Stuttering, Confidence, Frustration and Depression

Many people ask me what it was like to live life with a stuttering speech impediment. There are three words that always spring to mind; confidence, depression and frustration.

My overall self-esteem and self-confidence was badly affected by the fact that I had a stutter. I had a lack of belief in my own ability to succeed at school, to succeed in a career, to succeed in forming relationships with members of the opposite sex and to succeed in a social arena.

I would often find myself feeling quite depressed about the fact that I had a stutter, feeling quite sorry for myself. I found it quite difficult to think in a positive manner and even found it hard to get myself out of bed in the mornings on certain days.

I regularly felt frustrated that I was unable to speak as freely as what my friends and family could. Life for me was just one big struggle and that just did not seem fair.

Fluency was my dream, fluency was the answer to all of my problems. I made it my lifetime goal to overcome the stutter and was determined to be successful in attaining this goal.

Steve  http://www.stutter-stuttering.com