Stuttering experiences

[CrimsonFox]

I meant to post this up when I asked you about your high school experience.

Tell me what stuttering experiences you have been in and rate them from 1 to 5 with 5 being very scary/worst. Here's some of my situations in high school:

In English literature, my teacher asked me to read the following pages outloud to the class. I was reading okay, until I got to some difficult words that were hard for me to say. I remember this girl busted out laughing which tore me to shreds inside. People began snickering as I continued to read and I felt like just running out of the class. -- 5

Here's one of the things that made me really angry, when I was in 12th my teacher asked me something on the spot and I couldn't get the answer out. My so called friend started laughing as if it was a big joke. Then he started telling people around him what I was doing and they started to crack up :mad: -- 1 million Some friend he is...

Part two of question: Have you ever been in a bad mood for a really long time where you just hated everything and everyone because you stutter?

I've been like this mostly through high school because I felt like everyone was supposedly to treat others with respect (because they're young adults) rather than laugh at their mistakes. Now I can careless what people think of me, because the only thing that is important is where I end up in the future - Me making my money, living my life and frowning upon those who laughed at me :cool:

[studentdoc]

Part two of question: Have you ever been in a bad mood for a really long time where you just hated everything and everyone because you stutter?

Yes and then I feel so bad because I realize they did nothing wrong and it was uncalled for for me to give them an attitude :(

[happy7117]

I'm not sure if I had any horrible expereinces in school, but I do remeber times when other students would read my oral reports for me cause of my stutter thing. It was a relief for me, but at the same time I felt degraded because I was unable to do what the other students were able to and had to do, read oraly..!! Unfun!!

And for that 2nd part to the question, if my stutter is realy bad, I tend to get real mad at not anyone but the world in general..I often think others judge me just because of my stutter...I don't think that's true but my stutter makes me feel that way!!

[claragazza]

Once in sport class I had to gather a team for a football match calling out friend's names.
I can hardly say any name in less than a few minutes, so I would normally avoid having to say one or I would write it down. There I could not. After having called out half a dozen names (having to repeat even a few of them), I bursted in cry.
Then the teacher asked someone else to complete the team.
To me, that was a clear 5.

[sruti]

There were many horrible experiences in school days.i always stuttered when i was asked to read aloud followed by laughs of fellow students.i just cannot say how bad i felt at such times.i dont know why people will always judge you depending on your speech.sometimes i hated everything just because i stuttered.

[happy7117]

There were many horrible experiences in school days.i always stuttered when i was asked to read aloud followed by laughs of fellow students.i just cannot say how bad i felt at such times.i dont know why people will always judge you depending on your speech.sometimes i hated everything just because i stuttered.

Exactly -the anger caused from stuttering clouds are minds making us pissed about what we want do but just cant' do...and people say there are worse problems than stuttering. Sure there are but, but they are not as frusterating or emotion shattering as stuttering!! Stuttering may seem little compared to what worse problems that are out there, but in reality it could be the hardest thing to deal with!!!!

For example-- I was trying to give the guy who picked me up directions to bring me home, but heck, I couldn't--! I was stuttering so bad, that I was terribly humiliated, and all the time i was extremely stuttering, I was thinking, "If only I had a device right now!!"...I basicly had to point to him--and stayed quiet the whole time because I was so frusterated!!

A device is thousands, but if I keep stuttering like I did today, I will have no choice but to get one no matter if I have money or not!!!!

I was not understood one word today!!

[dbm]

I know it is easy to obsess about our failures but if a golfer focussed on the number of times he failed to hit the ball straight and how embarrassing it would be for his companions he would freeze and ' stutter' in his swing - they call it the jipps. Rather than having ideal standards that you have to meet why not note where you are as you go in a conversation and wonder how you can improve the next part of the conversation - not the next word or sentence but a bigger chunk. And put the metaphoric spotlight on the other person or the topic. Remember if they are listening to you they are already interested in you or the topic. Also if they look away they are almost certainly being sympathetic and giving you some space to collect yourself again. Rarely a nutter will think your speaking is funny but, really, what percentage of people do this? And it speaks more about them than you.

[happy7117]

Remember if they are listening to you they are already interested in you or the topic.

What if they are not listening because one stutters so badly it is too frusterating for them to understand you??

They don't do that to be rude I'm sure, but it's extremely nervewracking and uncomfortable to hear a very bad stutterer..!