postr/StutterNovember 3, 2013

Stuttering When Alone and other questions

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Stuttering When Alone and other questions Questions for stutters: ARE YOU OKAY WITH YOUR STUTTER? WHAT DO YOU THINK CAUSES STUTTERING? DO YOU STUTTER WHEN YOU TALK OUT LOUD ALONE, OR TO ANIMALS? IN WHAT WAYS HAVE YOU TRIED TO OVERCOME OR ACCEPT STUTTERING? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A different view on therapy and stuttering: "Contextual stuttering" I wont lie, Im still not very okay with my stutter. While reading about stuttering therapies and specifically the effects of mediation on stuttering, I discovered an interesting fact that I had took for granted. Not all stutterers can speak fluently when they are lone, nor can all stutters speak fluently when they talk to animals, but why is this relevant? Well, there are three primary, semi-accepted, theories for why we stutter 1) genetic inheritance 2) physical damage and PTSD 3) neurological misfiring. Well what if these are the causes for MOST cases of adult onset and prolonged developmental stuttering. What if the cause of stuttering for some of is is the fact that we have a psychological trauma/ bad mental habits from long ago the resulted in stuttering? So, what if the people who cant talk fluently 90% of the time in any context are people that match the typical explanations of stuttering, but the rest of use who are mild or severe but can talk 90-100% fluently when alone, just need to change our mental habits? I think about it like this, many people can jump over a 4 foot gap between two lines on the floor. but if you raise that same gap to say 7 stories above the ground and ask them to jump to an adjacent roof 4 feet away many people will not be able to or will be too afraid to. Assuming variables like wind aren't a pressing factor...WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE HERE? Mental Habits. The person is capable of jumping but now they BLOCK they are afraid, and they are afraid of their fear.

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Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance

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Trauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideExperiential Association