((sin)))
Go ahead and try....my son took it for years...It really helepd alot. He could not speak at all. Sometimes forming words ...they are in your head ,,,,just need a way for your brain to be retrained to get them out...
It is ok to be scared...its ok to admit it...and yes sometimes are speech gets stuck when we are scared...
As far as your step father goes ..he was wrong to yell at you...time and patinece is what helps the words come out....
If i am yelled or feel anger coming...i go quiet...its a copying thing...
Try the speech therapy....you do matter......the words are in you ...
muffy