What is Stuttering
Stuttering (scientifically known as dysphemia) is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by prolongations, repetitions, and blocks of sounds, syllables, words o...
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i have been using tricks to hide my mild stuttering because i'm a freshman girl in high school & it embarasses me. i use excuses and some "tricks", but the stuttering is getting worse & i think kids at school are starting to notice. My speech therapist encourages me to accept my stuttering and be upfront about it with friends and teachers. What do i say to them? what do i say to kids who might make fun of me about it? my speech therapist believes that the stuttering and the anxiety i feel may become worse if i continue to try & hide it. i need advice from someone who knows how i feel.
Posted on 09/25/07, 06:09 pm |
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i'm a stutterer too....i had a lot of anxiety about going to high school also,mine is really severe when around a lot of people but less so when in small groups of familiar people...i wrote a note to each of my teachers in high school and asked them not to call on me in class because of my stuttering. as far as people making fun of you, consider the source, only ignorant people do that...i know how embarassing it can be...i've never overcome mine, but
as i get to know people better and get more familiar it seems to be less of a problem, i think, or maybe i don't think of it as much because i feel more comfortable with them...i went on through school had a successful career in computers(not pc's but mainframes) i wrote and designed systems for a large hospital network...because i was confidant in what i was talking about i held many training seminars for our employees and talked pretty fluently..still though i am alittle shy around new people..i have 2 children, i was worried that they might be stutters too...but it's really not contagious :) good luck!! 
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I think writing to your teachers is a good idea if talking in front your class is an issue for you. I still use tricks like substituting a word for a word I feel more comfortable saying. The thing about thinking that people are starting to notice.I always think or thought that people noticed and then when I did talk to a couple of my closest friends they never did really notice cuz they just accepted me for me. That's cool but you still can't get it out of your head that everybody notices so then that's when the social anxiety starts, it really is a crazy cycle, some day's are better and some are worse.I think it might be true that hiding it might make it worse. I started having problems off and on scence 9. I never taled about it (even to my parents) hoping that I would grow out of it, well I'm 27 now and I'm still here dealing with it. What do you say to them though? I really don't know. Hang in there and take care.
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