I Have A Stuttering Problem?

Question

14 Yars Old , 8th Grade African American..............I cant talk to people the way i wanna talk to them because of my stuttering espacially this girl

Answer 1

Check out the tips, brochures, and book "Self Therapy for the Stutterer" from the Stuttering Foundation of America. I come from a family of stutterers, and several uncles and cousins were able to overcome their stuttering with that book and lots of determination and practice. The book gives 12 tips to study and follow and practice to become more fluent. The Foundation's web site www.stutteringhelp.org lists public libraries that shelve their books and DVDs so see if one close to you has it. They also have a referral list of speech therapists who specialize in treating stuttering. Some of them were stutterers themselves. One of my uncles, who became the most fluent, found his therapist from the Foundation.

One uncle told me that the more he tried not to stutter, the more he did. Slowing the pace of speech helped, too.

Answer 2

I have the same problem, so I completely understand where you are coming from. It's difficult when you want to make a comment or a joke or just strike up a conversation with someone, but you just flat-out physically cannot say what you want. And by and large people are not very understanding or nice about it. I've been made fun of straight to my face several times; it can be very hurtful & distressing.

I would talk to your parents about taking you to a speech therapist, or see if your school offers that service. I mentioned getting speech therapy to my mom a couple times when I was a kid, & she just dismissed me with "You're fine" each time. Be persistent. Let your parents know how much it is affecting your life.

In the meantime there are a lot of tricks that you can do every day to minimize your stuttering, or at least minimize people noticing it.

If you have a certain letter that you typically tend to get tripped up on (for me it's P's, C's, & T's), try to find different words that don't begin with those letters. It can be kind of a pain trying to find a word that means what you are trying to say, but doesn't start with certain letters sometimes, but I try & learn a lot of new words I can use & just think of it as building my vocabulary, which is a good thing. Sometimes I'll use a word that the person I'm speaking to isn't familiar with & I just look really smart even though it's just a stutter prevention tactic. :)

Speak very slowly & deliberately. Sometimes when I am speaking slowly I feel like people are probably thinking, "What the heck? Why is she talking so slowly?" but I would rather them think that than tease me about stuttering.

Listen to the way non-stutterers talk. Stammering or pausing in normal conversation isn't really that uncommon. If you are in the middle of a sentence and you need to pause to let yourself regroup & get a word out clearly, just do it.

I wish you the best of luck with your problem. I know firsthand how hard it can be to live with & how mean people can be about it.

Answer 3

I am not an expert but I have read some articles on stuttering. It is more common in males, dont know why tho. One thing I read said to practice taking a deep breath before you start to speak, think through what you want to say, and then speak slowly so the words do not come out all jumbled. Just my opinion but I believe that stuttering comes from a chemical imbalance in the brain and makes the brain go faster than the mouth and tongue can keep up. Check into some speech therapy through your guidance counselor.

Answer 4

You should probably see a speech therapist. My little brother had that same problem and he did speech therapy for a few months and it really helped.

The things they would teach him were things like "think about what you're gonna say before you say it", "take deep breaths before you talk", "talk slowly", "take breaths between every word or phrase", and probably more techniques you can read up on google.

Also, this is from Wikipedia.org entry for "stuttering":

One strategy for treating teenagers who stutter is to include peers in therapy. This is usually the teenager's best friend. This can improve the stuttering teenager's motivation in therapy, and also the friend can give reminders outside of therapy for the stuttering teenager to use his speech target behaviors.

"Another strategy is to encourage a stuttering teenager to develop a passion for an activity requiring speech. This could be getting involved in the school's drama club, or doing a science project about stuttering."

I'd suggest speech therapy, but in the meantime you can google some good techniques.

Answer 5

There are some tricks for stutterers that you can try.

If you are getting speech therepy then listen to your therapist not what you get off the net .

you need to try to relax, you probably get worse under stress , and when you stutter your stress just gets worse.

you might have more of a problem with some letter combinations , practice them at home , avoid them if you are tense.
Use short words when you can, like Hi or hello instead of Greetings .
If you start to stutter on a word , it may be better to stop and rephrase it , than try to get the word out .
from my limited experiance you may grow out of it .

For THE girl just try thinking "no big deal" and ask her out to a movie or something . No big long sentances , just , Hi , movie saturday ?

Answer 6

Hi, I recommend that you think about what you want to say before attempting to say it. I'm no expert but it seems that stuttering occurs when our thoughts come faster than we can speak. So, think carefully about what you want to say, then say it. My little brother once had a stuttering problem as a child and he said this advice helped him. Just so you know, he doesn't stutter anymore (he's an adult now). Be encouraged. You can overcome this too.

Answer 7

well the only thing i can say is, hope until you stop stuttering. i have a cousin who had the same problem. after a couple of weeks of going to a speech school of some sort his stuttering stopped. dont get me wrong he still stutters, but only and i mean ONLY when he is scared or nervous.

Answer 8

Nobody knows why people stutter but there is a new drug that is about to start it's last phase of testing which I signed up to be a patient for. It shows promising results. CHeck it out http://www.indevus.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=45#

Answer 9

Have your mom take you to the doctor they have new treatment options for this now. I saw this guy on T.V. and they gave him an implant and he completely stopped stuttering altogether. Good luck

Answer 10

Try singing!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding. I don't know what to say , but I like the idea of writing it down on paper. I wish you the best of luck.

Keith