Stutter help please?!
Question: Stutter help please!?
I been stuutter free for about 7 years now, but just the other day I find myself stuttering again!. I think it might jus be nerves but, not only is my stutering back a little but sometimes the words seem to get all tangled togther and I can't say a word!. What kind of techniques can I try to be myself again!. The one I was years ago!? I don't think its all that bad, like i can talk to myself out loud and speak perfectly no stuttering whats-so-ever, but it seems when im around ppl the problem startsWww@Answer-Health@Com
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I'm afraid this won't offer LOTS of help, but it's a fun story!. I had a roommate once who had a very pronounced stutter!. He had to take a speech class, and it was VERY stressful for him!. He would study hard and spend hours practicing each speech, but when he was in front of the class he had a very hard time presenting it!.
One of the assignments was to choose and read a poem, then to explain it to the class!. He chose a poem which contained the line "Dogs f***ing the pope!" (When I asked him why he chose that particular poem - mind you, this was a Catholic college - he told me, "I never finish my speeches!. I get halfway through and I make up a way to finish because I get so embarassed!. So I won't have to read that part!.")
Only, he DID finish the poem! In fact, I heard him four classrooms down!. He came to the line, and he froze!. He really hadn't expected he'd half to say it!. The way he explained it to me, he got to those words and he paused, trying to think of what to do!. The class waited, watching him, and it made him nervous!. That made it hard to think!. So he did the only thing he could do - he took all that frustration and put it into the words he didn't want to say, and he shouted "F*$% the pope!" at the top of his lungs!.
It was obvious that the class wasn't expecting to hear THAT!. Not ONLY did it make him stand out to his classmates as someone with no fear, it also made them uncomfortable when he got up to speak!. (What's he going to say THIS time!?) When they were uncomfortable, my friend felt MORE comfortable, and after that his speeches went much more smoothly!.
!.!.!.Like I said, I doubt that's going to help!. But it made a hell of a good story!. : )Www@Answer-Health@Com
One of the assignments was to choose and read a poem, then to explain it to the class!. He chose a poem which contained the line "Dogs f***ing the pope!" (When I asked him why he chose that particular poem - mind you, this was a Catholic college - he told me, "I never finish my speeches!. I get halfway through and I make up a way to finish because I get so embarassed!. So I won't have to read that part!.")
Only, he DID finish the poem! In fact, I heard him four classrooms down!. He came to the line, and he froze!. He really hadn't expected he'd half to say it!. The way he explained it to me, he got to those words and he paused, trying to think of what to do!. The class waited, watching him, and it made him nervous!. That made it hard to think!. So he did the only thing he could do - he took all that frustration and put it into the words he didn't want to say, and he shouted "F*$% the pope!" at the top of his lungs!.
It was obvious that the class wasn't expecting to hear THAT!. Not ONLY did it make him stand out to his classmates as someone with no fear, it also made them uncomfortable when he got up to speak!. (What's he going to say THIS time!?) When they were uncomfortable, my friend felt MORE comfortable, and after that his speeches went much more smoothly!.
!.!.!.Like I said, I doubt that's going to help!. But it made a hell of a good story!. : )Www@Answer-Health@Com