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From: Kevin Eldridge
Date: 01 Oct 2010
Time: 10:51:43 -0500
Remote Name: 71.201.115.194
Ari, Hello... You say that you have a history of avoiding speaking and it is difficult to hold a block because you worry about what the listener is thinking. I'm going to guess that when you speak you are trying not to stutter. This is different from trying to talk. I heard an analogy once that I will share with you. If a person is asked to walk across a board that is lying on the ground, most people will just walk across the board and have no difficulty. However, if that same board is placed 20 meters above the ground, that same person (who just walked across it with no difficulty) will now do something very different. They will try not to fall while crossing it. In order to do this, they use a very different gait than their normal gait. In fact, what they do is physically more difficult, and some people will fall. So, my first question for you is: Are there any situations where you can talk freely (with certain people, by yourself, with your pet)? My second question is: When you are with other people are you trying not to stutter, instead of just trying to talk?