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Hey there, I've had those days too, still do. On some days I'm fluent as anyone else but on some days for some reason I'll stutter everything I say. For a long time I let it get to my head that people judged me for my stuttering and it made me feel depressed. But then I slowly came to realize a lot of people won't really judge you for how you speak....but who you are on the inside. If you know you're a kind, caring, and friendly person...no matter how much you stutter, it'll show. Only 1 out 10 people will judge you for stuttering....ignore them. They gain strength from preying on the weak. By ignoring them, you don't give them power. Over time I adopted a "not giving a fuck" attitude to all the haters out there who visibility judged me negatively for my stutter. It's was hard to do because I was a very self conscious person with low self esteem from being bullied as a teen. But I made it. Some tips, make friends with people who care about you for who you are....not how you speak. The easy thing is, everyone wants a friend, so finding one is easy. If not....I'll be your friend. This tip is a hard one too, but put yourself in environments where you're uncomfortable speaking because you'll know you'll stutter. I work as a museum guide and planetarium operator where I have to give star talks...when I first started I stuttered like crazy. But over time I stopped stuttering. Maybe I still do stutter....but I don't notice it any more. Another cool example of the tip I said above. I know a JPL researcher who worked on the Rosetta Comet landing mission. When he gave a seminar lecture on it to an audience of 100+ students, professors, and university administrators I noticed he had a stutter. I bet he was terrified but did it anyway and people loved what he had to stay. Got a welcome ovation. Anyway, keep on trucking. Keep your head up. And know you're not alone in this. We're all here for you.