i hate when people are like “stuttering isn’t that bad, it’s cute.” it’s so clear that the majority of people think stuttering as a whole is the way it is portrayed in films and stuff. i hate it. i have a huge vocabulary because from a young age i have been forced to have back ups for every word in case i can’t say the original word and need to swap it out for something. i get pain in my jaw and throat because of straining when i get block stutters. it’s with me constantly. not just when im flustered or nervous, not just when im talking to new people or stressed out. it’s there when i drop something when im home alone and i want to curse, it’s there when my dog cuddles up to me and i want to call him a good boy but can’t, it’s there when my three year niece asks me a question and i take too long to answer, or stutter mid sentence. it’s debilitating and a disability, but because of the media people laugh when you call it a disability. they tell you to calm down and to speak slower, to think about what you want to say, as if it’s just that easy and you’re at fault for your stutter because you’re speaking too fast or are feeling too many emotions. for once i just wish that when people hear that someone has a stutter they realise that it’s not just “i-i like you uwu” or some shit. i wish they realised how debilitating and exhausting it is to have a severe stutter