This subreddit is such a depressing place!
Content
This subreddit is such a depressing place! I don't come here often because this place scares me. Seriously. It's filled with posts about how people are feeling shit about themselves because of their stutter, and well, I know how you feel and I'm not trying to make light of it, but the sheer amount of these posts is just so stressful and it makes me very conscious of my stutter which in turn makes it worse. I also noticed that a lot of you guys have given up on overcoming your stuttering, which is just absolutely the worst thing you can do! I'm still young and stuttering is the reason I haven't gotten a job yet, but I sure as hell ain't gonna let that stay with me for the rest of my life. I have set pretty high goals for myself. Stuttering isn't an option. The one thing that just infuriates me is that I can talk normally when I'm alone, or even if I'm with people but I had already said the word before realizing that it's a "difficult" word. Now if I want to say that same word again, I can't!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MY BRAIN?!?! He's (I suppose my brain is a he) an asshole. What I'm trying to say is that don't wait for a cure for stuttering. It's your motherfucking brain playing tricks on you! Just shit in its mouth and try to overcome it. One trick that helps me a lot (I don't know if there's a name for this) is that when I'm trying to say a word that's hard, I only focus on saying just the one letter that is blocking me, and usually the rest of the word usually just unconsciously rolls off my tongue on it's own. This saved my life when I first got into college and everyone was asking what's my major. I'd say *ba* and then get stuck on saying *r*, and just keep repeating *ba* a million times! The full word is *barmajeeat* (It's arabic for Programming). So I would just like to say that you shouldn't be so hard on yourselves. Yes stuttering is horrible, but those who overcame it did it by being more positive about it, which gives more confidence. At least you'll be a happier person.