commentr/StutterJuly 26, 2021

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> Did therapy alone worked for you? Any unintentional changes in mindset by you, alongside? You ever had social anxiety? If yes, how is it now? Did therapy alone work for me? Yes. But I want to be clear. Therapy was more than an hour of office time with the therapist each week. It was practicing every day. It was a program to be followed. Go back to my analogies. Music lessons, or seeing a physical trainer. You have to put in the work outside of the hour a week you get with your teacher. Any unintentional changes in mindset by you, alongside? Not exactly sure what you mean. I'm sure there were. Nothing exists in a vacuum, right? And just as stuttering does damage to the psyche, fluency successes have a positive impact. Although I'd argue the fluency successes don't balance the scale to the damage that stuttering can do. I did the same speech therapy in my mid teens and my mid 20's. Didn't achieve fluency in my mid teens. Achieved fluency in my 20's. I was a different person in my 20's than I was in my teens. As a teen, I didn't do the work: fluency, school, etc. I was late to school or work often. Kind of a piece of shit teenager. In my 20's, I had grown up. I had a professional job. Got to work early and stayed late. You ever had social anxiety? I don't think so. I'd be anxious about having to speak: approaching a girl, ordering food at a restaurant or drive through, phone calls, etc. But I don't know that I'd call that social anxiety as much as stuttering anxiety. I'm probably a little socially retarded due to my years of stuttering. I still find that I might not always approach someone and ask a question when I need direction or instruction. But IDK if that's from years of stuttering, or just typical human not wanting to ask. I see that same behavior from other people who aren't stutterers.

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Coping & AdvocacySchool & WorkTherapy & Professional

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Fluency TechniquesEmployment & CareerTherapy Experiences