A Very Humiliating Stuttering Day
- Date: 2008-11-25 - Word Count: 468
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In this article I will be describing one of the worst days that I had during the eighteen years that I suffered with a stuttering problem. I hope that by sharing my experiences that it may be able to educate other people into just what it is like to live life not being able to communicate fluently.
At the age of sixteen I was invited to a friend's eighteenth birthday party. I must admit that I did not really want to go as I found the whole idea and process of socialising some what of a chore. In reality I had little or no option but to attend and I was also somebody who was easily led back then, mainly due to my lack of confidence I guess. When somebody said something like "Come on Steve, it will be a great night, you must come", I would seemingly always "go", not because I agreed with them that it would be a good night but purely because I was not strong enough to say that magical word "no".
As I arrived at the birthday boys' house I have to admit that I was rather nervous. How would my fluency be tonight? I asked myself. I tried to think in a positive way, I would be able to drink some alcohol in the form of bottles of beer; this should in turn help to increase my overall confidence levels.
Up until about eleven o'clock in the evening everything was going swimmingly well, I was actually having a good time. Certain people then suggested that we should go to a night club. I really did not fancy this idea, I was aged sixteen but probably looked about twelve, there was no way that I would be allowed into a night club.
Yet again though I was persuaded to give it a go, "we will get you in Steve", said my cousin. Off we trundled until we eventually reached the club. We had to wait in a queue for quite a while before we eventually reached the doors; this is where it all went wrong. The doorman took one look at me and started to laugh, "You are not eighteen" he said. "He is", replied a friend. "OK, what is your date of birth?" I had to think quite quickly and then tried to give an answer; the problem being that the words just would not come out of my mouth.
The doorman could not believe what he was seeing and again started to laugh. "Sorry son I did not realise that you are dumb, in you go", he said. He thought I was dumb! My friends could not believe it and thought it was hilarious, let's just say that I had a good cry when I eventually arrived home. It was not the best of evenings!
At the age of sixteen I was invited to a friend's eighteenth birthday party. I must admit that I did not really want to go as I found the whole idea and process of socialising some what of a chore. In reality I had little or no option but to attend and I was also somebody who was easily led back then, mainly due to my lack of confidence I guess. When somebody said something like "Come on Steve, it will be a great night, you must come", I would seemingly always "go", not because I agreed with them that it would be a good night but purely because I was not strong enough to say that magical word "no".
As I arrived at the birthday boys' house I have to admit that I was rather nervous. How would my fluency be tonight? I asked myself. I tried to think in a positive way, I would be able to drink some alcohol in the form of bottles of beer; this should in turn help to increase my overall confidence levels.
Up until about eleven o'clock in the evening everything was going swimmingly well, I was actually having a good time. Certain people then suggested that we should go to a night club. I really did not fancy this idea, I was aged sixteen but probably looked about twelve, there was no way that I would be allowed into a night club.
Yet again though I was persuaded to give it a go, "we will get you in Steve", said my cousin. Off we trundled until we eventually reached the club. We had to wait in a queue for quite a while before we eventually reached the doors; this is where it all went wrong. The doorman took one look at me and started to laugh, "You are not eighteen" he said. "He is", replied a friend. "OK, what is your date of birth?" I had to think quite quickly and then tried to give an answer; the problem being that the words just would not come out of my mouth.
The doorman could not believe what he was seeing and again started to laugh. "Sorry son I did not realise that you are dumb, in you go", he said. He thought I was dumb! My friends could not believe it and thought it was hilarious, let's just say that I had a good cry when I eventually arrived home. It was not the best of evenings!
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