Being a Speech Therapy student who stutters
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Being a Speech Therapy student who stutters For some context I have been stuttering since I was young and I am now currently M 24 undergrad and going to college to be a speech therapist. Honestly I've been having a lot of doubt on whether someone like me who stutters would even be consider a good person to be a clinician in the future. I think today made me feel truly defeated. In class we discussing OME (Oral Mechanism Exam) and the class did a practice saying the word diadochokinetic and going over the saying Puhtuhkuh. I'm naturally soft spoken person and I personally don't like talking due to my fear of stuttering in front of people especially in a public space. During the practice in class when the professor had everyone find a partner I was way to anxious to even try speaking to anyone mainly because the syllables with /p/, /t/, and /d/ have always been a real struggle for me and I just didn't want to stutter in front of anyone. Then the professor came over to me and wanted to work me on the practice and honestly I just had a hard time even producing a single word without stuttering and I just felt really embarrassed and ashamed. Like how I am suppose to be an effective clinician if I to can't even speak without stuttering.