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From: Klaas Bakker
Date: 01 Oct 2008
Time: 15:56:40 -0500
Remote Name: 146.7.150.9
Pam, with the stuttering being mostly covert, of course, there are no overt behaviors to work on. This simply means that other aspects of the problem can now be worked on instead. Like you suggested there are the worries and concerns you experience. As situations in which you talk with others go on trying to not stutter can become a great drag and fatiguing. So even if you don't stutter you still suffer from the consequences. Along a different vein, I would like to bring up the issue of to what extent you use other words to substitute for possible stutter words. If you are good at doing this, your concerns continue to live on. Also, you do not actually say what you want to say. This is called circumlocution. It could actually take more of your energy to do this then just accept that you occasionally stutter. In other words I think therapy can be very helpful, you just address other things than overt stuttering.