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From: Barbara Amster
Date: 12 Oct 2010
Time: 16:47:12 -0500
Remote Name: 139.84.48.251
Pam, interesting question. I really don’t think that smiling or not smiling has much to do with stuttering. Much of what everyone does when we talk is quite habitual and we don’t really think about it. All of us (people who stutter and those who do not) have mannerisms when we speak and I think that smiling may be one of them. I am sure that you know many people who smile a lot while talking. We also know others who don’t smile and may look angry even if they are not. I know that when I have been in social situations where I was required to smile, it also felt forced and the smiling did not make me feel relaxed.