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From: Janet Skotko
Date: 18 Oct 2011
Time: 11:13:37 -0500
Remote Name: 72.77.212.238
Social phobias are supported by intermittent reinforcement which, I believe, sustains the phobia. The toxic forms of thinking can also be intermittently reinforced because stuttering is not. per se, 100% controlled. It seems that when we go about trying NOT to stutter we are emphasizing in our minds the act OF stuttering. To "allow" oneself to stutter, which is to bypass secondaries, decreases stuttering as we might project it to be. This is not easy; but those who choose this path toward freedom from hitting one's head against a brick wall, find immense relief. I 'think' your approach can mix; I hesitate due to the metalinguistics of it. Your opinion?