Talk:Speech-Language Pathology/Stuttering/My Life in Stuttering

My name is Barachiel Arceneaux, I am a stutterer, I have been since I was a child. I remember the hardest words for me was anything with an "I" or a "K". I eventually progressed with it all, stuttering only every now and then, but it came back. I am not ashamed of it, or embarrassed by it. It makes me who I am, and you should never be ashamed of who you are or what makes you an individual.

I can remember as a kid trying to get certain words out and how people would stare, just waiting for the finished product of my thoughts to present themselves vocally. I can also remember the other kids, listening to them talk without a problem and being jealous of them, and how I would revel when one of them got hung up on a letter sound, when that happened I suddenly felt as if I was no longer alone. Only a very few of the kids in my small catholic school ever made fun of me though, which I guess is a blessing, we were taught very stoutly that people should respect other people.

--Barachiel 16:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)