Hello Everyone..

[coventryunilad]

My name is Ollie, i am 20 years old, i have stammered on and off for as long as i can remember. I find that my stammer seems to be worse in some situation than others. I like all you im sure get so frustarted with this social disorder. I hav so far managed to do 95% of things so called "normal" people take for grantage, i have completed 2 out of 3 years of university, which requires a lot of presentations, which is the worst feeling in the world for me, but it never seems to be as bad as i expect. I have a great circle of freinds, who i find if i'm myself in front of i feel extremely confortable and at ease! i have booked myself on the "mcguire course" in November, i appreciate this course isn't for everyone, but has anybody got any info of this course? any help would be much appreciated.

As said before belive ir or not there are worse things to live with than this stammer, i'm pleased that i have stumbled accross this site, and look forward to speaking to people in the same situation as me!

head up everyone

Ollie

[Standingtall]

Welcome Ollie, good to have you here. Sounds like you are doing fairly well for yourself. Looking forward in what you have to share with us and don't be a stranger and give us a chance to know you.

[bwelling]

Welcome Ollie - I have got more useful feedback from this forum than anything I have used to deal with being a stutterer. This is real. No hidden agendas. You'll chat with the true experts on the subject of stuttering - those that live stuttering daily.

[bignick]

Welcome Ollie,

You sound like you have a good bunch of friends around you and you have the right attitude towards your stutter.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Nick

[meej]

welcome Ollie !! it's really great to be in this forum

i think it really takes a stutterer to understand one.

i wish everyone would stutter even for just a week!! so all can understand us.

[timitao]

respect to you ollie, i'm looking to go uni next yr. Going to work hard on my prsentation skills this yr tho to get a head start.

Hope you enjoy the forum, i found it useful.

[Tinkabell]

Hi Ollie,

I agree with you there, it takes me twice as long to do what fluent speakers can do. At my job, I would have to talk to people on the phone. When I first started, I would just use fax, tons of faxes per day. Even if I just need to say "OK thank you".

[bwelling]

Hi Ollie,

I agree with you there, it takes me twice as long to do what fluent speakers can do. At my job, I would have to talk to people on the phone. When I first started, I would just use fax, tons of faxes per day. Even if I just need to say "OK thank you".

Tink - I just came out of a client presentation with the client challanging my position many times. It wasn't very pretty. It took me forever to make some points. Isn't it sad that we have to go through this?

What are your thoughts on avoidance?

[Tinkabell]

Tink - I just came out of a client presentation with the client challanging my position many times. It wasn't very pretty. It took me forever to make some points. Isn't it sad that we have to go through this?

What are your thoughts on avoidance?

I don't really want to avoid things, I set my mind on not avoiding because I think you have to face things to achieve what you set out. But alot of time I do it without thinking, it's more like my mind automatically programmed itself to avoid words and situations. I feel this happens when I'm aware of my stuttering and I'm trying to figure out what sets this feeling off to control my blocking and stuttering.

I find myself in situations where I know the answer for a certain question and I can't express myself through words on the telephone that the person on the other end don't even know what they're talking about thinks they're right because I can't explain myself and most don't have patience to listen. It's very annoying.

I totally agree with you, it's very sad that we spend all of our time and energy to speak and express ourselves. For fluent speakers it's like a breeze and most don't understand what we go through.

[bwelling]

I don't really want to avoid things, I set my mind on not avoiding because I think you have to face things to achieve what you set out. But alot of time I do it without thinking, it's more like my mind automatically programmed itself to avoid words and situations. I feel this happens when I'm aware of my stuttering and I'm trying to figure out what sets this feeling off to control my blocking and stuttering.

I find myself in situations where I know the answer for a certain question and I can't express myself through words on the telephone that the person on the other end don't even know what they're talking about thinks they're right because I can't explain myself and most don't have patience to listen. It's very annoying.

I totally agree with you, it's very sad that we spend all of our time and energy to speak and express ourselves. For fluent speakers it's like a breeze and most don't understand what we go through.

Tink - I am so amazed how many stutterers on this forum have the exact same feelings about our experiences.

[timitao]

ollie it sounds like your fluency is very situational, therefore i don't think the mcguire course would be for you.

It's very much a coping with stuttering strategy using a breathing technique which is very demanding.

I have been on a course similar and found the course made me worse and very stressed.

I would look into more holistic techniques to deal with stammering.

NLP is all the rage at the moment, which deals with changing your thinking patterns.

anyways do what you think is best i only speak of my experiences.

[Becca]

hello fellow uni student! i always try and do more of the written side of presentations so i can avoid doing lots of the speaking bits! have fun!