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Any tips for a severe stutterer? My stutter has had a huge effect on my life. I went to a speech therapist when I younger and that helped a good bit with public speaking (reading off a script), but in normal everyday life I am horrible. Whenever I try to have an actual conversation I get nervous and choke up, if I try to speak slower I sound like I am mentally handicapped. Oh yeah, and I cant pronounce R correctly, it sounds like like WR. Also I cant pronounce ST, I can't seem to combined the sounds of S and T, trying to do it makes me physically cringe (EDIT: Also SP). I do not as bad when I forget about it and speak normally, but the moment someone asks me if what my "accent" is or mentions my stutter, I completely shell up for months, im on one of those binges right now, this one is extra long because I cant seem to forget about it now. Not speaking at all is better than sounding like an idiot, right? This has also caused me to bottle up my emotions because I can't express them properly. Not gonna lie, I am blame this on being homeschooled. I never really got any worthwhile interaction with my peers and never learned social skills. Whats worse is that now im afraid to go to public school, will I get bullied because of my stutter? Is it worth it? These are the questions i ask myself. What even worse is that I already accept that I will go through life always being different in a negative way. I ws offered to go to a speech therapist, but I dont want to be labelled as a crazy and I dont even think I need a therapist, I can get through this, I need to know how. This sub has goven me some hope and insight, for a long time I thought I was the only one with this "disability". This is where you come in /r/Stutter. I hope I dont sound mopey, sorry.