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[blackhawk]

Hi everyone. I thought I'd join this site to take a step forward in my life and to stop hiding behind stuttering like I've done in the past.

I'm 20 years old and have been stuttering ever since I was young. I've been teased, bullied, and laughed at for my stutter and it's taken a toll on my self confidence. I hardly have any friends and when I try to make friends with new people, they treat me like stuttering is a contagious disease - they want nothing to do with me. Now that I'm in college focusing on my grades and career goals, it's hard to look around everyday and experience people having social relationships with one another. I hate feeling lonely inside and being left alone and known as an anti-social person when in fact I could be more of an extrovert if stuttering didn't get in my way.

I hope to learn things from you guys that can help me with my problem.

Thanks to all

[scarface]

welcome to the forum, i hope you'll find what you are searching for.

[Standingtall]

Welcome Blackhawk, we certainly know how you feel, your story is very similiar to many of us and we are at all different stages. Some don't care, some are almost there, I think I am getting there at this stage. Don't be a stranger and give us a chance to know you. We will be good listeners.

Peace

[Marrow]

Hey blackhawk welcome to the forum, hope to hear your views in the future.

Laters

Nick

[3FingerBrown]

Sounds like a blackhawk is down.
We've all been where you are, I'm still climbing my way out of the hole I created for myself but the journey has been great so far.
To deal with the lonliness I actually convinced myself that friendships, relationships and love were things for 'other' people which I could never have. It was a way of telling myself to stop wanting what I couldn't have.
As you may guess, this approach didn't work too well. :eek:
That you still have some friends is a good thing! Anybody you really trust who you can talk to and leech introductions off?
I always had an easy time making friends while in school because I already had friends to introduce me to new friends. It was after school that my social network fell apart.

Schools have a lot of clubs you can join and all kinds of things you can do.
I was never a "joiner" at your age but that was my loss.

Its good that you decided to stand up and stop running and hiding.
We're here to help as best we can,
Ari