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From: Tim
Date: 01 Oct 2010
Time: 09:30:46 -0500
Remote Name: 82.1.124.242
hi Gary, your right my main issue is acceptance, even though i have done extensive work on desensitisation and advertising in the past (which has helped) i guess deep down somewhere i'm not fully accepting of some of my most tense moments of speech, even though i think i am at the time. I think it is because i can have a large degree of spontanous ease in communication, that when i do experience hard tension i am puzzled as to why. Especially if it is with people i am comfortable with. It is not that my goal stutter-free speech, but speech i can manage and that doesnt throw me off what i am saying. I'm interested you said 'For me, the biggest advance that I made was to accept my stuttering; acknowledging (while kicking and screaming) that it was a part of who I am.. and feeling as alright as I could about it. After that I was able to move on.' after the acceptance what was your next step, modification? and did you ever have to go back to looking at acceptance once you gained more ease in communication? Thanks again, and i really like your website too.