| When I found out how to stop stammering my | | | | like it! |
| life completely turned around for the better. For | | | | I wanted to speak like everyone else. I wanted to |
| years I had been suffering with this constant | | | | speak with confidence and most importantly I |
| speech problem that practically ruined my social | | | | wanted to feel confident when talking to people I |
| life, making it very difficult for me to meet new | | | | had never met before. Having a stutter made it a |
| people and make friends. In this article I want to | | | | constant struggle to talk to strangers and I |
| let you in on what I did to stop stuttering for | | | | always dreaded ordering drinks at the bar or |
| good, and it's probably not what you're thinking. | | | | ordering food. Talking on the phone was literally |
| You see, people who don't have a stutter just | | | | out of the question and it was like a phobia. |
| don't get this problem at all, which is why I think | | | | So how did I learn how to stop stammering? Well |
| that speech therapists who haven't suffered with | | | | after pointless visits to speech therapists I |
| this condition can't really relate to you. I know this | | | | decided to go it alone and try to find out what |
| because I went back and forth to see a speech | | | | the root cause of stuttering was. Not surprisingly I |
| therapist for years, and that was hardly a barrel | | | | discovered that having a lack of self confidence |
| of laughs! | | | | and being generally shy can make a stutter |
| He told me that to learn how to stop stammering | | | | worse, so I needed to learn how to become |
| I should speak slower, try to make eye contact | | | | more confident. |
| with people, and practise speaking exercises. So I | | | | This is what I recommend to you too. You need |
| tried speaking slower, and to be honest it did help | | | | to tackle your stutter head on and raise your self |
| a tiny bit, but speaking slower just sounded silly | | | | confidence. Once you become more relaxed in |
| and I sounded like a robot. People thought there | | | | your own skin you'll be able to communicate more |
| was something wrong with me and I just didn't | | | | effectively. |