rawrbear
01-23-2006, 12:50 AM
I am happy to be here guys. :)
I started to stutter since I was 4. now I am 20 and stutter has created the biggest trouble so far in my life.
I am a university student. I got very embarrased by my stuttering on a daily basis, especially if I found a girl attractive and wanted to talk to her. But instead of feeling the love I felt embrassment and hated myself. Last term I made up my mind that I will overcome stuttering no matter what. I isolated myself from my schoolmates and professors, and didn't go to class for a long while. I was trying to forget any old speaking habit by isolation and not speaking. Then I thought I could learn speaking from the start and avoid the bad habit, stuttering. I failed a lot of classes as a result and got dismissed from the school for poor academic performance. I didn't break any school rules and I am a good student, but I just got bad grades because I didn't go to most of the classes and didn't take all the final exams trying to isolate myself from seeing anybody! :mad:
Now I am petitioning to withdrawl the last term for medical reasons. If I could withdrawl the term, I can automatically return to school. I am writing a petition to explain the how stutter handicapped my school performance. but I am afraid the counselors will not have very much understanding of the severity of stuttering and denied my petition. I want to find a doctor who knows the emotional distress caused by stuttering, and let him write a report to explain to the school counselors that how stuttering effected my school performance.
Could anyone give me any advice on who I can talk to or where I can go for such information or on any aspect of this situation? Thanks in advance. Any help will be much appreciated.
I started to stutter since I was 4. now I am 20 and stutter has created the biggest trouble so far in my life.
I am a university student. I got very embarrased by my stuttering on a daily basis, especially if I found a girl attractive and wanted to talk to her. But instead of feeling the love I felt embrassment and hated myself. Last term I made up my mind that I will overcome stuttering no matter what. I isolated myself from my schoolmates and professors, and didn't go to class for a long while. I was trying to forget any old speaking habit by isolation and not speaking. Then I thought I could learn speaking from the start and avoid the bad habit, stuttering. I failed a lot of classes as a result and got dismissed from the school for poor academic performance. I didn't break any school rules and I am a good student, but I just got bad grades because I didn't go to most of the classes and didn't take all the final exams trying to isolate myself from seeing anybody! :mad:
Now I am petitioning to withdrawl the last term for medical reasons. If I could withdrawl the term, I can automatically return to school. I am writing a petition to explain the how stutter handicapped my school performance. but I am afraid the counselors will not have very much understanding of the severity of stuttering and denied my petition. I want to find a doctor who knows the emotional distress caused by stuttering, and let him write a report to explain to the school counselors that how stuttering effected my school performance.
Could anyone give me any advice on who I can talk to or where I can go for such information or on any aspect of this situation? Thanks in advance. Any help will be much appreciated.