Spain, by Pedro

Hi, my name is Pedro (Peter in English) and I'm from Spain. I'm 15 years old. Here in Spain stutterers are called "tartamudos." I started stuttering when I was 10. I knew that I stuttered but I didn't give importance to it. When I was 13 I stuttered more and I began to hate it. I felt that I had to do something to solve my stuttering because it was destroying my life. So, I went to an speech therapist when I was 14. I had one session per week and I went to the therapy about 6 months. It was a good experience, I learned a lot of things. I learned to get air before speaking. I learned to be more expressive... Now I speak almost fluently and I can say I'm happy. I still stutter when I have to read aloud, but this is because I get nervous. It is still problem and with time I will solve it.

added February 24, 1998