Going to talk about myself for a lil' bit...

Going to talk about myself for a lil' bit... Been a while since the last time I posted here! Truth is I've had a lot to deal with in my personal life. Nothing negative, but my time has had to be elsewhere. Since my time away there has been a few things on my mind. A couple of observations that I'm keen to share. Before I go into that, I'm aware that people on here have mixed responses to my comments/advice. Have noticed that there's a degree of uncertainty on here towards people who have overcome their stutter. Sometimes there's resentment because the comments/advice is viewed as patronising. The honest truth is I've been through every experience that's shared here. I have. From the age of 7-16 I had a severe stutter. Got bullied a lot at school for it and had extremely low self-esteem. Many bad experiences came as a result. It left me wondering what the point of life is if all I'm experiencing are these terrible things. The sniggers from classmates when I'd be giving presentations; the disgusted look on a girl's face when I'd try and talk to her; the embarrassment in public when people would notice me stuttering. Things only began to change for me when I was about 16. From 17-20/21 I had a moderate-minor stutter. Still endured my hardships however there were fewer issues. Now I'm 24, almost 25, and can honestly say that I've overcome my stutter. I can speak confidently; always travelling and it's much easier for me to meet new people and hold a conversation with them. It would be wrong of me to say there was no work that went into my stutter. Due to the horrible emotions I felt I wanted my stutter gone. Which lead me to search for answers and spend many hours learning and trying new techniques. Learning about one method lead me to learning another - and another. Some would work and others would fail miserably. It took so much effort! So much work; a lot of fear over the idea that a certain approach could fail; a great level of uncertainty. Luckily I've managed to find my ways to speak fluently. Which have helped me to do things that I thought were unimaginable as a teenager. However, the root of it all is the fact I took ownership over my problem. This is extremely important to remember. The only person that can take you out of a bad situation...is you! The only person that can make good things happen to you...is you. You're the one that has to decide, and COMMIT, to creating a better life for yourself. It's definitely possible but it takes a while. Anyway, I made a small video talking about this. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1lbtOIaRM Great to be back here!