I am a person who used to approach life in totally the wrong way - in fact I often look back and laugh at just how pathetic I used to be. I was a very negative person, I would stress about seemingly everything and believed that I was so unfortunate compared to other people.

I would always be comparing my life with those of my friends and family. The way that these people lived their life was quite incredible - it was just so care-free. I, on the other hand had many issues to deal, with which made life one big struggle. I was unable to talk fluently due to a stuttering problem, this stutter caused me many traumas and made me into a very quiet and shy person. In my early twenties, I decided that I had had enough of being miserable and depressed and started to fight back.

I started to read and find out about how people lived in different parts of the world. Watching the news each day would keep me abreast of current affairs. Some of the stories and the way in which people live came not so much as a shock, but as a wake up call to me. I would not want to swap my life with theirs, that is for sure.

The problems that I had or thought I had, were now so small compared to what other people have to cope with, and it actually made me feel quite grateful. I have a great job working for a Birmingham accountants company. I also work in the HP distributor sector on a part-time basis; I do have a weight problem, this is something of my own doing and something which I can change, if I am determined enough. Even though I stammer, I can still converse, I may even be able to cure the stammer, which I now have. I was now in a much better frame of mind to be able to deal with some of my bigger worries.

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