This simulation was actually really difficult for me! I was reading on our blog a little while ago and someone talked about how this one was hard because people would expect you to be "normal" because they couldn't see anything that was wrong with you until they started talking to you.
It is SO true!
I remember one particular person that I was talking to at the library. I could see that the person was trying very hard to be patient with me. They thought that they were being helpful by finishing my sentences for me, and at first it was helpful, but then it got annoying! I can talk, ok? It just takes me a little bit longer to be able to get the words out! I could also see that they felt bad for me, and for some reason I really didn't like it. I didn't really want pity, I just wanted to be treated like a human being. At times, I didn't even want to talk because I didn't want judgement or pity.
While I did find it difficult, I ended up loving this experience because it gave me a taste of what it is like to have a fluency disorder. I now have much more respect for people who can go through life with disorders like this. I feel like I have a better idea of how to treat people that I come into contact with who have similar disorders.
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