After I post this story, I plan to keep working on my speech until I love to speak anywhere, anytime. I truly believe that Lee’s method can not only help me stop stuttering, but also make me a great speaker. If you stutter, all I can say is that Lee’s book and SAC offer solutions that work. Just give it a try, and you will find it’s the best decision you ever made in your life.
My name is Sun. I was born and raised in China. Now I live in Tokyo, where I am working on getting a master’s degree. As to my speech, I was an excellent speaker until I started to stutter at the age 13. I put a lot of pressure on myself to be perfect in reciting English text on class. All of a sudden, I began to stutter, my classmates laughed and it escalated from there.
The stuttering pattern kept increasing. I repeated and forced words to around 20% at home but as much as 50% of my words outside my home. After working for a few years, I decided to enroll in a master’s program in Japan. I felt a lot of pressure on speaking on class. My stuttering became so bad that I even suspended for one year. After that, I tried some therapies but they didn’t really help.
I found Coach Lee’s book on Amazon in January of 2021. I was really absorbed in it and totally convinced his method is exactly what I needed. Since then, I am doing daily reading, mind training and trying to use crutches as much as I can. I found the SAC community. I really enjoy attending the SAM speech club where ex-stutterers and PWS can communicate and help each other. I also learned a lot by watching coaching videos and attending “Practice Sessions” hold by SAC. I was also coached by Leah and Lee, and both helped me a great deal.
While I doubt that I could have beaten stuttering without the Crutches, the most valuable part of this program is definitely mind training. I firmly believe that we must change our mindset in order to beating stuttering, and after that, we can continue to use mind training to improve other areas of our lives.
After I post this story, I plan to keep working on my speech until I love to speak anywhere, anytime. I truly believe that Lee’s method can not only help me stop stuttering, but also make me a great speaker. If you stutter, all I can say is that Lee’s book and SAC offer solutions that work. Just give it a try, and you will find it’s the best decision you ever made in your life.
Sun, Tokyo, June 2021