Hello My Name is Cathy, But You Can Call Me Anne

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Re: Article 11

From: Cathy Olish
Date: 07 Oct 2009
Time: 19:22:28 -0500
Remote Name: 68.61.237.97

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Katherine, good question. I am not sure if i will ever be open about my stuttering. Do I want to be? To be honest, not really. What I do to avoid stuttering and how I talk is embedded in me and it's like telling someone with a British accent to speak American. Sure, they can learn but it is a lot of work. FOr me, it is more work to just stutter because I am so used to switching words and doing all I do to avoid stuttering that when I do let it happen, sometimes I can get caught up in those long, hard blocks and after a phone conversation of that, I feel so mentally and emotionally exhausted. But, I will try to be more open with others in my life which is somethign I never thought I would do. I have only told a few people in my life I stutter and it was okay, but it made me realize that it doesn't matter to them, that it only matters to me, and I am just not ready to disclose this huge part of me to everyone...but one person at a time...maybe!


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