost to embrace my stuttering. Like I’ve been happy since I saw this, like i’ve been talking since like a hour and I feel like when I embrace it, I stutter A LOT less!!! This is fucking awesome. So moral of the story : Be confident with your stuttering!

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityAcceptance & PrideOnset & Life-Stage Changes