The advantages of stuttering

[Perad]

I thought, hopefully with some help we could list the advantages of stuttering.

Positive things only, if you want to make a negative thread then feel free, just don't post it here :)

I will start and post the first advantage.

1) You become memorable quickly
- In a world where everyone is so similar something that makes you stand out is often an advantage.

- I went rock climbing for the second time in 2 weeks on saturday. And they all knew i was a member already.

- On the phone, the um's, er's and hey's often results in them saying "hey J" before i even get out hello.

- The bottom 2 examples actually offset the stutter as you have to say your name less and introduce yourself less.

[dave]

I can't count how many times stuttering made me keep my mouth shut.
And about 30% of the time what I was going to say may have gotten me into trouble.

Sure I can say loads of negative things about stuttering, but this is a thread about positive things.

[Standingtall]

I guess for me, it is determination. I am more successful than any of my fluent speaking siblings. I have a career in Natural Resources and have been married over 12 years.

The other one is the ability to read people, for example who I can trust. More understanding for other people's feelings and lots of patience. I have become a student of human behavior.

The other ones I totally agree, people don't forget you, if fact a few people remember my name when I don't remember there's.

[dritan]

Nerone burned down Rome just to be remembered. And for the thing on the phone, scared shitless try to tell to the fire service that your house is in fire!!!
Then we all will agree with you.
:o :D

[dave]

I don't know if we would be afraid to tell the fire service our house is on fire.

It sounds to me like to time to remember all the stuff we learned in speech therapy. Call them up real calm and say: "Hello kind sir, my house is burning down and I am trapped inside. I was just wondering if you could come here to put out the fire and rescue me."

Just remember SLOOOOOOW ANNND EAAAASY SPEEEEECH.

[EddieO]

None!!!
None!!!
None!!!

[dritan]

I hope you do not have to try that your self. I really hope so. :) :) :)

[dave]

I have called 911 before and talked for around 15 minutes.

The people I was with said "I thought you stuttered."

Probably just because I wasn't thinking about stuttering, the tone of voice, and backround noise.

[dritan]

I very happy for you mate! Glad to hear that. But this meens that you are one of the lucky stutters. I helping someone at the moment, that in rush situations cannot speek at all. So, you are the exeption that makes my thinking true.
Dritan

[Standingtall]

Wow, this thread is turning into somthing different. I called 911 once to say a house was on fire and didn't stutter. I helped with a rollover, 6 people in the car, and I held a girls head in case of spinal damage and I stuttered a little giving the police my info. When I called for a tow truck, I got him lost for a couple of hours and he gave up, so another one had to be dispatched. I was stuttering so bad, he just got lost and ended up on the other side of the lake. I guess in life and death situation you are not thinking about your stutter and you don't notice it. After you think about it and then you notice other people didn't notice it either.

[sign543]

Off hand, I couldn't think of any advantages...but your list at least makes me see the glass as "half full" rather than "half empty" as is my usual approach to my stutter.

I don't like the corporate limitations it places on me. Likely I'll never get beyond upper to middle management in my company...the CEO, I'm sure, has already decided this for me...they wouldn't want me to make the company look silly in a high profile situation.

I will be a lawyer in a few years, so that will open up some more doors, I hope. I won't mind being counsel for the company...but we'll see what else it brings. :)

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[sign543]

Wow, this thread is turning into somthing different. I called 911 once to say a house was on fire and didn't stutter. .

Isn't it amazing how sometimes your stutter will totally surprise you...and you will suddenly be completely fluent in a situation where, normally, you'd bet your right arm you wouldn't?

Once I had to make a spontaneous call to a client...something I usually avoid like the plague...but I picked up the phone, dialed the number...started to stress...but as soon as he picked up, amazingly enough, I stated perfectly fluent (names changed to protect the guilty): "Hello, Mr. Green, this is Tom Sizemore with TLC Corporation in San Diego. We need to update your tax information for our end-of-the-year audit and was wondering if I could have a few minutes of your time."

I surprised myself so much that I barely heard his answer. I did block a few times during the conversation...but he had no idea. :)

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[sign543]

I have called 911 before and talked for around 15 minutes.

The people I was with said "I thought you stuttered."

Probably just because I wasn't thinking about stuttering, the tone of voice, and backround noise.

I have found that sometimes reverse psychology kicks in...you tell someone you are a stutterer...and suddenly you barely stutter for the entire following conversation.

This has actually caused some people to downplay my problem. They don't have the advantage of seeing me on a bad day or in a bad situation. I want to say, "No, really! I do stutter! I really do! Do you have a cell phone? I can show you! I scare entire families away sometimes!" :D

http://www.stutteringstudent.blogspot.com

[Standingtall]

I have and still use that method on myself. In a social situation, I tell the other person I stutter and I feel free to stutter. That doesn't mean I'm stutter free, just the feeling of being free to do so.

I think most of us, sees the glass half full, because we are determined to be better than we are now. Maybe somebody will see it as catching up, but we are determined to improve ourselves.

[sign543]

I have and still use that method on myself. In a social situation, I tell the other person I stutter and I feel free to stutter. That doesn't mean I'm stutter free, just the feeling of being free to do so.

I think most of us, sees the glass half full, because we are determined to be better than we are now. Maybe somebody will see it as catching up, but we are determined to improve ourselves.

Ooh, I like that: I may not be stutter free...but I am free to stutter.

A positive affirmation! Good one. ;)

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[Standingtall]

Ooh, I like that: I may not be stutter free...but I am free to stutter.

A positive affirmation! Good one. ;)

www.stutteringstudent.blogspot.com

Thanks, but I will give you most of the credit for it. I use that reverse Pyschology when I am with my friends and a few co-workers. I don't know if I will try that in a court room, or maybe you have heard somebody try that. "Good morning, I am a stutterer". I have heard that joke during introduction. "Hi my name is Paul, and I'm a Alcoholic, oops, wrong meeting".

[sign543]

Thanks, but I will give you most of the credit for it. I use that reverse Pyschology when I am with my friends and a few co-workers. I don't know if I will try that in a court room, or maybe you have heard somebody try that. "Good morning, I am a stutterer". I have heard that joke during introduction. "Hi my name is Paul, and I'm a Alcoholic, oops, wrong meeting".

*laugh* Are you in law?

http://www.stutteringstudent.blogspot.com

[Standingtall]

*laugh* Are you in law?

http://www.stutteringstudent.blogspot.com

No!
But you said you are going to be a lawyer in a few years. Just using what you can identify with. I'm in Forestry. If I was in Law, I would be that lawyer in that one movie, 'my counsin vinny'.