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Parents are impatient hello !! this is my first ever post on reddit, so forgive me if I do something wrong or if anything i say in this seems disrespectful to anyone else with a stutter- i've had a few issues since i was about 5, or have at least had issues speaking that kept me silent most of the time because i had trouble getting the words out and just became uninterested. im 14 now. my teachers were apparently worried but my parents really thought nothing of it, since it really wasnt that bad. but about 1 year ago, a major death in my family was really when everything started. whenever i'd have trouble on a sentence, my parents would get angry and impatient, telling me to "spit it out" or "stop it". they even told me i was faking it and that i was "acting" and told everyone who noticed i was "faking" at first. this caused me to drift apart from them for a while. but i did start talking to them again, obviously. finally, when one of my teachers recommended speech therapy a few months ago, they suddenly decided i wasnt putting on an act. they since have never even talked about the idea, and whenever i bring it up they get angry and change the subject. how do i deal with this if im scared to even bring it up now? do i have to live with it for a bit? im tired of just leaving it alone, because it has affected mostly my social life and has made a few of my friends angry with me whenever i talk and tell me im too quiet now, since im a bit scared to talk or stand out