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FPiccolo
09-03-2005, 08:42 AM
Hi everybody!

I haven't introduced myself yet so I do it now, I'm Franco, 18 years old, from Argentina and I'm here to attempt to bring some light to my stammering problem.

I have been a covert stammerer since I can remember, having periods of fluency and periods of hiding myself.

This year I couldn't stand it anymore, and talked it ou to my parents, close friends, and family, being this a great advance.

Now, I'm forward giving the big step of opening it up to anyone, this means strangers, new girls, big audiences, etc. and I would like to have a share of your experiences.

Apart from the experience of opening up, I would like to know from you in case you went to a speech therapist, how much I am going to improve there, and for how long will I be able to stand periods of applying speaking strategies, which right now consume all my energies quite fast.

cotton
09-06-2005, 07:54 PM
Hey that's great! I know some stutterers who feel opening up and not be ashamed of your stutter is very important because the worse thing to deal with for a stutterer is fear and shame. I think it's admirable and attractive for a guy to say hell with it! I'm gonna stutter whether you like it or not.