| At the age of twenty-two I started on journey | | | | force. I felt rather uncomfortable speaking to her |
| that I hoped would result in me being able to | | | | parents. |
| achieve total fluency in my speech. I had had a | | | | Just in that example, above, there was a lesson |
| stutter for eighteen years by this stage and had | | | | for me to attempt to learn. When feeling |
| just about taken as much as I could. I needed to | | | | comfortable I could talk without any problems; |
| find some kind of "cure for stuttering" as I could | | | | when feeling uncomfortable I struggle. Lesson |
| not bare the thought of having this most | | | | number one: Learn how to speak when feeling |
| frustrating speech impediment for the rest of my | | | | uncomfortable. Lesson number two: In what way |
| life. | | | | do you speak differently when you feel |
| I strongly believed that I could overcome the | | | | comfortable compared to when you feel |
| stutter and this positive attitude was a vital | | | | uncomfortable? Lesson number three: Learn ways |
| characteristic right the way through my journey. | | | | to eradicate this regular feeling of discomfort. |
| So why did I have such a strong belief that I | | | | By now you may be starting to understand how |
| could "stop stuttering"? Well there were times | | | | my mind works; I was constantly trying to learn |
| when I could speak without even a hint of a | | | | from my mistakes; I was constantly asking |
| stuttering problem. As an example; when talking | | | | myself questions; questioning why I had a stutter |
| to my girlfriend, a person I feel very comfortable | | | | and what I needed to do to achieve fluency. |
| with, I was perfectly fluent. If her parents walked | | | | I have to admit that the journey was quite a long |
| into the room and started to ask me questions | | | | one and that it took me nearly a year to succeed |
| then the stutter would suddenly appear with full | | | | in my quest of achieving total fluency. |