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Back to school anxiety I began my senior year of high school last week, and my first class of the day is English. This is a huge problem for me because I’m in a very tough spot. My stutter fluctuates a lot. Some days I’m completely fluent, then there’s some days where I can’t speak a complete sentence without blocking and stammering. So this is the problem: my English teacher LOVES to talk to us and we have to do a lot of speaking assignments. On the third day of school, we had to read a text out loud. She randomly called on people across the room, and I started having a panic attack. Luckily, I didn’t get called on but that still made my whole day ruined. Not only this, but she is going to make us real six to ten books out loud throughout the whole school year and multiple texts. I just really don’t know what to do. I dread going to that class every day. My stutter and social anxiety are the worst combination ever. I don’t have social anxiety because I stutter, I’ve just always been really shy. So what do you guys think I should do? Should I just suck it up and not say anything to the teacher, or send her an email/talk to her about my stuttering and anxiety? Update: we talked after class and she completely understood! She’s going to help me as much as I need she said. But I’m going to try to face my fears and speak during class. Thanks for all the support!