Woman "basically mute" until 17 has overcome stammer by ordering at drive-thrus
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2023-08-16
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A TikToker teased so badly for having a stammer that she was 'basically mute' until the age of 17 has grown in confidence - by filming herself ordering at drive-thrus.
Brave Georgia Scott, 25, was diagnosed with a stammer when she was just five and doesn't remember a time when she didn't have it.
She would always feel anxious about ordering in restaurants, so she used to order on touch screens in fast food chains to avoid the situation.
But she's recently started posting videos of her ordering food and drink at places such as Starbucks, McDonalds and Costa to help her gain confidence.
Now she says her stammer has improved from just filming the videos - and is helping to inspire others.
Georgia said: "I was having a quite hard time and I just thought I needed people to understand more because it's very misunderstood.
"I chose McDonalds for the first one because I thought I could either order my food on a screen or I can challenge myself and order at the drive-thru.
"So I thought it would be quite good for people to see how much of a huge challenge it is to order.
"It's just made me so much more confident and I'm so glad it can help others as well.
"Making the videos has helped a huge amount because I'm now more self-accepting.
"I'm not shy in a way anymore and I'm actually putting myself out there now.
"It just makes people understand how having a stammer can be so challenging as well."
It isn't known how a person develops a stammer, but experts believe it can be caused by inherited factors or how efficiently the speech areas of the brain are working.
But Georgia said her first memory of her stammer is when she had to read from a book at primary school and her 'whole class laughed' at her.
Georgia said she 'had quite a hard time' during her childhood because she wouldn't talk, so she was 'basically mute.'
But when she was 17, she enrolled on a speech course and she decided to start talking more as she was determined to not let her stammer hold her back any more.
Georgia recently quit her full-time job in advertising to post videos on her TikTok account, @ge0rgiatalks, to her 280,000 followers.
She said the 'majority of comments are so nice' but said she has had 'some nasty comments' from people.
Brave Georgia Scott, 25, was diagnosed with a stammer when she was just five and doesn't remember a time when she didn't have it.
She would always feel anxious about ordering in restaurants, so she used to order on touch screens in fast food chains to avoid the situation.
But she's recently started posting videos of her ordering food and drink at places such as Starbucks, McDonalds and Costa to help her gain confidence.
Now she says her stammer has improved from just filming the videos - and is helping to inspire others.
Georgia said: "I was having a quite hard time and I just thought I needed people to understand more because it's very misunderstood.
"I chose McDonalds for the first one because I thought I could either order my food on a screen or I can challenge myself and order at the drive-thru.
"So I thought it would be quite good for people to see how much of a huge challenge it is to order.
"It's just made me so much more confident and I'm so glad it can help others as well.
"Making the videos has helped a huge amount because I'm now more self-accepting.
"I'm not shy in a way anymore and I'm actually putting myself out there now.
"It just makes people understand how having a stammer can be so challenging as well."
It isn't known how a person develops a stammer, but experts believe it can be caused by inherited factors or how efficiently the speech areas of the brain are working.
But Georgia said her first memory of her stammer is when she had to read from a book at primary school and her 'whole class laughed' at her.
Georgia said she 'had quite a hard time' during her childhood because she wouldn't talk, so she was 'basically mute.'
But when she was 17, she enrolled on a speech course and she decided to start talking more as she was determined to not let her stammer hold her back any more.
Georgia recently quit her full-time job in advertising to post videos on her TikTok account, @ge0rgiatalks, to her 280,000 followers.
She said the 'majority of comments are so nice' but said she has had 'some nasty comments' from people.
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