Hello everyone.

[Maverick]

Hi,

Firstly, I want to say this is a nice forum. Thanks to the people who created it. It's useful.

I am a male in my late twenties. I have this stuttering problem all my life. It started since I was young. I can't remember what caused it or when it really started.

It's emotionally painful and frustrating.

People think it's because you are nervous or you don't think carefully before you speak.

Sometimes you shy away from meeting new people cos of your stutter.

Sometimes people look at you with weird eyes.

Sometimes others complete your sentences for you.

It's a misunderstood, sad and lonely world to be a stutterer.

I would like to get to know and discuss with more people who understand the pain.

[peikayla]

I am 17 years old and have stuttered all my life as well. My mother makes fun of me alot and she says exactly what you have explained that its a nervous thing and to slow down. I hate it so much, we have lots of arguements that usually ends up in me crying because She uses my stutter as a weapon.

I like when people finish my sentences though. I saves me the trouble of trying to say it and my friends and family seem to know what I am saying before I say it :p !

I have come along way and had to grow up fast. You can find out why on my personal website at
www.kaylamacleanspage.piczo.com and I also have a website I am working on for stuttering support for others at www.stutteringsupport.piczo.com. Hope to talk to you again some time. Good LUck in the future.

[stayathomemom]

I myself do not stutter but I had a friend who does and yes it is emotionally drainig and frustrating but I told him that he didn't have to worry about how things came out because I knew what he was trying so valiantly to tell me. He and I even had spoken on the phone and his stutter is extremely severe but he atleast had the courage to confront his fears as far as speaking on the phone with me. If anyone would ever like to voice chat or talk outside this forum my yahoo id is knkeiser2004@yahoo.com feel free to drop me a line