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 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.