I found life with a stutter extremely frustrating as at times I could speak very well. For example when I spoke to what is now my ex-girlfriend I very rarely had a problem, however when attempting to speak to her parents I struggled quite badly.
I could not understand why I could talk to one person [...]
One day when I was around my early to mid twenties, I went to the hairdressers for my monthly trim. This woman enquired about whether I had heard about the tragic car crash that had recently occured. I had not heard of any crashes and therefore she started to tell me about the horrible accident.
Three [...]
There were many reasons as to why I was a shy person. My family by nature for whatever reason are seemingly always worrying about something or other. The majority of us basically have the wrong attitude to life; I am not really sure why this is but the result has been detrimental to our quality [...]
OK, so despite your best efforts, via attending speech therapy, you have not been able to achieve fluency. So what are the available options now? Where now should or could you turn to continue your attempts to stop stuttering?
Before I continue to answer these questions I will introduce myself. My name is Stephen Hill and [...]
Mum, I could really do with your help. What is wrong Steve? It is my speech; I know I try and make out that it does not really bother me too much but this stutter is really starting to get me down. Even what the average person would class as “simple tasks” are beyond me; [...]
I am a person who used to stress in a big way. I then received or heard a comment from a person that I had recently starting working with who basically stated that he had never met anyone who seemingly stressed as much as I did. Things though had to and were about to change.
I [...]
Which therapies for stuttering are the most popular and beneficial? Is it possible to overcome a stammer/stutter? How long does it take to eradicate a stutter? Are there any courses for stuttering? Where can I find out about the “stop stuttering techniques”? I will be answering these questions in this article.
My name is Stephen [...]
I once had a neighbour who was about sixty-five. She was such a negative person, very rarely smiled and seemed to moan about almost everything. She is called Nancy.
When I first moved to this particular area, I tried to make friends with the people who lived close to me, this was fairly easy as [...]
Are you looking for techniques that can help you to eradicate your stutter? Has speech and language therapy or pathology been unable to help you to the levels that you require? Is second best no longer acceptable? The above three questions are ones that I would regularly answer in the positive during the eighteen years [...]
It is important that we set ourselves goals in life, these can be short term, over a longer period of one to five years and also lifetime goals. It should not be purely a case of making personal targets - we need to make sure we attain them.
Write down your goals
I have always wanted to [...]
