Muskra
08-07-2005, 07:12 PM
Hi all
Just found your site and I think its fantastic!
My name is Mike and im 24. Ive got mild cerebral palsy,dyslexia and a mild Stutter.
Ive had a lot of probs with my back and leg due to my CP. and I cant work at the moment, but in the past few years my speech problem has started to bother me more than my CP.
it didnt bother me so much until I started college I was there for 4 years and I found it was a problem that needed sorting. Last week I was finally assesed and will be attending speech therapy, it came as a welcome relief. Ive been trying to hide it for years but its getting me really down now, the therapist gave me a pamphlet on the way out,it is called The Adult who Stammers and I could not believe what i read, most of it was what i had been telling her.
This is where I found the Web site and im really glad i did, i dont feel as isolated anymore.
ive been reading alot on the forum about the affects of having a speech problem, i have personnely found that its the anxiety, before having to speak that is the worst thing for me :( .
Sometimes if I know I have to go somewhere and speak I worry that much about it before hand i get my self into a right state! getting upset,bad temper etc...
And yet other times i feel i get my words out fine.
Its nice to know there are other people like me out there. And I hope to speak to you all soon
Mike :)
Just found your site and I think its fantastic!
My name is Mike and im 24. Ive got mild cerebral palsy,dyslexia and a mild Stutter.
Ive had a lot of probs with my back and leg due to my CP. and I cant work at the moment, but in the past few years my speech problem has started to bother me more than my CP.
it didnt bother me so much until I started college I was there for 4 years and I found it was a problem that needed sorting. Last week I was finally assesed and will be attending speech therapy, it came as a welcome relief. Ive been trying to hide it for years but its getting me really down now, the therapist gave me a pamphlet on the way out,it is called The Adult who Stammers and I could not believe what i read, most of it was what i had been telling her.
This is where I found the Web site and im really glad i did, i dont feel as isolated anymore.
ive been reading alot on the forum about the affects of having a speech problem, i have personnely found that its the anxiety, before having to speak that is the worst thing for me :( .
Sometimes if I know I have to go somewhere and speak I worry that much about it before hand i get my self into a right state! getting upset,bad temper etc...
And yet other times i feel i get my words out fine.
Its nice to know there are other people like me out there. And I hope to speak to you all soon
Mike :)