commentr/StutterMay 29, 2020
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Setting up the expectation for your stutter to vanish is setting yourself up to fail when you don't meet that expectation. There's nothing wrong with being hopeful and excited, but it's easier to get discouraged in the therapeutic process when you focus so much on the final product of absolutely fluency rather than general progress at all.
Themes
Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Subthemes
Avoidance & SubstitutionHope & Motivation