commentr/StutterDecember 7, 2017

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I've edited this post as I read that wrong. By no means am I cured, I just choose not to stutter. Even when my stutter was at it's worst, I disagreed with certain things that were said based on my own experiences. Singing for example, how many times has a stutter asked themselves "I wonder if I'll stutter when I sing" They don't, and so no stutter, the same when speaking with certain people, they know they don't stutter because they've not conditioned themselves to stutter with said person. "Broadly speaking, non-stutterers use the brains' left hemisphere to communicate, whereas stutterers use the brains' right hemisphere." But then what happens when a stutterer is speaking to somebody with who they do not stutter with, which part are they using? And if a non-stutterer stutters etc. This is where it gets confusing. From my experience speech therapists know very little about helping stuttering practically, they just go through the motions. A CBT therapist who knew nothing about stuttering had the ingenious idea to pretend she had a stutter and show me people's reactions to her stuttering! Something no speech therapist ever done.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSituational VariabilityIdentity & Self-Perception