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From: Joe Klein
Date: 09 Oct 2009
Time: 13:15:47 -0500
Remote Name: 66.195.14.190
I think Mike and Gary both make great points here. I think this conversation gets at the heart of stuttering in some ways. Steve Hood once wrote about "superimposing fluency" over the top of stuttered speech, and pretending like everything was fine. For some people, slowing down reduces their speech demands (doing something slower is generally easier to do), and results in increased fluency, and can be really calming. For others, trying to speak slowly is just another motor demand that they are trying to do, on top of all the other things that they are trying to do with their stuttering, and it ends up being even harder to talk. Don't be afraid to play with your speech, see what works and what does not. Good luck!