Do We Spend Too Much Time Talking To Ourselves?

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Self-recognition

From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 06 Oct 2008
Time: 17:03:02 -0500
Remote Name: 64.12.117.6

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Mr. Geddes, all you have done to smooth relations between people with stuttering problems and those who have no such problem helps us all. We, too, can add to your efforts when we begin to recognize and appreciate that we are all more alike than different in the main. To the extent that we come to understand and live that belief, we will face the world with greater ease. Walls we may have erected between ourselves and people who do not stutter or seem uncomfortable with stuttering will disappear. And, to the extent we learn to accept our moments of stuttering as just something we do now and again, something that no more separates us from the rest of humanity in our essential nature, than, say, walking with a limp can do, we will do a lot of good for everyone as we help create a climate of greater acceptance and harmony. A way to start, I think, is by referring to ourselves as people rather than as PWS. Like all labels PWS diminishes perception and understanding. Using it to refer to ourselves or others, it is easy to forget our similarities which well out-weight our differences and generate a considerable amount of covert or overt anger toward ourselves and each other, which only serves to distance us from each other. >>> Thank you for writing this paper. It offers much to think about. Ellen-Marie Silverman


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