Let’s Chat - Stammer
stammer
stamə/
verb
verb: stammer;
3rd person present: stammers; past tense: stammered; past
participle: stammered; gerund or present participle: stammering
1. 1.
speak with sudden
involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
"he turned red and started stammering"
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synonyms:
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stutter,
speak haltingly, stumble over one's words, hesitate,
falter,
fumble for words, pause,
halt, mumble,
splutter
"he always
began to stammer when he was under pressure
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The basics of
having a stammer is that I can’t speak fluently. It’s worse when I am tired,
stressed or speaking on the phone. I can’t explain or tell when it will rear its
ugly head. I can go days without stammering then suddenly I can’t say my own
name.
I can say I
would be a different person without a stammer, I think I would be outgoing,
loud, annoying and happy, because of my stammer I am shy, quiet, nervous and
sad.
However, in the
past 2 years it has greatly improved, I completed my Masters Degree and I have
been working in a very social career over these 2 years which has forced me to
get on with it. Social drinks, lunches and dinners still cause me massive
anxiety and I never want to go but I do and because of this, my stammer is
okay. I can deal with it. It hides 90% of the time now and I am grateful.
Some people don’t
even know I have a stammer, I never stammer with my boyfriend but do with my
parents. It’s weird and unpredictable.
So many people
have a stammer, an abundance of celebrities do including Emily Blunt, Marilyn
Munroe, Rowan Atkinson, Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson which is crazy as
they are all actors and actresses.
If you have a
stammer then please don’t worry, it will get better! Leave me a comment if you
have one so we don’t all feel alone.
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