He said he had ‘tricks’ to keep the stuttering from becoming apparent. Coming up with a white lie or another word to get around a glitch became routine work. His parents Pip and Linda noticed that their son was always very busy in his head. “I felt really sorry for him,” says a visibly emotional Linda.
His training mates at Papendal also noticed little of the stuttering, partly because Jeff managed to hide it well. “My goal was to not show it to the outside world,” he says.
Stuttering course
Jeff recently got rid of his stuttering completely. Thanks to an intensive course, he can be completely himself again. During the course he learned a special technique with which he can control stuttering.
He is certainly not afraid that it will come back. “When it comes back, I go back to the technique and take back control of my diaphragm.”