10 Things You Should Know About People Who Stutter(or at least about me)

It’s ok if you want to bring up my stuttering and talk about it. Go ahead, give it a shot! I would rather talk about my stuttering than pretend like it's not there. 

“What did you say again? I didn’t hear that.” Whenever I hear these words, I just cringe. Please, please, please listen carefully to what we’re saying cause you may never hear it again. 

Expect me to talk. Don’t just assume that I don’t want to talk in front of crowds. It's good to feel some kind of pressure and stress in life, it keeps me alive. 

A Block to Remember

For someone who stutters, there are blocks we never forget, experiences we can never shake and pain we just can’t forget. For those of you who don’t know what it means to block on a word, it’s when you’re trying to say a particular word but your vocal cords tense up and blocks any air flow from coming out, then it all goes down hill from there. The scary part is that you have no clue how long the block will last for, sometimes a couple of seconds and other times a couple of minutes. The longer the block, the deeper the pain goes.