My stutter is driving me insane. Having normal conversations with people that made 100000 times harder and more awkward. It’s embarrassing as hell and I’m sick of it.
Conversations with most people I have daily are difficult because it’s hard to keep people listening for that long and it’s very awkward to talk to someone the first time as they expect me to have a stutter. It’s so isolating. Ever since I was a kid everyone just to make fun of me for it. I wish I could talk like everyone else.
I’ve lost so many opportunities to my stutter just think about it. I’ll never a telemarketer, (not really a lost) I’ll never be a voice actor, and how many other jobs require you to speak to others?
Mine went away in my teens, but only after learning to sing. (Vocal training, not speech therapy). It did make a sporadic appearance for the next 20 or so years, typically when overly tired or stressed.
It unfortunately returned as I got older. It’s less annoying than aphasia. (I lie, it’s still annoying, and the two together are calm destroying.)