I Don’t Know Why I Stutter or Why Anyone Stutters!
Hi! My name is Matthew. I live in Cranford, New Jersey. My speech therapist is Ms. F. I usually catch myself stuttering when I want to chat with my friends but I have completely no idea what to say. So I say a sentence but I don’t know what to say next. And then I stutter. I don’t just stutter in situations like that. I also stutter in sentences randomly. I don’t know why I stutter. I don’t know why anyone stutters!
Some strategies my speech therapist taught me is planning, full breath, and circle full breath. Planning is to plan what you are going to say first and then say it. Full breath is taking a big breath in and letting the air and talking out together. Circle full breath is taking a deep breath in and imagining you are drawing a circle on something and connecting the words smoothly while letting the air and talking out together.
I like to play Minecraft. I also like robotics. One day at speech therapy, Ms. F said when I stutter I lose eye contact with whoever I am talking to, I put my hand on my face and I hold my breath. But now she said I am doing much better at not doing that. Now that I don’t really have anything else to say about stuttering, I am just going to tell you a short diary of myself.
So one year I made a new friend. He told me about Five Nights at Freddy’s. He told me everything about it. Over the year, I learned more about it and finally in second grade I knew everything about it. I asked my mom if she could get the video game for me because it costs $3 but…….. She read about it and saw it was rated 12+ and had violence in it. So, she said, “no.”
If you stutter you shouldn’t feel embarrassed, think you’re a bad person, or let other people bully you! Just think: you’re not alone, don’t feel embarrassed because this is who you are and you are special. Now that you read this story I can say bye!
Matthew, 8, from Cranford, NJ 16
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