This is a great breakdown of the process of stuttering and how it personally feels. I went through years of speech therapy growing up to work on mine, and to this day my words still get caught, stumbled, or run together. I am mortified when it happens in a VO session. https://twitter.com/stirpicus/status/1319342751855640582

Certain phrases still trip me up continuously, & the triggering anxiety makes the stumbling worse. I’ve learned to try & calmly take a beat to try to reset. The kindest of clients (thank you) often will change the wording of the script to avoid the problematic phrase altogether.

Improvising live nearly weekly is its own anxiety when it comes to this, & every game is preceded with an internal ritual of calming in hopes of untying myself. While the comfort of my friends around me helps tremendously, that panic never truly goes away... it only diminishes.

I am thankful that as I got older, the teasing mostly faded into understanding and patience, and in doing so lessened my stutter. It’s amazing how far a little compassion can go.

Show some for those you encounter who struggle with similar challenges. Your patience is golden.