Speak to Yourself

Most people who stammer aren’t battling just their words, they’re battling a lifetime of performance anxiety. They’re constantly trying to curate their speech for the comfort of others—editing, censoring, overthinking—till their own voice feels foreign.

They ask:

“Will they feel awkward?”

“Will I waste their time?”

“Will they think I’m weak?”

But here’s the truth bomb: You don’t speak to please. You speak to express.

Let them feel what they want. Let them get uncomfortable. Their discomfort isn’t your burden.

When you speak for yourself—unapologetically, unedited—you stop being a character in someone else’s story and start writing your own.

This shift—from external validation to internal conviction—is the real therapy.

Stammering isn’t a flaw to fix, It's a story to own.

And when that story is told with raw, honest courage—it hits harder than the most fluent TED talk ever could.