Hello everyone, I am a new arrival

[Box of Clocks]

Hello to everyone here. I recently discovered this forum while searching for information on the subject of stuttering.

I am 22 years old and currently work as a self employed window cleaner in the Birmingham area of the UK. I first started stuttering when I was about 9 while still in primary school. The stutter was not too bad during this period but it became worse when I went to secondary school. It has been a problem ever since. For the most part I suffer from the block version of stuttering where you know what you want to say but can't force the word out. I often try to substitute words for others that I find easier to say and use lots of "um" etc while talking. With that being said I should make it clear that my stutter is only really a problem with strangers, people I don't know well or authority figures. When talking to family and friends it is not too bad really.

I don't know if this is the wise thing to do but I don't like people knowing I have a stutter so I try and hide it as much as possible. To people that don't know me well this may make me appear as though I am being rude, arrogant or as if I simply have nothing to say. Because of this I don't make a good first impression when meeting new people.

[Tinkabell]

Hello!

I used to live in Birmingham. I'm pretty new here too, I found this site by searching on google.

My speech pathologist tells me I should tell people that I stutter when I speak on the phone but I feel weird. I just want to be able to communicate without starting the conversation with "I stutter, please be patient". I rarely stutter with my husband but like you in certain situation and people I stutter a lot.

[mos]

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[Standingtall]

Welcome Box of Clocks, I guess you are always on time eh!!!! Good to meet you and enjoy your stay.

[JDRow]

Welcome, Box of Clocks.

I don't know if this is the wise thing to do but I don't like people knowing I have a stutter so I try and hide it as much as possible. To people that don't know me well this may make me appear as though I am being rude, arrogant or as if I simply have nothing to say. Because of this I don't make a good first impression when meeting new people.

I do the same thing. I don't like people to know I stutter so I'll end up not saying anything to them, and then they think I'm being rude or that I'm a jerk. It's a hard habit to get out of, but I try to remember that it's better for somebody to know I'm a stutterer than to think I'm a rude, arrogant person.

[timitao]

hi clocks,

im 22 aswel. Trying to hide your stammer must be difficult being self employed.

What do you fear about people knowing you sometimes are dysfluent?

If it helps when i used to think i may have trouble talking to someone for whatever reason i would tell them i am a little dysfluent at times - then i was more relaxed.

It sounds crazy but people are really cool about it and say i would have never known.

hope you enjoy forum.

"failure is only failure if you don't get back up"

[Box of Clocks]

[QUOTE=timitao;15650]hi clocks,

im 22 aswel. Trying to hide your stammer must be difficult being self employed.

What do you fear about people knowing you sometimes are dysfluent?

QUOTE]

In my case it is not that hard being self employed as my business partner does the lions share of the talking. If the customers speak to me though then I will speak back but I will try and keep it as brief as possible while remaining polite.

I don't really know why I try and hide the stutter. I guess I am a bit embarrassed by it but I know I should probably try and get over that.

[Becca]

hellooooooo! i like your name! rather inventive! i always say umm a lot too lol it makes things easier, but i think i mainly have issues when talking with friends but that could be i notice it more because i talk to them more. window cleaning, i always wanted to be one when i was younger! now i just settle for flirting with my grandmas window cleaner whenever hes working and i'm there!