I decided that I wanted to improve myself this year, socially speaking, considering that this is my last year of school before college. I mustered up the confidence to ask a girl in my class for her instagram yesterday, and after only a day of talking I’ve run out of things to say to her. I don’t even think she wants to talk to me, I think she was just being nice and didn’t want to embarrass me.
I’m still bad with making eye contact and smiling at others, and the stutter is still there as well. I’m working on the eye contact issue and the stuttering, but it feels so useless when I don’t even speak to anyone.
But at least I’m trying, and I guess that’s what counts in the end.
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I applaud you for trying, as people that’s all we can really do. We’ll never be perfect, and we’ll never be right all the time either, but the greatest mistake we can make may be to give up. I know that seems a little ironic in a place like this, but there is always hope out there somewhere.
Brw, you have plenty of time to work on your confidence level, that will just come with time. But like anything, you have to engage with people to practice and your confidence should increase with practice. College is an excellent place to really capitalize on this idea. I hope that helps a little.
I stuttered until the age of 15 and was very self conscious about it until I realized nobody cared if I stuttered – I mean that positively. Will ppl notice if you stutter yes but ppl are so beset by their own problems they don’t care. It really is the self – consciousness that exarcerbates stuttering. When you realize nobody cares things can improve.