Pierre says that he managed to overcome his stuttering thanks to his sense of humor which allows him to no longer apprehend to speak.
At the microphone of Olivier Delacroix, on "La Libre antenna", on Europe 1, Pierre sends a message of encouragement: it is possible to overcome his stuttering.
TESTIMONY
Since he was a child, Pierre has suffered from stuttering.
Although he still stutters today, especially when he is moved, he has managed to overcome this disorder.
He explains that it is thanks to his sense of humor that he no longer stutters.
The humor allowed him to relax, so as not to be afraid to speak in front of others.
At the microphone of "La Libre antenne", on Europe 1, Pierre assures us that it is possible to overcome his stuttering.
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"I stutter. It doesn't necessarily mean when I'm comfortable and relaxed. I still have this handicap sometimes when emotion or nervousness takes hold of me. We can get out of it. We have to find a way out. the way out. I have experienced what children feel when they stutter. It’s really terrible. I know what it is like to suffer from a kid who is made fun of by others students at school You have to listen to these people, you must not look at them with pity.
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I wish all people who stutter find their solution
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It was not a doctor who gave me the solution, it was I who found it.
I wish all people who stutter find theirs.
I have studied it a bit.
Stuttering is hereditary.
My mom, one of my uncles and my brother stammered.
It can go back several generations.
One of my ancestors probably went through a trauma that put him in a situation of stuttering.
It got into his genes and he passed it on to his children.
It is passed down from generation to generation.
It's incredible.
I am old.
At the time, speech therapists did not exist.
My therapy to try to fix it was pebbles in my mouth and make me read the dictionary while singing.
It goes back 50 years.
Today, there are much more sophisticated treatments than in my time.
Seeing a speech therapist helps, but I'm not sure that's the right thing to do.
Rather, we have to deal with the psychological side of the thing.
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Everyone has their solution to stop stuttering
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I still stutter, but I practically quit when I found my solution.
One day, when I was 17 or 18, I happened to tell a funny story.
People laughed, not at my stuttering, but at my humor.
That day, I realized it was the chance of my life.
I understood that I could make people laugh, not by my handicap, but by what I could say.
Once I figured out that I could put a smile on my face with my sense of humor, I didn't stop.
When I was working and even today when I am in a company, I always have to be the first to say something to make people laugh.
It relaxes everyone, and it relaxes me even more.
Being relaxed, I no longer have this anxiety of speaking.
I am convinced that everyone has their solution to stop stuttering more or less.
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I sometimes intervene in classes to teach painting.
One day, in a fifth grade class, I immediately noticed a little one who was stuttering.
I saw myself 50 years ago.
I could not help but value his painting.
Children who stutter, or have another disability, find themselves humiliated in relation to others.
They must absolutely be valued.
That's what I did that day.
I saw his eyes shine a little more, because, for once, he was valued in relation to others.
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