TexasProud
03-11-2005, 03:57 AM
I've never really thought about getting on line in a forum for a problem that has followed me all my life. But, here I am. I read over some of your introductions before posting mine, just to see if I would be an odd-ball here or not, and believe it or not, I see my face in most of your entries. I have told people close to me, that if I never thought about it, I would never stutter. Over the years it has gotten easier for me. Alot to do with it is self-confidence. I have built mine up, and have had other people to build me up, whether they knew it or not.
Have you noticed that there seem to be very few girls who stutter. I read a report about a year ago that said the ratio of men to women that stutter is 1 in ten. Well, dang, too bad I wasn't born a woman...lol. No I respect who I am, and I take on my problem with desire, in the knowledge that someday, I will rise above it all.
Something that has really helped me out, is my line of work, and forcing myself to be outgoing and a people person. I work in route sales, for a fortune five hundred company, going on nearly ten yrs now. I look back at who I was then, and at how people seen me, and I have them tell me now, you are nothing like you were when you first came here. I have to smile, because it has been a long road.
For the longest, I wanted to meet a girl, who stuttered, and fall in love with that person, and marry her, just to have someone who was always around who I could relate to, who would know how I felt, and the like wise. But, that did not happen, and I met a woman, who, at the time really helped me rise above myself.
Look, I could go on for pages. I have so much to say. I look forward to talking to many of you...even if on the phone. One thing I learned through my fight, is to just hop out and do things. Either your mouth will follow sooner, or it will follow later.
Have you noticed that there seem to be very few girls who stutter. I read a report about a year ago that said the ratio of men to women that stutter is 1 in ten. Well, dang, too bad I wasn't born a woman...lol. No I respect who I am, and I take on my problem with desire, in the knowledge that someday, I will rise above it all.
Something that has really helped me out, is my line of work, and forcing myself to be outgoing and a people person. I work in route sales, for a fortune five hundred company, going on nearly ten yrs now. I look back at who I was then, and at how people seen me, and I have them tell me now, you are nothing like you were when you first came here. I have to smile, because it has been a long road.
For the longest, I wanted to meet a girl, who stuttered, and fall in love with that person, and marry her, just to have someone who was always around who I could relate to, who would know how I felt, and the like wise. But, that did not happen, and I met a woman, who, at the time really helped me rise above myself.
Look, I could go on for pages. I have so much to say. I look forward to talking to many of you...even if on the phone. One thing I learned through my fight, is to just hop out and do things. Either your mouth will follow sooner, or it will follow later.