RIYADH: Saad Al-Munajem remembers his very early memory of stuttering as a first-grader– of analysis before his schoolmates as well as the whole course breaking out laughing.
Al-Munajem battled for years to hide his stuttering, really feeling guilty as well as trying to discover an escape. He considered numerous coping systems as well as workarounds in an initiative to harmonize a society that values clear speech.
“I am 23-years-old, and (for) 19 years of my life, I hated showing that I stutter. When I am stuttering I feel stuck, the words can’t come out. I hated this whole situation,” Al-Munajem claimed.
Feeling the stress to talk plainly develops a vicious circle, he discussed: “I pressure myself harder to get out of the situation, but the pressure makes the (stuttering) last longer … it is like a whirlpool of negative emotions.”
Acceptance was the only escape. It birthed one of the most sincere …