first ever blog :P

Hey to anyone who has nothing better to do, but follow this. How you all doing? Well basiclly, I thought the other day, "how about doing a blog about my stammer." So basiclly, Im gonna update as often as I can, tell you all how me and the stammer are getting on (which isnt very well as itis a pain in the asshole) and anything that may of happened. So, where to start. I've had my stammer since I was 8 and a half. So 2001. I'll admit it has been hard, but its been fun. I've had a few laughs about it, and not let it get in my way. I'm really into music, and want to do it when I leave school. I've played in a few good places, including the Barony hall, Glasgow and the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
I didn't start getting speech therapy until I was about 10 or 11. But when I did start getting it, it really worked. I know that diffrent people have dffrent experiences of it, but I really felt the benifit of it, my speech was improving bit by bit, I was becoming a little bit more confident and so on. Since I started attending, I've been involved in many things, such as an honours students project, filming for the British Stammering association and BSA family days. The filming was great. It was for CD ROMS that were being released to school all across Scotland to give teachers advice on how to help pupils that stammer. It really gave me and other folk that stammer the chance to have our voices heard about what helped us.
Yeah, I have had trouble with some folk about my stammer. And teachers are just as bad as what folk my age are. One teacher (who shall remain nameless for their benifit) cut me off when I  was talking to someone in class, and finished my sentece off for me. This, I was very unhappy at. NEVER EVER cut someone who stammers off. NEVER EVER finish they're sentence for them. Best advice I can give. So anyway, I spoke to her later, told her that I didn't really like the fact that she had done what she had done, and my head was chewed off. She hated the fact, that this 17 year old, actually had the courage to take her on and proove she was wrong. I was given the whole lecture, about how I was taken into the class late (dont ask, screw up with exam results) I was like jee, get over yourself, dont look for the bloody sympathy vote. So I then went to guidence, who was not a very happy person. So eventually it was dealt with.
I've often found that if I say to the bullys "how would you like having a stammer, and being bullied" most (that is most)  see sense, and realise it wasn't the right thing to do.
So thanks, to Eilidh, Liz and Morag, the three muskateers, who all gave me help with my stammer, and joined me on this journey. If you see this at some point in the future, thanks for putting up with me, and the nutter who is my mother lol. Thanks for all the tips you gave me, they really do work. Thanks to my family, for all the support they've gave me. And thanks for putting up with the music practise, its something that's really kept me going. Thanks to those friends, who have stuck by me, and gave me the chance to have my voice heard. And those who have made the light hearted jokes, thats something thats took the burden off a little. I know your kinda sense of humour, so I can forgive you. And one last thank you is to Emma, my amazing girlfriend. Thanks for not judging me or anything like that. It's make life a whole lot easier tbh. Thanks to you all for joining me on this incredable, crazy and sometime really hard journey. I know having all of you here with me has really helped.
Before I end this first blog, there is  a quote I want to share with you. The Kings Speech, the film that has just came out, has a scene with Collin Firth and Gefory Rush.
Firth: "LISTEN TO ME, LISTEN TO ME"
Rush: "Why should I waste my time listening to you?"
Firth: "BECAUSE I HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!"
Rush: "yes you do"
I think that if everyone who suffers from a stammer, has the mindset, of "I have a voice"  then anything is possible. Just keep telling yourself that, and anything can be achieved.