<story><title>How to Stop Apologizing for My Stutter, and Other Important Lessons</title><url>https://longreads.com/2017/08/04/how-to-stop-apologizing-for-my-stutter-and-other-important-lessons/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>forthelove</author><text>Stutterer here. Was in speech therapy for a long time as a child; my sister actually became a speech therapist b&amp;#x2F;c of that experience. It will always be a challenge (I&amp;#x27;m 37 now), and it seems to rear its ugly head at random times not necessarily tied to stress. Two nights ago I made my first ever best man speech in front of about 150+ people and I maybe stammered once during the 5 or so minutes. Felt amazing and I had people asking me if I was a standup comic or spoke professionally. They have no clue the daily mental gymnastics I perform to master the stuttering.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to Stop Apologizing for My Stutter, and Other Important Lessons</title><url>https://longreads.com/2017/08/04/how-to-stop-apologizing-for-my-stutter-and-other-important-lessons/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mcone</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m also a stutterer. I wish I could share with you the overwhelming shame, humiliation, and ostracism I experienced as a child in my classroom environments. As a result I feel tremendous compassion for others with physical and mental limitations. Speech therapy really helped me help myself, but I still sometimes stutter.</text></comment>