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From: Peter Reitzes
Date: 05 Oct 2008
Time: 15:37:38 -0500
Remote Name: 69.22.250.24
Hey Pam, it is very common for voluntary stuttering to turn into real stuttering. In my own experience, this seemed to happen a lot less the more I stuttered on purpose. You ask what is the best way to manage voluntary stuttering when it turns into real stuttering? I don’t know the best way to manage voluntary stuttering when it turns real, but I can suggest that you may wish to stick to your initial goal of using purposeful stuttering during that moment. For example, if you are using voluntary stuttering to reduce the fear of stuttering (desensitization), I am not sure that you have to do anything except stay in the moment. If you are using voluntary stuttering to practice eye contact, you may wish to maintain the eye contact when the purposeful stuttering turns real. If you are using voluntary stuttering to practice a speech tool such as pull-outs, you may wish to stay with the goal of using the speech tool (the only difference is, now you are using the pull-out in a real stutter, not a purposeful stutter).