Emily Blunt has spoken passionately about her experience of living with stuttering – describing it as something that can “completely misrepresent” people.
The 40-year-old British actor has had problems with speaking fluency since childhood. With this communication disorder, a speaker may unintentionally repeat sounds or letters, make words longer by lengthening the first syllable, or have trouble saying certain words.
Appeared at the Power of Women Awards on Thursday (November 16) a quiet place The star accepted an award that recognized her 17 years of work with the American Institute for Stuttering.
She said: “I’m grateful for the light being shed on (stuttering) because it’s a disability that often lives in the shadows with its friends: fear and shame and humiliation.”
According to DiversityThe pain hustlers The actor then said that stuttering affects approximately three million people in the US and approximately 80 million people worldwide, adding that people should stop considering stuttering as a neurological condition or a psychological issue.
“This is wrong,” Blunt said. “It’s neurological, it’s biological, it’s often hereditary and it’s not your fault.”
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Many fans of the actor may be unaware that Blunt has a speech impediment. However, she notes that some phone conversations and unfamiliar environments provide more challenges to her stuttering.
“If I’m intimidated, or if I’m under pressure to persuade or persuade, the environment challenges me, like, never ask me to present anything.”
Blunt also spoke openly about the complicated nature of growing up with a stutter and said that despite treatment, it is something that “never really leaves you.”
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“Stuttering is like an impostor living in your body. Who does not pay rent. And it completely and utterly misrepresents who you are as a person,” Blunt told the audience.
Blunt has previously shared her thoughts about how portraying characters affects her stammering, and the importance of sharing more information about the condition more widely.
Blunt explained, “I wouldn’t say that’s why I got into acting, but it was a little shocking when I was first able to speak in, you know, a silly voice or an accent pretending to be someone else. ” People In 2022.
“If it doesn’t get enough publicity then people don’t talk about it enough and millions of people around the world are struggling with it.”