I Am Sure That I Am Not Alone In The Fact That I Have A Large Army Of Demons In My Head. These Demons Are Always Talking To Me And Trying To Advise Me About How To React To Different Situations. For Many Years I Listened And Took Their Advice, These Years Were Not Exactly Happy Ones And I Have Now Come To Realise That These Demons Are Not My Friends But Are Actually My Enemy.I Had Many Issues In My Life That Had A Negative Affect On My Levels Of Self-esteem. The Demons Used These Issues To Get To Me And To Play Their Mind Games. For This Article, I Am Going To Describe My Stuttering Demons And How I Eventually Destroyed Them. The Advice Can Be Used For Whatever Type Of Demon You May Have.At The Age Of Four, I Developed A Stutter Which Would Continue To Affect My Speech For The Next Eighteen Years Of My Life. I Was Aware Of What I Could And Could Not Say And Was Also Aware Of The Social Situations In Which I Was More Likely To Stutter.If I Was Asked A Question By For Example A Friend, I Would Think Of The Answer But Before I Would Have A Chance To Say It, A Voice Would Appear. This Voice Or What I Call My Demons Would Advise Me Not To Say That Word And To Substitute It For A Different Word. If I Was Invited Out To Say A Party, My Demons Would Advise Me Not To Go, As There Would Be A Lot Of People There That I Did Not Know. They Would Remind Me That I Found It Difficult Talking To People Which I Did Not Know.At One Stage In My Life, I Decided That I Wanted A Career Change As I Was Not Happy In The Role That I Was In. My Demons Reminded Me, That To Find Alternative Employment Meant Going Through The Whole Interview Process Again. They Continued That I Had Always Struggled To Talk Fluently At Interviews, Due To The Pressure Factor.I Would Be Able To Speak Quite Well When I Was Drunk And This Is When I Would Have The Confidence To Talk To The Ladies. On Several Occasions A Woman Has Given Me Their Phone Number And I Would Tell Them That I Would Call Them To Arrange A Night Out. The Next Day Though, When Sober, The Demons Would Remind Me That Making A Phone Call Is What I Find The Hardest Form Of Speech Task And To Simply Not Bother.As Previously Stated, I Used To Listen To These Demons And Suffice It To Say I Did Not Go On My First Date Until I Was Eighteen Years Of Age.Things Had To And Were About To Change. After Reading Many Self-help Books, I Realised What I Had Been Doing Wrong. I Should Not Be Listening To These Demons, In Fact What I Need To Do Is The Opposite Of What They Tell Me. Steve Don't Go To That Party, OK Then I Will. Steve Don't Phone That Lady Up, OK I Will, Etc.I Am Not Trying To Say That This Is Easy To Do. I Am Happy To Say That I Have Eradicated My Speech Demons And Am Now Fluent, However I Do Still Have Demons In Other Areas Of My Life. There Are Not Nearly As Many As There Have Been In The Past And I Am Slowly Hopefully Killing Them All.I Treat It Like A War. There Are Many Battles And I Have To Say That I Do Not Win Them All. I Talk To My Demons All The Time And Especially When They Win One Of These Type Battles. I Tell Them That They May Have Won This Particular Battle But That I Will Win The Overall War. You May Possibly Think That I Am A Bit Of A Freak After Reading This Article. I Frankly Do Not Care, I Am Happier Now Than I Have Ever Been. Good Luck In Your Quest To Improve Your Own Life.
