As I was growing up through childhood into adulthood I felt that I was rather unlucky. I had a speech impediment (a stutter/stammer), a bald patch on my head which was the size of a ten pence piece, I constantly struggled with my weight (I was basically fat) and I am quite short for a male at five foot four.

I had an inner voice which I call my demons. I would listen to these demons and would basically do or not do as the case may be, whatever they told me to. It was seemingly especially worse when I was at work at the DVD authoring workshop.

At the age of twenty-two I decided to wage a war on these demons, a war I was determined to win. I started to read many books on self-confidence, thinking positive, stuttering help and mind over matter.

I had to stop being so negative, so stressful and so paranoid about what other people thought of me. I learnt that in life all you can do is to try your best. During my war, there were many battles with these horrible demons, some of which I certainly lost. I kept on talking to the demons telling them that they may have won the battle but that they will not win the war.

I did eventually win my war after quite a long period of time. I now like myself and am pleased to report that I have also overcome the speech impediment. I now enjoy a good life and I have a successful career as an SEO consultant.

At the end of the day I knew that I had to remember to ignore what the demons were telling me and to basically do the opposite of what they advised. They are the devil and they lie therefore we have to stop listening to them. I would like to wish you good luck in your quest to gain in confidence.

 

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