From my mom "What did I do so wrong in life to get you?".
Another one from my mom "This is the daughter I wanted, you're not close to it". Talking about her 26 year old co-worker. Her and my mom drink a lot together and her co worker is selfish just like my mom.
That's awful! Have you left home yet? I would if I were you.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 1:33 am Post subject: Re: one comment which has affected your confidence
Mike87 wrote:
I started to stutter when I was very young, around 7-8 years old.... It's not that bad, I've seen much much worse cases and mine would be considered mild, but still...... It's the main cause of me not socializing and avoiding oral presentations
I hear you man, that can be hard. I don't stutter myself, but a friend of mine used to. He did lots of speech therapy and now he is 100% stutter free, at least as far as I know. I talk to him all the time and never notice him stuttering anymore.
I know it's easier said than done, but I wouldn't worry about it that much. There are many people with stuttering problems who just never let it get in their way (James Earl Jones, Stuttering John, to name a few).
I remember this girl in my sociology class, I forget her name but I new she stuttered just from talking to her. She had it bad too, she would pause for a long time and finally spit out the word she was having trouble with and sometimes it took a long time for her to get it out. It seemed like it was only certain words. But she never let it stop her from speaking in class (answering questions, etc). One time she got up to go an oral presentation, and before she started she said, "For those of you who don't know, I have a stuttering problem that I've had since I was a little kid. I'm kind of sensitive about it and all I ask is that you guys please not make fun of me, okay?" And everyone in the class nodded and she went ahead and did it. I always thought that was really cool, and admired her for that.
When I was like 8yo my teacher was pairing boys and girls for a school proyect and the boy that I was paired with said: " Not fair, I'm stuck with the ugly girl"
I remember doing exactly that to some girl in elementary school. Deep down inside I knew I was hurting someone, but i was trying so hard to fit in... ugh. despicable. Now, 20 years later I still hate myself for doing it.
I remember when I was 12 years old a lot of girls at school liked me. I was talking to my mom about it one day when my dad came around the corner and said, "Girls, like you?" in a very doubtful and questioning way. I don't know why, but that lack of validation from my dad really hurt my confidence. I started to believe that I wasn't good enough and didn't have anything to offer anyone of the opposite sex. To this day I seldom date and have had only one substantial relationship in all my life...and that was a LONG time ago.
Before I dropped out of high school 3 years ago, one teacher told me that I "lacked confidence and my view on life was wrong - that was said during a meeting this teacher was having with me and mum, she got called into school because my grades had really gone down within the space of a year. Also about a month after that, during a talk with the school guidance teacher about what subjects I would've taken the following year, she says to me: "To be honest with you, there is absolutely no point in you being here".
From my mom "What did I do so wrong in life to get you?".
Another one from my mom "This is the daughter I wanted, you're not close to it". Talking about her 26 year old co-worker. Her and my mom drink a lot together and her co worker is selfish just like my mom.
That's awful! Have you left home yet? I would if I were you.
She moved out in 2001 but she told me that when I went to visit her. She only lives 10 minutes away from my dad and I. Trust me, I'm glad she's gone.
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