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From: Gunars Neiders
Date: 22 Oct 2007
Time: 15:47:21 -0500
Remote Name: 67.171.0.68
Ken, you have come up with the best definition of cure that I have ever read: “ ‘Cures’ for stuttering, i.e. forgetting all about stuttering and never stuttering again. Bravo! Your definition implies 1) no memory, 2) no (or minimal) irrationally negative beliefs, attitudes, thoughts and self-talk about stuttering, 3) no (or minimal) unhealthy disruptive emotions when there is a minor disfluency in a person’s speech (i.e. no speech anxiety, same , 4) minimal say 1% to 3% of disfluent syllables (no person is 100% fluent in their speech; not even the “fluenters”.), 5) no (or minimal) struggling or forcing behaviors, 6) no avoidances in speaking of sounds, situations, and career and social challenges, 7) no (or minimal) significant physiological reactions in a speaking situation. I have included (or minimal) because demand for perfectionism is a psychological disease and tends to promote relapse or unnecessary distress. However, in case of memory a truly "cured" person would not recall their struggle with speech........... After a person reaches a certain age or stage in development is it possible to achieve all seven of the above? What is the optimum theoretical goal? What is the optimum practical goal? How do we get there?