Stuttering issues
I Hate This Stutter!
Stuttering ruined my childhood! Now you may well think that
this is a rather bold statement and that it is even a little
over the top. In truth you are probably correct as my
parents worked extremely hard to make my life as easy as
possible and we sure had some fun times along the way.
Having a stutter just made life some what more difficult
than what it could have been but I guess we all have our
problems.
I am now able to think in a more positive manner about the
situation but this is only because I have now managed to
overcome the stuttering. So how did you achieve fluency? Well
how long have you got? Yes the answer to this question is
quite in depth however there are full details on my website.
I would become very self-aware and would also feel a sense
of jealousy towards other people and the fluency that they
had. Why could I not speak with the same ease that these
people did? Life just seemed so unfair. Looking back now I
am fully aware of just how pathetic this all seems but that
was just the way it was.
During the period, which was eighteen years, when I had the
stutter, I was less than happy with the situation and often
became down and depressed. I could not comprehend as to why
I had started stuttering in the first place and could also
not understand why nobody could help me. The speech therapy
that was on offer was less than impressive. I attended this
form of stammering treatment for many many years, in fact it
was fourteen years in total. You would have thought that I
would have improved after all of this therapy and advice but
for whatever reason my speech impediment became even more
severe.
At the end of the day I realised that there was only one
person that was going to be able to help me to overcome this
stammer and that was me. Yes I decided to give it a go
myself. I could talk very well when speaking to myself –
in fact I would be completely fluent – this gave me the
confidence and belief that I would be able to achieve total
fluency.
It was far from easy and it took a long time but I did
eventually eradicate that horrible stutter once and for all
– that was fully fourteen years ago.