I have a problem with stammer and it’s really embarrassing and stressful for me. I only seem to have that problem with certain words or when I am talking in public, or when I talk to an stranger for the first time. The thing is that I just got a promotion to a management position, and I will be forced to speak in public a lot and also to perform job interviews. I think that people wont take me seriously if they hear me stammer and I am getting very self conscious and nervous about this. I was told to go to speech therapy, but I was wonder if any one out there has an advice or had the same problem that can give me some tips on what to do on my own. Thank you so much!
2007-10-09 14:34:15 · 9 answers · asked by G.B. 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Get the books "Advice to those who stutter" and "Self Therapy for the Stutterer" from The Stuttering Foundation of America in their estore at www.stutteringhelp.org. Those books, especially the Self Therapy one, were the ones that helped my family...it is one to study and work through the steps rather than just to casually read. You can become more fluent.
2007-10-09 15:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Bud B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You obviously have what it takes to succede in your job! So GO WITH THEIR JUDGEMENT and FORGET ABOUT IT!! Concentrate on your expertise and content--THEY believe in you, YOU DO LIKEWISE!
I don't know re speech therapy...for me, stuttering/stammering occurred in First Grade when I was switched from left- to right-handed. I think a lot of it is due to laterality and dominance of our brain lobes. I was pretty cowed sp? until my middle 30's when I went through a lot of therapy. It cleared up as I broke out of the cultural mid-western l930's mold I had been caught in. I DID do some "writing" with my left hand for a bit--AND people say I deal cards and some other things left handed. Left-lobed people tend to be more creative, original and artistic. TREASURE your mind and being.
2007-10-09 15:11:38 · answer #2 · answered by Martell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem and solution I found was to replace the word you are just to be stuck on for a more eloquent different word , so slowness is important because gives you time to find the different word and practice will give you the confidence , another trick is the stuck word begin spelling it, like the listener doesn't know , and right as the last letter is pronounced repeat the stuck word and it comes out for me ... good luck.
2007-10-09 14:48:11 · answer #3 · answered by young old man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See your physician and explain the problem. There is a medication that works for this. I work in a pharmacy and there is a customer of ours that gets a medication for this type of problem. I can't think of the name of it now, but I believe it is a low dose of imipramine.
I will have to check to be sure tomorrow at work. I was surprised when he (the customer) explained what the medicine was prescribed for. It is a non-narcotic, non-addictive medication and doesn't cause any other side effects such as drowsiness, slurring, or that dopey, drugged feeling like a narcotic would cause.
I do think it is imipramine, generic tofranil - but it is prescription. You would have to ask your doctor.
The customer has to speak in front of people. That is when he discovered that his speech was similar to what you have described.
2007-10-16 16:05:54 · answer #4 · answered by raven dismukes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same situation for me too. It's sounds like anxiety, and it sucks. I believe it's because we care so much and want to succeed so bad. Just know that it will pass, and big deal, so you stammer a bit. Try not to anticipate it so much. Also, just remember how you were when you were younger. (my issues started happening after the birth of my son, in my late 20's) Good luck to you.
Congratulations on your promotion!
2007-10-09 14:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They guy I work for owns his own business, has several patents and is one of the smartest people I know in that field. Our customers are always calling us up needing all sorts of technical support and our boss has to talk them through everything from mind bending physics and electrical engineering problems through the "RTFM" type of answers. He is the CEO and president of the company and also performs job interviews for new hires. He also has a stutter. I don't think anyone at our company or any of out customers have any less respect for him or take him any less seriously than anyone else because of it. He made it to where he is because he's good at it, as I presume that you did as well. If someone were to take either of you any less seriously for flaws in speaking mannerism, they are more than likely the childish type of person whose opinion doesn't really make much of a difference in the first place and shouldn't make you feel any worse about yourself.
2016-03-19 08:56:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as the content is meaningfull and sincere you will have no worries. My boss has a stammer and is sharp. If you are anda-hole you are hosed.
2007-10-09 14:43:22 · answer #7 · answered by M C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a speach therapist for help with problems like that.
2007-10-09 14:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like anxiety.
2007-10-09 14:37:41 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny. D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋