Stuttering, Confidence And Shyness
Some people would say that stuttering and shyness go hand in hand. If you have a stuttering problem you are also likely to be shy. Would you agree with this statement? Why are people shy? How can you overcome your shyness?
My name is Stephen Hill; I am from the Midlands, in England. I was unfortunate enough to develop a stutter/stammer when I was around the age of four. This frustrating speech impediment had a major impact on my whole life as I was growing up and continued to cause me problems for the next eighteen years. Thankfully at the age of twenty-two I was able to find the solutions and techniques to enable me to eradicate the stutter. I am now thirty-four years of age and am very much appreciating my ability to speak fluently, free from the fear of stuttering.
As well as the frustration of having a stutter I also would become annoyed with seemingly everybody referring to me as shy. He is so quiet isn’t he? He is not very talkative is he? He is not very confident is he? Well would you be if you had a stutter?
The bigger question would have to be whether I would have been shy had I been able to speak fluently as a child. I do not think I would have been. Deep down I was actually a very confident person. I had a passion for sport and had a determination to become the best. I liked the feeling of winning and the adulation that came with it. In a way you could say that I was a bit of a show off.
The stutter made me become something that I was not, quiet, shy, timid, scared, moody and also a bit of a loner. In fact I would often look at shy people and think, what have you got to be shy about? You can talk fluently; you look fine, what is your problem? I guess it could be in their genes.
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