Video of a guy making a phone call

[Jonte]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ox4x0Z_zGo

This is a link to a videoclip from a documentary when a guy who stutter really bad is making a phone call and trying to book some kind of meeting. I really feel for this guy, would do anything to help him. Its a kind of uncomfortable clip though. I got frustrated just watching it, cant even imagine how it must be for him. And i get very irritated of the woman on the other line who is trying to help him out, just give the guy a break and you will here what he says.

Does anyone here stutter that or close to that much?

[CrimsonFox]

:( After watching that video clip, it made me angry and sad at the same time. I felt very sorry for the guy because he was trying his best to answer the lady's question. It seemed to me that the lady was rushing him to give her an answer when he struggled. Gosh, I hate situations like that when you feel pressured to answer something quickly and you can't respond. Best of luck to the guy and I hope the lady gets fired.

I was browsing Youtube, after looking at this video and saw another person in a different situation similar to what Jonte posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96vJ49D0lxw

Aside from this video, the thing that made me super angry :mad: was the comments listed below the video. It is "very" surprising how many people think this is funny.

[xinhai]

I dont stutter that bad, I have no repititions, I just prolong and block sometimes, maybe 5-12% of the time. May they be comforted by the fact that in the end, nothing matters, and I hope that they can find their own corner of happiness in life.

[happy7117]

I just got done watching that clip posted by Jonte again!! I must admit, it was rather unpleasent because
I've never known stuttering could be that extreme..
As for the second clip from that Discovery Health channel, that was also frusterating to watch...

But one thing I do like about the above 2 videos is they have guts! I would have not done what that guy did in the first video which was make a phone call...!!

I also liked the fact the second gent got fitted with the speecheasy..I was so pumped for him!! His stutter greatly reduced..and was now clear..But reading so many posts on the SE (speecheasy) it does not work for hard blocks I think, and the effects wear off because one gets used to it...

And as for both of the videos, they make you want to jump over there and cast a spell to ease up their stuttering!!

Those comments under the videos are indeed insensative and shallow!

[Jonte]

on the discovery channel-clip, the narrator says that stuttering probalby is a physological defect and not a psychological thing. do you think that is correct? if it is, then how come some people had overcome their stuttering by many years of different kind of mental training?

and how come we dont always stutter? many of us dosn't stutter when talking to kids, ourself, some safe people, under the influence of alcohol, when we feel safe, by reading etc.

[BenLZ]

This man is a little worse than me. his repetitions probably outweigh my blocks, but i've spent up to 1-2 minutes on a word.

[sobie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ox4x0Z_zGo

This is a link to a videoclip from a documentary when a guy who stutter really bad is making a phone call and trying to book some kind of meeting.

This is a part of a documentary called "help me to speak" I believe. I heard that it was made in the UK, and partly out of prostest against the health insurance systems in the UK. Probably for this reason they picked out some severe stutterers, for the "in your face" effect.
Let me reassure you that by the end of the program, the man, who is shown in this video, had taken on therapy and improved quite a lot :)

A girl who was also in the show was refused for speech therapy because her stutter wasn't severe enough, so they said. Her mother therefor asked her to phone whoever was responsible for this decision herself, and couragously she picked up the phone and stuttered away, telling them that she really needs it etc. and by the time she wanted to give them her phone number, the answering machine's limit was reached and cut her of :(
Good attitude her mother had though, very wise :)
Take care
Jan

PS: some other thread was dealing with this documentary I believe :
http://www.stutteringforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5235

[happy7117]

This is a part of a documentary called "help me to speak" I believe. I heard that it was made in the UK, and partly out of prostest against the health insurance systems in the UK. Probably for this reason they picked out some severe stutterers, for the "in your face" effect.
Let me reassure you that by the end of the program, the man, who is shown in this video, had taken on therapy and improved quite a lot :)

A girl who was also in the show was refused for speech therapy because her stutter wasn't severe enough, so they said. Her mother therefor asked her to phone whoever was responsible for this decision herself, and couragously she picked up the phone and stuttered away, telling them that she really needs it etc. and by the time she wanted to give them her phone number, the answering machine's limit was reached and cut her of :(
Good attitude her mother had though, very wise :)
Take care
Jan

PS: some other thread was dealing with this documentary I believe :
http://www.stutteringforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5235

That's insane!! She had a right to recieve speech therapy no matter how bad she was. She seemed so nice and in desperate need for therapy because well she seemed pretty severe in my opinion!! That's just wrong and sick on thier part!

[happy7117]

That is so much easier to read Happy - well done. I bet your hand was twitching to press enter every few words though.....

I too watched that programme on Channel 4 here in the UK, and was really impressed with the improvement in the guy.
I liked how the speech therapist worked with him, and didn't work "on him" - I thought that made a big difference.

I still have the tendancy to hit ENTER when I come to the end of a space or page..even in other message boards like IMDB!! I always thought reading typed posts would be easier to read if they did not look like long run-on sentences, and that's why I hit ENTER..I always thought many shorter typed lines would be easier to read than one HUGE long one!! Anyway I'm glad my posts are easier to read..

And yes, let's hope that girl is getting that therapy she so rightly needs!

[claragazza]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ox4x0Z_zGo


Does anyone here stutter that or close to that much?

I stutter at least as much as he does.

And I do not think it is funny at all (unlike the stupid persons that commented on youtube).

[Jonte]

I stutter at least as much as he does.

And I do not think it is funny at all (unlike the stupid persons that commented on youtube).

Okay. Would you like to share something with us? Like some thautghs or feelings?

[happy7117]

I stutter at least as much as he does.

And I do not think it is funny at all (unlike the stupid persons that commented on youtube).

That is mentaly exhausting to listen to--it's no doubt nasty for him but it takes tremendous concentration to hear what he is trying to say..devsasating for anyone to hear!

What does a listener do in that kind of situation hearing a very extreme stuttering person like that???

[happy7117]

Does anyone here stutter that or close to that much?[/QUOTE]

And i get very irritated of the woman on the other line who is trying to help him out, just give the guy a break and you will here what he says.

I don't think it's irritating for a lady to help someone who is having an extremely nasty time talking as he was. I mean she was being very patient with him, but after he stuttered for a little too long, she interupted him.

I did not think she did it to be mean or rude. I think she did it because she knew he was struggling so much, and he just could not say whatever he was trying to, so she sort of interupted him to try to help...

In a situation like that, I would be very thankfull, and relieved to know the listener knows how difficult a time we are having talking, and will do anything to help us, and that includes willing to interject when we have nasty trouble!!

We should not be irritated as some could be, but we should be relieved that we are being helped because we cannot say it ourselves which is often the case!!!!

Also I would rather have somebody fill in my words and inerject when I have bad trouble, rather than the other mean alternative as to say "spit it out", pretend to listen, and even worse hang up!!!

Irritating is "spit it out", pretend to listen when your really not because you cannot understand the person, or hanging up!!!

Help and support is fill in my words and inerject when I know I can't say it on my own which is very often the case!!

[claragazza]

Okay. Would you like to share something with us? Like some thautghs or feelings?

Do you mean thoughts or feeling about my own stutter or about the guy in the video?

[claragazza]

That is mentaly exhausting to listen to--it's no doubt nasty for him but it takes tremendous concentration to hear what he is trying to say..devsasating for anyone to hear!

What does a listener do in that kind of situation hearing a very extreme stuttering person like that???

What does a listener do? Well, I can tell you from experience: most listeners pretend they listen but do not. Quite a few even simply cut off the conversation saying something like "oh yes" before the sentence is ended...

[aKoChiC86]

After watching the video, I didn't finsih it 'cause I felt so bad for him, I realise that my stutter is'nt that bad. This is a weird mentality to think; there are those who stutter worse than you -
now question yourself, does it make you feel better that some are worse off than you, does that make you happy?
Actually no, it should'nt, but it gives a measure and may relax yourself knowing that what you say, isn't really that phrekkin hard to understand.

[Standingtall]

I watched the videos along with others on youtube. I think he appears really calm. I have blocks and if that was me, I would had white hands and frustrations in my face and body language and you would be able to feel my frustrations even over the phone.

I can usually tell when someone is listening by his facial features and eyes. How many of you guys really listen? Have you guys been to a meeting and when someone is speaking, how many of those people are actually listening. I must admit not listening that well, how many times have I said, "yeah, yeah". My wife doesn't get mad at me when I say "huh, what did you say" and proud to say my daughters have picked that up from me "What Did you Say".

Now, what makes you a good listener. Sure our minds work a lot faster than our speech and we can see where someone is leading. What do you guys do? You ask questions to clarify what you have heard or you just nod your head.

I do have video's of my girls stuttering and like that one little girl, she just keep's going, like nothing is wrong with her speech.