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Re: Accepting Stuttering

From: Harry Dhillon
Date: 19 Oct 2010
Time: 08:30:58 -0500
Remote Name: 163.166.8.14

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Hi Alisha, many thanks for posting! To answer your questions : "...about a person who stutters how some incidence occurs, which then they finally start accepting their stuttering. Do you think this is true for all people who stutter or does it have more to do with the techniques they learn or the support system they have before they feel able to accept it? " I'm not sure if it happens in the same way or at the same stage for all stutterers, as everyone gets to their own level and degree of self-acceptance, at a time which is right for them. Something has to change internally for the switch to flick to the other side. For me, it was when I was standing in front of a room-full of fluent, proffessional people and gave a workshop on how to be a good public speaker. The paradoxical situation suddenly hit me. Something cliked in my mind then. I finally realised that I am OK.....genuinely OK...that I am no better or worse than anyone else. That a stutter can be a pain in the neck, but it can also be a very empowering thing for others to see what activities stutterers indulge in to conquer their fears. Most of the fluent speakers in the room would have run a mile than to do a workshop. I used to judge myself too much on the number of blocks I have in a day - but I can learn to change the measure to something more empowering and positive - I can measure the success of my day in how many times I have engaged someones attention, how often I have bonded and connected with someone, how well I have done a task etc. A lot of the limitations are in the mind, and not in the lyrnx. Take care! Harry


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