advice for writing a stutterer from an actual stutterer;
okay no shade at all I just want all of u to learn and grow and become better writers! so hereâs a handy tip list!
we donât stutter on every word. okay, sometimes it can seem it, but honestly, we donât, so leave a few words in there to give your readers some breathing room.
we stutter more on specific sounds. for me, f and s sounds are big ones. everyone has their thing and most stutterers have sounds that are harder to get out.
we donât just stutter at the beginning of words and sentences. okay, honestly this is a big one for me. sometimes, a word starts off really well and goes down the drain at the second syllable! and the stutter doesnât disappear once weâve made it past the first word - it clings in there, so donât forget it.
some of us donât always stutter. some, not all, of us have whatâs known as an anxious stutter, which generally comes alongside anxiety disorders. so, while it may be usually present, when a person with an anxious stutter is particularly comfortable with a situation, it tends to get better (or even almost disappear).
we donât stutter when we swear. this is why some of us can stutter and stutter and stutter on a word and then shout fuck and everythingâs cool. as far as science knows, this is because swearing is from a more primitive part of the brain, and so it bypasses the bit that makes us stutter! itâs so cool honestly.
we donât stutter when we sing. the biggest two reasons for this one is 1) music comes from a different part of the brain to talking (language=left; music=right), and so it once again bypasses the stutter, or 2) âeasy voiceâ, which is the voice that people sing in, is softer and smoother, and the sounds are longer so thereâs less opportunity to stutter. either option is way cool but we donât stutter when we sing.
sometimes, we give up on words. after a certain amount of stuttering on a certain word, you may see a stutterer take a deep breath and either try again, or replace it with a synonym. sometimes that word just wonât fit right in our mouths!
we hate it when people try to guess what weâre trying to say or try to speed us up. this might be a more personal thing for me, but thereâs nothing I hate more than that clicky sound people make or the weird hand gestures or being told to âspit it out.â because we canât control this shit and it gets tiring. itâs better just to let the person get it out and take their time with it, so when youâre writing, keep this in mind!
it gets worse when weâre anxious or stressed, and when weâre excited! I get really really stuttery when Iâm enthusiastic about the topic of conversation, because I know so much about that thing that I try to talk really fast and my mouth canât keep up! itâs the same when Iâm anxious or stressed - when thereâs more on our minds, the more everything gets a little muddled.
I hope this was helpful! feel free to add on and spread around!
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