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From: Brian Humphrey
Date: 12 Oct 2007
Time: 19:01:25 -0500
Remote Name: 75.74.131.143
K.M. wrote: As a graduate student working with clients who stutter for the first time, I have found myself having more frequent "normal" disfluencies. I am not a PWS, and I am very shy to voluntarily stutter, espeically in class. However, like I mentioned, I seem to notice more of these normal disfluencies. I can't help but wonder if these always existed as they do now, except now I am more skilled in hearing and recognizing them (the disfluencies).I get a fleeting sense of what it might feel like to be a PWS when I experience my "normal" disfluencies. Either way, I am grateful to recognize stuttering both in myself and in my clients. Awareness and acceptance are so crucial in therapy! K.M., It is quite possible that we may notice more of our normal nonfluencies as we become more aware of disfluencies in others' speech. I think that a number of people are shy about voluntary stuttering. I used to be when I was a student. I am glad that you can be grateful for being aware of your disfluencies and others'dysfluencies. I agree that awareness and acceptance are crucial. I like to assign my clients to note the nonfluencies in others' speech for a week and report back to me. Often they are aurprised to find that many of the people they know can be nonfluent at times. BH