Dear Journal,
I know in my lifetime I’m going to get some remark about my speech. Whether that be a verbal remark, facial remark, or just a side remark. But what I’ve found is that people have a hard time controlling their facial expressions. I’ve seen this throughout my life, and here’s what happened to me the other day.
The other day I went to urgent care. I was having a pulse rate above 100 and chest pains. I didn’t know what it was, and my typical doctor wouldn’t see me that day. Whenever interacting with the nurses, when I couldn’t get my speech out on demand; I got some confused looks.
The woman was asking me my name, so when I couldn’t get out my name on demand. She may have questioned in her mind, “Can’t he think of his name?” When I can and it’s in there, but it takes more time to come out. Of course, I can’t predict this was her thought, but I’ve gotten this question from others in the healthcare field prior?
“You had to think of your name?”
But I was a child back then, and now I’m an adult. If I wasn’t feeling so unwell, I would’ve informed them about my speech disorder. However, I simply just wasn’t well. It has taught me though if you see people’s curiosity even through facial expression, you can kindly tell them about your diagnosis and thanks for their patience.
Love,
Jordan Christian