Rant: I am 19 years old, and this is my story
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Rant: I am 19 years old, and this is my story First of all hello /r/Stutter i just found this subreddit and read a lot of stories about you all, and i think i should add my story to the list. From videos i can see and stories relatives tell, as a kid i was very playful, very open and very creative i would have tell funny stories i made up on place to more then 30 people at once and that was when i was like 5 years old. I don't remember it, but my parents tell i started stuttering from 6-7 years old. I remember stuttering like from 5th grade (11y old). I remember mostly stuttering at school, because we had some classes that we would take turns and read from the book out loud and i was getting very nervous when i got the turn to read. But i think it wasn't that bad, every teacher loved me, and i had lots of friends, but not too many real friends. The critical point i think it happened when i was 7th grade, that is when fast internet (for that time) came to my neighborhood. I was still going out, but i spend more time on the computer. As the time passed, i lost contact with most of the people i knew. I think this is when i close myself from the word. So now it is time for high school, it was like technical high school. We had few douches in class, i ignored them but most of the mates liked them. When they teased me about my stuttering, they would simply lough, but they won't lough or tease me if they weren't there. So long story short, i didn't had any enemies, but also i didn't had anyone to stand by me. Around this time i went to a speech therapist and learned to sing the words and i spoke fluently for around mouth or so, but i haven't practiced a lot and i started stuttering again. I became very shy of my stuttering, so i was shy to practice it even at home. I am now in collage, and i only hang out with people i know from my hometown and few friends of their. Sure i am not the most social person, but i like when i meet new people. The problem it is, it has passed almost a half year, and i still can't get to know other student. When we started i tough it was still early and by time i would get to know them, but they were faster then me and they formed "groups". I can sense somehow some of the "groups" want me in them, but i just don't know how should i connect with them since i lost most of the connections skills. Even few girls that i find attractive have been observing me, but how should i break the ice. I think most the student don't know that i stutter, so in some way that is even worse then them knowing that i do. I read most of the posts, and found the two books you recommend. And promised myself i will try few techniques. Also found one Stutter Social Google Hangout, so when i don't have much to study i will try it out and see how it goes, and lets hope i can meet you some of you there.