commentr/StutterNovember 9, 2023

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Nah, I'm hella cuter than that guy. Our brain has its own internal timing circuitry, and stutterers' is with some impairment. Slowing every speech sound to 2 seconds is to externalize the internal timing circuitry inherent in us, and will only condition the right hemisphere to play an even bigger role by enacting feedback loop circuitry instead of feedforward as fluent speech requires. Timing is a function of our opening motion, execution, and closing motion patterns. Even though it's a phenomenon that can be observed and studied, it doesn't need to be nor can it be directly influenced to produce consistent results, and it might even prove counterintuitive. The assumption here is that if the motor command is properly enacted, timing becomes a byproduct of it, or an effect. Just because it's causally affected by motor execution doesn't mean it can necessarily be applied the other way. I'm a Kosovo Albanian. Not exactly third-world, but war-torn country. I've wanted the cure more than anything, as if my life depended on it. Even as a pre-teen, I used to call in sick when I had oral exams and hop on the computer the moment everyone left for work or school, scouring the internet for any potential resources to help me before next week came for the oral exam. Rinse and repeat. It never did, but it didn't stop me from trying. I tend to be very set in my ways, even if it's at the cost of everything else. Sometimes a feature, sometimes a bug lol.

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Situational VariabilityHelplessness & AgencyOnset & Life-Stage Changes