postr/StutterAugust 31, 2020

Feeling resentment towards my parents for not getting me a speech therapist

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Feeling resentment towards my parents for not getting me a speech therapist Hi guys, so I’m a 21 year old female who has just graduated from university with a good degree and I’m on the hunt for a job. I’ve moved out from home and I’m living with the same friends I met at uni currently. My parents are helping me out financially at the minute which I’m very grateful for, but I’m craving my independence. I’m nervous about working because of my mild/moderate stutter. I’ve also only ever had one job before as a teenager that lasted about 5 minutes due to my debilitating anxiety at the time. Anyway, I have a twin brother who has autism so throughout my childhood my parents were constantly attending to his needs in getting him a diagnosis and the correct support available. I’ve been stuttering for as long as I can remember and my parents never took me to a speech therapist or anything like that. I mean, as I grew up my brother became very violent and my parents fell apart mentally. My dad started drinking and my mum fell severely depressed. Things are getting back on track now and we’re all in better places but I think it just makes me sad my parents never attended to my needs. We’ve always been financially secure, so it wasn’t the money that was an issue. I think too much room was being taken up, and things were hard.. which I do get. But to this day my parents have never spoken to me about my stutter and I don’t know why. I’ve stuttered terribly in front of them before and as of recently but it’s just something we don’t talk about and I don’t think it’s healthy to have my speech impediment being this “dirty secret” almost. I’m just getting older and I want a good life, you know? That means facing things and implementing honesty into my life. I emailed a speech therapist a few days ago enquiring about pricing for an adult stammering/stuttering session. This is a huge step already. I think my parents are trying to compensate for their lack of support with money. They’re emotionally attentive now.. but I don’t know, I still hold this resentment when I know I shouldn’t. Is this partly my fault for not speaking up about it? Probably

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