我四天前上了台灣的一個大型電視節目「小明星大跟班」，節目中台灣非常有名的主持人（憲哥）讚揚了我的主持和演講風格/方式，並說我做得很自然和講話的方式非常清楚又有效.這些話讓我感覺非常感動，使我想起來我已經克服了多少. 很難相信的事：我自從開始學習講話開始我無法很流利的說話. 我六歲的時候我的家人幾乎聽不懂我說過的每一句話。我與語言治療師會面了很多年但從未取得太大進展。我二十歲的時候我的口吃確實很糟糕，我不能流利的說一句話而不會被一句話和一兩次口吃. 我那個時候非常害怕在公共場合說話。我害怕張開嘴，面對公眾尷尬的機會. 我20歲的時候，我覺得自己已經受夠了，並決定做出改變，我放下了自己缺乏自信和恐懼來去面對這個問題。經過幾個月的認真努力我的嚴重的口吃突然沒有了. 我真的可以說話了！我可以流利地說出來我我的母語，甚至可以使用另一種語言！雖然我還有一點點的口吃我終於感覺自由，終於能夠表達自己的感受. 我四年前永遠沒想到我會在過這種的生活.
The other week I was on a large TV show in Taiwan where one of Taiwan’s most renowned TV hosts complimented my style of hosting and speaking style/fluidity and said I was a natural at it and did it so well. This made me feel so great, it had reminded me of how much I’ve overcame. Despite what many may think now, ever since I was small I struggled speaking. When I was 6 years old my family could hardly understand a word I said and my best friend had to translate. I met with a speech therapist for many years but never had much progress. Up into my early twenties I had really bad stutters, I couldn’t say a single sentence without getting caught in a word and stuttering once or twice. I was scared to speak in public. I was scared to open my mouth and face the chance of making a public embarrassment. When I was 20 I decided I’d had enough and decided to make a change, I put aside my lack of self confidence and fear and faced the issue. After a few months of dedication my problem suddenly left. I can actually speak! I can fluently speak my own language and even use another! It’s already been 4 years but I still feel so free!
