Yeah, but it was definitely like middle school was 20s at its worst where I was like I would be called like

Oh, you sound like a broken record or you sound like you're in a

In a

And I saw a chair

Kids are fucking ruthless

Yeah

Welcome back to other people's lives. I'm Joe Santa Gata. I'm Greg Dybeck for anyone out there

They would like to be a guest in our show don't hesitate to reach out to us our email is opal podcast at gmail.com

Just send us an email and we'll get back to you

Yes today we're speaking to a young man named Nolan who reached out to us about living with a stutter

His email subject read living with a stutter one of the few disabilities that exist as a laughing stock

And he's here today to talk about his journey with a stutter and moments as he described in his email where there's so much pain and effort

Just to say your own name so Nolan we really appreciate you coming on the show to share all of this with us today

Yeah

Thank you so thank you so much for having me on. It's awesome. Yeah, of course

So according to your email you've been stuttering or stammering your entire life

I'm curious if you're able to recall when you first became self-aware of the disability and what some of your initial thoughts and feelings may have been

Sure, yeah, so I don't really remember this too well, but according to my parents

I've been stuttering like my stutter first came around

when I was in about first grade

Ish and so the thing with having a stutter is that there is a strong genetic

Component to it and you know, it's like when you're a younger kid like that

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