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10-20-2008, 11:57 PM
Hello everybody,
I'm a 21-year-old language student from Germany. I stutter of course, otherwise I wasn't here. Yes, you read right I study languages. Recently I had a difficult time thinking about my future prospects and couldn't make any positive conclusion. I thought that studying languages is maybe a bit unusual for a stutterer. But I have no choice because I have no alternatives and talking less makes it just worse. So, I better stick at it.
I've always had a negative attitude towards my speech impediment. Some people not worrying about it makes it all easier, but somehow not for me. I still hate it and it unnerves me. Just doing the simplest things like buying tickets, ordering in a restaurant or asking for directions are just pain to me. I could never share my thoughts about stuttering because I've never met another person having the same problem. I see all the other people around me talking completely fluently to each other, having fun with it. And what about me? I have to struggle with my words every day. What is the meaning of that? I don't understand it.
I don't know which gender is worse off, the males or the females. Female stutterers seem to have it easier to build up a relationship despite of their speech issue. Male stutterers have an even harder time talking to women, asking them out etc. At least for me it's difficult.
This was my intro. May the fluency be with you.
I'm a 21-year-old language student from Germany. I stutter of course, otherwise I wasn't here. Yes, you read right I study languages. Recently I had a difficult time thinking about my future prospects and couldn't make any positive conclusion. I thought that studying languages is maybe a bit unusual for a stutterer. But I have no choice because I have no alternatives and talking less makes it just worse. So, I better stick at it.
I've always had a negative attitude towards my speech impediment. Some people not worrying about it makes it all easier, but somehow not for me. I still hate it and it unnerves me. Just doing the simplest things like buying tickets, ordering in a restaurant or asking for directions are just pain to me. I could never share my thoughts about stuttering because I've never met another person having the same problem. I see all the other people around me talking completely fluently to each other, having fun with it. And what about me? I have to struggle with my words every day. What is the meaning of that? I don't understand it.
I don't know which gender is worse off, the males or the females. Female stutterers seem to have it easier to build up a relationship despite of their speech issue. Male stutterers have an even harder time talking to women, asking them out etc. At least for me it's difficult.
This was my intro. May the fluency be with you.