commentr/StutterJanuary 23, 2024

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This is the funny thing I try to tell my friends. Everyone is too busy thinking about themselves. I used to worry about what others thought of my stutter until I talked to someone else who stutters or has any uniqueness to them. I was more worried about how I would look in reply to them or just how people would take MY comfort. We are ironically so busy worrying about what others think but the reality is that others are worried about what others think of THEM. It's the great equalizer that's hard to realize in the moment sometimes because of our internal need to fit in. But everyone shares that. So we can be liberated of it, everyone is as comfortable as we are simply because everyone wants to be comfortable to fit in themselves. So I always know how ever I stutter, the end result will be I'll smile and be fine and comfortable with it and I know it'll get them to just the same.

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Hiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment