The struggle to talk to people in authority for
people who stutter
I always found stuttering to be an extremely frustrating
problem to contend with. When I felt quite relaxed, I could talk
quite well and would hardly stutter at all, when under any sort of
pressure the stutter would become far worse.
The more pressure I felt under, the more I would
stutter.
For this reason, I always found it hard to speak to people who
I considered to be in any sort of authority. At school this would
of course be the teachers and at work it would be my boss.
I will never forget the experiences that I had with my first
ever boss. He was without a doubt a control freak and loved the
power of being in charge.
I was only sixteen at the time. At this age I had a very low
self-esteem and was an extremely nervous person. As we all do, I
would make the odd mistake at work and would then be summoned to
see the boss.
He would rant and rave and ask me why I had made such an
error. Even as I write this today, I can not believe the way he
used to treat people.
When attempting to explain the mistake, I could barely speak a
word and the stutter became out of control. I am sure it was
like a game to him and that he thought he had won when he could
hear me struggle.
What goes around comes around and I am confident that he will
have had his day since, as you can see I do not bear a
grudge!
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