Stutter or stuttering can have a dramatic effect on somebody’s confidence. Fluent people really can not comprehend how hard it is to live your life with a speech impediment or stutter.
I went to a bar one Saturday afternoon to have a few drinks. After a couple of pints I went up to the bar to order myself a drink. Unfortunately I could not speak all of the words fluently and the bar man accused me of being drunk and refused to serve me. I tried to explain that I was not drunk but had a stutter but the bar man said “That’s what they all say” I returned to my friend who asked me where my drink was. I told them what had happened, this itself was very embarrassing.
This article looks into examples of what I call, the stuttering demons and options of how to eradicate them once and for all.
My stutter would see a potential job in the newspaper, the demons would tell me not to apply for it as the interview would be too difficult for me with the pressure of having to answer all of the questions which would be asked. I used to listen to these demons and therefore would not apply for these positions, I stayed in the same dead end job for ten years.
When I was about twenty, I became drunk for the first time and the alcohol gave me a huge but somewhat false confidence boost. I now had no fear and the demons did not appear, I was also able to talk superbly. Now I am not saying that you should all be in a permanent drunken state, however this showed me not only was I able to talk well but that the stammer must not only be a physical impediment but also physiological.
There are many forms of stuttering help out there including tradional speech therapy, group speech courses, one to one speech courses and even hypnotherapy. I personally believe that the way to go is one to one speech courses as every person who has a stutter is an individual and has an individual stutter.
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