commentr/StutterMarch 18, 2018

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I was never bullied in school for my stutter. But now i'm in college and my roommate has been making fun of the way I say 'a cappella' (i'm in the campus a cappella group). I usually put H's before vowels to make it flow easier, so whenever I'm talking on the phone or to another friend, it's 'ha cappella" (my roommate hates me so I'm not surprised she talked shit about my stutter. Here's a funnier one. I babysit a lot. One of the children I babysit, she was 2 when this happened, I was talking to her and her older sister and she puts her hand on my arm and goes, "Hey, can you talk normally please?" And it was so funny to me and I sat her down and said that the way I talk is normal to me, and I can't talk like a regular person sometimes. She then said "Okay, but can you try real hard to?" and I told her that I do. Then we played with plastic food again. My stutter is extremely mild and many people understand. My boyfriend mocks me all the time but I allow him to because my speech does not bother me at all.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportIdentity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships

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Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHumor & Community ToneIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & BullyingDisclosure & Telling Others