• No confidence whenever I meet someone new
• New people slight me or think I have a lower intelligence
• Have to be forced to nod and grimace and accept the name "leannon" because I can't fucking correct myself
• Angered by my parents because they don't give one damn
• Hate introductions because they are always awkward and nobody helps me when I struggle with my own fucking name
• Emotionally I'm constantly anxious when I have to speak around people I'm not comfortable with, and then when I fail I think about how pitiful it is I can't even get the basics of speech down
• People never take me seriously
• The worst first impressions happen, all the time
• No guys like me because I sound like a damn fifth grader
• The constant want to yell at my mom because she's too ignorant to call a speech therapist
• Always questioning my worth and whether I will be able to succeed in this goddamn superficial society
• Guilt, because this is such a stupid issue to be concerned with, yet it takes up the majority of my worries

Why doesn't anyone else care? They shouldn't. But this has been affecting my life for far too long. Every year I say "this will be the year that my life will become normal" but time and time again, I make the same resolution another year later. I'm fed up. I'm furious, and I'm just about ready to snap.