Dad, I need your help. This stammer is ruining my life, I can not take anymore. I have had enough of struggling each day to speak, I find it hard to socialise, meet women, speak on the telephone and to order items from a bar or restaurant. Surely somebody must have a solution or cure for stammering. The speech therapy that I have been attending for the last few years just is not working. Come on dad; please help me to find a stammering cure.
The above is a conversation I had with my father when I was aged around fifteen. As you can no doubt tel,l I had had just about enough. I had suffered with this form of speech impediment since the age of four and had been attending speech therapy since the age of five. After ten years of therapy I started to realise that it was not going to work!
My parents were inspirational and extremely helpful. They had a belief in me and always taught me the correct values. I felt as if I was letting them down. They attempted to teach me to think in a positive manner however I was always just so negative. Due to the stammer I seemed to accept second best in life something again which my parents frowned upon.
I was determined to find a cure to the stammer not only for myself but also for my parents, I so wanted them to be proud of me.
It was not until the age of twenty-two, seven years after the above conversation, that I finally managed to achieve total fluency. It was a long road to recovery but one which was ultimately successful. I would like to thank my family and friends for all of their support during the process as without them I would probably be still stammering today.
Steve Hill is a speech coach from the UK ; he has a number of websites including:
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