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From: Orlin Baev
Date: 02 Oct 2007
Time: 00:43:52 -0500
Remote Name: 87.120.206.34
In my opinion both issues are intertwined: stutterers by nature are more anxious (researches made with small stuttering children who still do not realize their stuttering proves it) and neurotic. This increased basic neuroticism of course makes the stutterer more vulnerable, aid the maintaining of his social phobia and as a result, creates in him external locus of control, i.e. stutterer easily leaves the outward circumstances to lead his decisions and determine his choices. On another hand, stuttering itself, with its severe properties to limit social communications, helps a lot for establishing external locus as a stable cognitive trend in the long run. So, which is the first – the egg or the chicken :)? And – how to get out of the vicious circle? I suggest two parallel lines of stammering treatment: First – purely speech technique oriented – slower, prolonged speech technique with emphasize on the stressed vowel. Secondly – emotional desensitizing – open acceptance of the problem and developing assertiveness, braveness and emanating inner calmness!