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Re: Barriers to More Fluency

From: Gary J. Rentschler
Date: 08 Oct 2008
Time: 19:00:27 -0500
Remote Name: 71.162.16.178

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Growing into fluency is not always as easy at it might intuitively seem. Similarly, people who undergo weight loss take a while to begin changing their self-image as someone who is overweight. For some, stuttering can become an "ego-protecting" justification for not having succeeded at many things in life, or not trying. Once that justification is removed, it can be somewhat scary as you now find yourself as an adult who has never "practiced" trying to attain goals... in other words, you are not skilled because you've never tried before (hope that is making some sense to you?) It can take some counseling and support to make the "final hoop" in therapy... adjusting your self-image as a communicator to match your new fluency skills.


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