From around the age of eleven when I started high school to the age of twenty-two I was not exactly a happy person. One person actually mentioned that I walked around like I had the weight of the world and its problems on my shoulders.
You may be wondering what my troubles were. I had [...]
I am thirty-six years of age and live in Birmingham, England. From the age of four I unfortunately had a speech impediment known as stuttering. This impediment basically ruined my life for eighteen years before I finally managed to overcome the stutter. This article is all about stuttering or as some people call it stammering.
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So you have realised that speech therapy is doing very little to improve your fluency and have now decided to seek an alternative form of stuttering therapy, but what options are available for people who have this form of speech impediment?
At the age of eighteen, after having attended the traditional forms of speech therapy [...]
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 [...]
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I have always wanted to be a success [...]
I remember when I was growing up, my parents used to become vey annoyed with me when I stated that I could not do my homework or could not do other things I had been asked to do.
They would respond with the advice that I could do anything in life as long as I believed [...]
I had many issues as I grew up from a child, through the teenage years, and finally to adulthood which had a damaging affect on my confidence levels. These included:
A small patch on my scalp which was bald
A speech impediment known as a stutter
A weight problem, I was basically too fat
I [...]
I was always somebody who had many confidence issues as I grew up, from a child, through to adulthood. I would feel very sorry for myself and would often be down and depressed. The issues that I had in my life were:
A bald patch the size of a ten pence piece on my head
A problem [...]
This article describes the type of stutter speech courses which are available. In general they are designed to help people who stutter to achieve fluency.
During the first couple of days of the course, this is where the speech coach normally describes the techniques which are required to overcome the stutter.
The first day is [...]
Like, no doubt, the majority of people who have a stutter, I used to fear various words that began with a particular letter. I found “b” words especially difficult to say. If somebody asked me where I lived, I would have a voice in my head, which is what I call my demons, which would [...]
