Stop Stuttering

In my time working with people to help them stop stuttering, I have been asked many times, why certain people develop a stutter. Personally I believe there are many reasons and I am going to share some of them and give examples of why certain people I have helped developed a stutter.

My best friend had a speech impediment, known as a stutter for eighteen years; I could see how it affected him and he felt that it was ruining his life. He developed the stutter and just four years old. After years of research and trying numerous therapies, products, and group session we found the answer. I was able to help my friend overcome the stutter at the age of twenty-two. For more information on the product I found, go to: http://www.stop-stuttering-now.com. I saw what this did to him and because of the pain I saw him go through, I now as a career help other people to achieve fluency. As you can imagine, I have therefore met and helped many people who stutter. When working with someone I do a little research and ask them, how and why in their opinion their stutter started.

Quite a few people are not sure; however other people state the following reasons:

• It was triggered after a traumatic event

• It runs in the family

• They copied a friend at school who had a stutter and then it stuck with them

• An over aggressive relative

• Because they were left handed!

A couple of years ago, I had a female client who told me about how she had developed a stutter. She was able to talk fluently until the age of twenty-four. She then became pregnant for the first time, and was very excited about the prospect of becoming a mom.

The day of the birth arrived and unfortunately the delivery was particularly difficult and very painful. This really shocked and traumatized her; she had never imagined that it could have been that bad. After the birth of the baby, who was a healthy boy, she developed a stutter.

Not all people who stutter have it from an early age; another one of my clients was fluent until the age of nineteen. He then was in a severe car crash and this triggered a stutter in him.

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Have you ever asked yourself, I wonder what my life would be like if I had a stutter? I would say that you probably would not even think about the topic unless you knew someone with a stutter and could see the kind of pain that is causes people. Having a stutter is certainly not something that anyone wants to go through life with. As a public thought we should appreciate the pain that this causes someone and we should a little more compassion.

One of my good friends Dave had a stutter and he was able to stop stuttering with my help. After he had overcome it, I decided to ask some of our mutual friends, how they thought life was like, having a severe stutter. I expected different responses of course but, some just annoyed me. My buddy Tom said “I always thought that Dave felt a bit sorry for himself and he made out that his stutter was some huge disastrous problem. It’s not like he couldn’t talk at all, is it? I also felt at times that he lacked courage, for example always asking Tony to order your drinks for him.”

So then I talked to our friend John he said, “I found it quite funny that at times Dave would be talking really well, but within a few minutes he couldn’t get a word out.” Our friend Amber joined in “I felt a bit sorry for Dave, seeing him struggle, was quite painful to watch.” This was the kind of comment I was looking for, some compassion. One of our other friends, Tim, said “I am glad that I don’t stutter, but what I think Dave needed to understand was that he was not the only one with issues and problems. I am extremely impressed that he has managed to stop stuttering and overcome it though.”

Of course Jim’s comment annoyed me the most and I responded, “So you think to have a stutter is not that bad then Tom? OK, I challenge you to go up to the counter and order some food, but when you order it I want you to stutter on some of the words.” I told him what to say and which words to stutter on. I then said “After you have stuttered on the words, I want you to see how it feels and to experience the way people look at you. You may then understand a little bit more of what Dave went through.” Of course Jim decided not to participate in my challenge, even after a severe amount of prompting and teasing from different members of our group.

Having a stutter is not nice and when someone who has a stutter seeks help, please offer them your full support. Dave was quite fortunate that some of his friends did go to the bar for him and his family did assist him by making make certain phone calls. At other periods in his life though, other people did make fun of him and at times he would become very depressed and withdrawn and would wonder why he had a stutter.

I helped Dave stop stuttering and overcome his problem. You can help someone you know too. I was fortunate to find a solution that helped me give Dave back his full self confidence and to never rely on someone else to speak for him again.

I am happy to report that because of http://www.stop-stuttering-now.com, Dave does not need me to order his drink ever again.

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