so much social stigma! over such a random thing... i was literally in a group of people the other day, a few of whom I didn't know. And one of the girls was talking about her mom who's a speech-therapist, and she was all "I always thinks it's weird when I see a 30 year old with a speech impediment. It's like dude, you're 30" with this judgmental and disgusted tone. I wish just for one second she knew what it felt like to feel suffocated by your words, to want to say so much and feel entirely fucking mute in fear of not being able to pronounce anything. At the moment I was ashamed for myself, but later it just made me rage that people like this exist.