maineguy
09-26-2005, 04:11 PM
Hey Guys,
Just feel like introducing myself to you all. I recently graduated college and find myself working a sales related job in my hometown. Of course, this leads to many problems on the phones and can make some days very stressful, but it was a good oppurtunity and I refused to turn the job down in fear. My close friends and family know I stutter and would consider it generally mild. Most others don't even know, because I can usually hide it relatively well. Naturally, it's all an act, switching words and manipulating sentences, and when I'm forced into a set answer, like my hometown or college name, I'll always have problems. I've had my first real girlfriend for a year now and think I made a great find, she's gorgeous and is premed at my college. She knows everything about me except for stuttering. I haven't had the guts to tell her, and I wonder if she knows. After a year I would think she has some idea, but it's an unmentioned subject. I've had some very embarrassing instances with my stutter over the years in the classroom and on phones, and I usually try to forget about them. This problem is a huge roadblock, since I'm naturally outgoing but am hindered by my speech. I can't help but think if I didn't stutter I would be doing far better at my job and would make much more money. Speech therapy and a stuttering course I took in the past weren't helpful, as I can't bring myself to slow down my speech to a crawl. Even worse, no one understands our problem. I was honest with my boss and coworkers, and they had no idea what stuttering was, they thought it was a psychologlical problem that could be easily fixed. I think if people weren't ignorant about the problem life would be much easier. Oh well, nice meeting you all.
Just feel like introducing myself to you all. I recently graduated college and find myself working a sales related job in my hometown. Of course, this leads to many problems on the phones and can make some days very stressful, but it was a good oppurtunity and I refused to turn the job down in fear. My close friends and family know I stutter and would consider it generally mild. Most others don't even know, because I can usually hide it relatively well. Naturally, it's all an act, switching words and manipulating sentences, and when I'm forced into a set answer, like my hometown or college name, I'll always have problems. I've had my first real girlfriend for a year now and think I made a great find, she's gorgeous and is premed at my college. She knows everything about me except for stuttering. I haven't had the guts to tell her, and I wonder if she knows. After a year I would think she has some idea, but it's an unmentioned subject. I've had some very embarrassing instances with my stutter over the years in the classroom and on phones, and I usually try to forget about them. This problem is a huge roadblock, since I'm naturally outgoing but am hindered by my speech. I can't help but think if I didn't stutter I would be doing far better at my job and would make much more money. Speech therapy and a stuttering course I took in the past weren't helpful, as I can't bring myself to slow down my speech to a crawl. Even worse, no one understands our problem. I was honest with my boss and coworkers, and they had no idea what stuttering was, they thought it was a psychologlical problem that could be easily fixed. I think if people weren't ignorant about the problem life would be much easier. Oh well, nice meeting you all.