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I feel you man, Ive stuttered all my life and school was really really tough. I’m 21 now and still have a stutter but it’s much better now, I usually only stutter when I’m really anxious or have some block words. Just like you I use to hate school, it was so awful when you would stutter in front of a group of people and they go “wtf was that?” Or “spit it out man” or they Just start laughing. I can’t say anything that will make your stutter go away or anything that won’t make you dread the first day of school but I’ll try and give you a bit of advice. I got lucky, I had a group of friends that I knew for a while that didn’t care about my stutter, when I would do it they would just wait for me to let it out and continue with our conversation normally. It felt so good being able to speak without fearing of getting made fun of. That’s what you have to do bro, find people that don’t care about stutter(I know harder said than done) but they’re out their man I promise. Not everyone is an inconsiderate fuck. Now, how I really got over my stutter was putting myself out there, and honestly finding a way to not care about what people think and I still struggle with this, just the other day I stuttered bad in front of a really pretty girl and I went home and beat myself up for it, but then I thought to myself “what does it matter? What does it matter what she thinks? What if she didn’t even notice or care” I know I’m making it sound easy, it’s not it comes with time and reminding yourself that it’s okay, your stutter does not define you. People like us are special bro, our brains are wired differently instead of taking that as a bad thing I started thinking about it as a positive like, “my brain functions different from others, that’s cool. I wonder what other things my brain can do”. Once I started having thoughts like that my stutter slowly started getting better. But like I said bro it’s a process that I’m still going through, sometimes I get that rush of anxiety when I know a trigger situation is coming but now I think “ you’re okay, it’s not the end of the world. Even if you do stutter you’re fine” reminding myself that my stutter does not define me helps me out so much. I want to get to the point where I can make fun of my own stutter comfortably. I’ve been a lurker on this sub for a while and this is the first time I ever posted or replied to anything. I saw your post and it reminded me so much of myself when I was growing up.I hope my words can reach you even a little bit. Lastly, please please make sure to enjoy your senior year bro it’s honestly some of the best times of your life and you’re going to miss it once it’s gone. Go to prom, go to the football games, talk to the pretty girl in your class. I didn’t let my stutter stop me and neither should you. If I can do it you can for-sure do it.