I stutter and I am ok. This is when I decided I could help others who stutter.
Tonight I spent time with my parents, my brother n law, sister n law and family. At the end of the night, I asked my father if I argued often as a child. I knew I did, but couldn’t remember exactly what age I went through the difficult teens. My father has a way of responding without criticizing. He said I did but had a reason to-I was frustrated because I could not talk. He understood because he stuttered too and felt the same way. He remarked how amazing it is to go through such difficult times and then almost forget.
I left and as we were driving home couldn’t help searching inside my head for that defining moment that made me realize that stuttering was ok. It took many years into my 40s and the journey to get here was long. I have to be honest that I am not sure there was a specific moment, but hearing others success helped as well as talking about stuttering. Also, never giving up and developing a thick skin helped.
Acceptance is so important but so is learning the tools along the way. I would love to hear from other adults or teens as to what their defining moments were that made stuttering ok.
Also, I would love to hear success stories about successful stuttering treatment. Please feel free to post. tks so much. Lori
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I don’t think I have a defining moment, but rather my therapist, and the people in my group therapy showing me that it really is okay. From group therapy, I know a professor, aero-space engineer, a retired teacher, and several other successful and happy people who just happen to stutter.
Learning that I could change how I stuttered was HUGE. With a lot of hard work and support I can take the struggle out of talking (secondaries, tricks ect.), and have forward moving speech while stuttering.
You should change your profile pic on Face book (smiley faces) to show your support for the I Stutter and I am OK for this week.
As you know, therapy didn’t really work for me. Maybe because it was the wrong kind, or I didn’t embrace it, or I waited too long.
But I really am OK!
I had a lot of “turn point” moments.
One of them was when i went to a shop and told the seller,at the
beginning of the conversation,that i stutter.
It gave me such a freedom,that i never felt with people that dont stutter.
For a person that hide his stuttering from all the world,i needed to
break the large fear i had.
And every “turn point” i surprised, how much my fears was so false,
how much my silent blocks covered so much fear and shame.