Talking problems and how it can affect your life



Posted: Friday, November 04, 2005

by Steve Hill
Stuttering therapy

If you have difficulties with your speech, you are not alone. Latest figures state that over one percent of people in the UK suffer with a stutter or stammer. This article describes the effects that stuttering can have on a persons life.

I am somebody who has overcome a stutter or what some people call a stammer that had basically ruined my life for eighteen years. At the age of twenty two, I decided that it was time to attempt to achieve fluency. After nearly a year of working very hard, I managed to overcome the stutter once and for all.

Stuttering affects people in different ways, however these were the aspects of life I found difficult:

Introducing people Ordering food or drinks Speaking on the telephone Attending interviews Trying to attract a girlfriend Socialising with friends or family In general the stutter made me accept second best in life and made life a huge struggle. I found stuttering a disability and was forever looking for ways at beating the stutter.

I attended speech therapy from the age of four or five. My attitude was possibly not what it should have been, in my own mind I always believed that they could not truly understand what I was going through as thay themselves had never had a stutter.

Steve Hill has a number of websites including:

http://www.stammering-stuttering.co.uk http://www.dementia-symptom.co.uk http://www.std-symptom.co.uk
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