postr/StutterMay 18, 2020

If i had no stutter i would be a total different person

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If i had no stutter i would be a total different person I am stuttering since i was 4 years old.I don't know how to explain it but the stutter started immediately after an "accident" i had.I was with my cousin waiting for our grandpa to return from his work.It was then when my cousin came up with the terrible idea.He said to throw some rocks to a dog.As i was stupid and and had no idea what the consequences would be i immediately took a rock from the ground and threw it to the dog.All of a sudden the dog escaped from the house and started chasing me.I didn't knew what to do so i started running but without any result.I immediately felt down and the dog bit me to the leg.The dog left,but i was in a lot of pain and most of all i was scared as fuck.So after the accident my cousin came and asked me "are you okay" and i answered I'm fiiiiiineee.I couldn't believe it.The stutter has just started.Since then my life changed forever.I had problems at school, all of my friends laughed about me and i would go home and crying in my bed.When i was 7 years old the stutter got worst.Every single word i was going to say i wouldn't finish it.So when i was at school i never talked and and i wouldn't enter into any discussion.For 7 months i was crying and never talking to anyone (not even to my parents).After 7 months the stutter started to decrease and i finally could talk and enter to a discussion but i was still stuttering but not so bad.As i was growing up there were moments that i wouldn't stutter and speaking like a normal person and there were moments when i stutter so bad that my face and tongue were "shaking".So yes,most times i speak like a normal person but sometimes i stutter very bad.For example,if i am anxious for something i will immediately start stuttering.When not, i speak like a normal person.But i am still stuttering and i want to get completely rid of it because my life is shit with stutter.It's very annoying when the teacher asks a question and your classmates don't get the answer,and you are the only person in class that knows the answer and you can't say it,and if you are going to say it your tongue and face will "shake"and you immediately gave it up.I know that,out there,there are a lot of people like me and i just want to say only one thing.TRUST YOURSELF,BE YOURSELF AND DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT THE OTHERS SAY.If i had no stutter i would be the best student in my class and not having problems at home with my parents.If i had no stutter i would have had more friends.If i had no stutter i would be much more polite and i would have said good morning to the people.When you have stutter you can't even say the most easy word GOOD MORNING.I'll always be myself and i won't give a fuck what the others say.I hope to control stutter before i became an adult.I'm only 15 years old and the most scariest thought i have made about stutter is that it may deprive me many important things when i became an adult such as (job, integration into society).Sorry for the big text.I just wanted to tell my pain.If i had the opportunity to change one thing i would change the day that i threw the rock to that dog.I have to go,and always remember BE YOURSELF AND DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT THE OTHERS SAY

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception