Groundrush
04-11-2005, 08:47 PM
Well what can I say? (No pun intended)
I'm a 35-year-old male living in the UK and have had a stammer/stuttering problem......feels like an "AA" meeting... :D
I have spent most of my life living in South Africa until 1992 when I was 23 years old and came over to the UK to live.
I first noticed that when I was about seven or eight years old at school that I had a speech impediment, I could not pronounce my R's, I would say Bwidge instead of Bridge & for some reason it got worse and progressed into a stammer. :mad:
I ended up saying Bwwwwwwwidge ........ :D
Ok it's funny now but when you were a little kid it really affected me.
I eventually overcame the pronouncing problem but was still left with a stammer.
I struggled throughout my schooling days and found that stammering seriously effected my grades and social life,
I could not learn another language as my stammer made it impossible to talk and the teacher would eventually leave me out of the lessons
My confidence did improve and I got involved in a bit of dramatics, which was weird because I did not stammer at all.
I became a prefect & was put in awkward situations, I sometimes had to make announcements and read out loud to the rest of the school, I found that having confidence in yourself helped me through it all
I left school and entered the real world and my stammer became worse - I am still finding it difficult to accept my situation and I often try and disguise it using various methods.
I feel that it's all in the mind and it can be overcome but only if you have the confidence, I seem to go through phases & find that it's probably best that I stay at home until it passes.
I do feel that unfortunately people look down on stutterers & see it as a weakness and that it also can seriously hinders one’s future career prospects.
I know you shouldn't think like that but I'm just being realistic.
Good luck all.... :)
I'm a 35-year-old male living in the UK and have had a stammer/stuttering problem......feels like an "AA" meeting... :D
I have spent most of my life living in South Africa until 1992 when I was 23 years old and came over to the UK to live.
I first noticed that when I was about seven or eight years old at school that I had a speech impediment, I could not pronounce my R's, I would say Bwidge instead of Bridge & for some reason it got worse and progressed into a stammer. :mad:
I ended up saying Bwwwwwwwidge ........ :D
Ok it's funny now but when you were a little kid it really affected me.
I eventually overcame the pronouncing problem but was still left with a stammer.
I struggled throughout my schooling days and found that stammering seriously effected my grades and social life,
I could not learn another language as my stammer made it impossible to talk and the teacher would eventually leave me out of the lessons
My confidence did improve and I got involved in a bit of dramatics, which was weird because I did not stammer at all.
I became a prefect & was put in awkward situations, I sometimes had to make announcements and read out loud to the rest of the school, I found that having confidence in yourself helped me through it all
I left school and entered the real world and my stammer became worse - I am still finding it difficult to accept my situation and I often try and disguise it using various methods.
I feel that it's all in the mind and it can be overcome but only if you have the confidence, I seem to go through phases & find that it's probably best that I stay at home until it passes.
I do feel that unfortunately people look down on stutterers & see it as a weakness and that it also can seriously hinders one’s future career prospects.
I know you shouldn't think like that but I'm just being realistic.
Good luck all.... :)