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I have no problem sharing them. So at first I started seeing him for other reasons like general anxiety and social anxiety disorders which followed by some panic attacks I had experienced. We did almost 8 sessions then I started feeling better and started seeing him for my stutter. He had monitored me for the past few months so he knew how bad my stutter was in different situations, so he said that my stutter is mostly caused by my anxiety disorder, so as soon as I managed the anxiety a little bit, my stutter decreased too. Meantime I was seeing a speech therapist too, but my psychiatrist asked me to stop doing the speech therapy sessions, since my excercises was contradicting my anxiety progress, he believed my speech therapy excercises would make me focus more on my speech and would make my anxiety disorder even worse and more stutter as a result!. I did as he said and if I want to summarize what we have achieved in a period of 4-5 month regarding my stutter, I no longer care if I stutter or not, I've accepted it as part of me, and expect everyone else to understand this and if they dont, wont be my problem as Ive done nothing wrong. No more focusing on words and letters anymore (that makes anxiety disorser worse). No running from fear anymore nor try avoiding it, I go straight to the fear, experience, feel and taste it, and wait until goes away (this helped alot to overcome big portion of social anxiety), I no longer afraid of loneliness, not getting married, not finding a good job due to my stutter, and I accept whatever happens and try to enjoy what life throws at me. In conclusion, all the things we have done made me fearless in different situations, which leaded to less anxiety and less stutter eventually. I stutter much less compared to 8 month ago. Now my psychiatrist tells me that I can start seeing a psychiatrist if I want to, but I do not feel the need anymore. I still stutter but I dont care and hardly ever pay attention to it. So overall a psychiatrist helps you to overcome your anxiety disorder and accept your stutter.