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Speech Therapy and Support Just really discovered this group and it crossed my mind to join it and post. I have lots of subjects I would like to touch on but for now I would like to get this out of the way. Growing up my parents had me in speech therapy my entire childhood. In my experiences stuttering never really traumatized me negatively. For some reason I never got bullied for it in school or made fun of. Yes people made jokes, but I let it go. It never really escalated to the point that it ruined my day. Because of this and being a kid, I just took the therapy for granted. With that being said I still took therapy serious and enjoyed going to it. Meeting other people, breathing techniques and talking to everyone did help me. After I few years of not going and then becoming a teenager things changed. I became more self conscious about it. The older I got, people got more rude with my stuttering, even mean. I asked my parents at 15 years old to sign me up for more speech therapy because I remember how it made me feel. Being around other stutter'ers I was more relaxed. It was a no judgement zone and we all learned and helped each other. I went to the same therapist I did my entire childhood. I walked in her office and she told me NO, I was done and too old. I never understood why she didn't just tell me that or my parents over the phone. She wanted to tell me that to me face. After years of me respecting her I was heartbroken and confused. Today I'm 40 years old. People have treated me with more dignity and respect when I was a kid than they do now. I have thick skin but people now days are just straight up awful. I look at Speech Therapy like being an Alcoholic. People can go to AA meetings for the rest of their lives. They will always be an alcoholic. I will always stutter. There should be adult therapy groups for Stutter'ers that doesn't cost n arm n a leg. Being around other people who stutter is calming. At least to me. You can help each other without being offended or defensive. Now with that being said, as an adult the other people I've met who stutter aren't pleasant to talk to. I don't wanna be their friend or help them. They seem to bring up how much you stutter and degrade you. As kids people who also stuttered would stop you, help you breath and ease you back in the conversation. There was a connection back to each other. At least for me. Now days if you're around someone else who stutters and around other people they make sure to tell everyone else that you stutter lol it's really odd to me. Anyways, I just wish there was therapy and support for adults like there is for children because I would still go to it. That's all for now. I'll bring up other topics later. Hope everyone has a good weekend.