Hey everyone, It has been a while since my last post. I just wanted to reintroduce myself and let everyone know that in the coming months I will be posting more. My name is Alex and I have stuttered since I began to talk. I was added to this blog by Dmitriy, who has been a close friend of mine for a few years now. I am looking forward to sharing more of my stuttering experiences in the coming while. For our blog readers, this Summer Semester I am taking a public speaking class which is required for college in Florida. Has anyone taken or will be taking a speech class? If so, what helped you get thorough it with the least amount of nerves, etc? Looking forward to hearing responses from everyone. Alex.
Well I used “targets” I learned in therapy. Don’t try to sound like what you think you should sound like…just try to sound like what your targets make you sound like. Also a quick informational preface might help if you wanted. Looking back I probably would have done this because I know I got docked points for not speaking well. I was able to hide my speech so well it wasn’t completely obvious I stuttered all the time.