How To Stop Stammering

I had a stutter from the age of four and during the period when I had the speech impediment, I had a fear of certain words beginning with certain letters. Any words which began with “b” were especially hard to say. I also had a fear saying words which began with d, v, g, and p. The way I would cope with these words was by either avoiding them or by findng an alternative word to say. For whatever this reason this was far from easy and I seemed to have these difficult words permanently in my thoughts. I had a lifetime goal which was to attain total fluency; I often dreamt of the day when I would be able to say any word regardless of what letter it began with.

Many different situations would be affected by the stutter, for example I found job interviews very stressful as I would stutter more when I was under pressure.

At the age of sixteen, I became drunk for the first time. The results were quite amazing as I could now talk really well. The alcohol had given me a huge but somewhat false confidence boost. The fear of stuttering disappeared and the words began to flow.

Unfortunately the fluency did not continue in the morning. Feeling very tired and hungover, my speech impediment returned in a big way. The previous nights experience had though, for the first time given me a belief that one day I could possibly eradicate my stutter.

There are many forms of stuttering treatment out there including tradional speech therapy, group speech courses, one to one speech courses, and even hypnotherapy. I personally believe that the way to go is one to one speech courses as every person who has a stutter is an individual and has an individual stutter.

There is also self help stuttering therapies available via stuttering therapy ebooks and dvds.

Remember to work hard and to put in the required practice. The techniques do work however they are not some form of magic pill.

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