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From: Kevin Eldridge
Date: 21 Oct 2012
Time: 08:19:29 -0500
Remote Name: 67.165.187.114
Peter, First of all, thank you for introducing me to Hans Selye. It ran a quick search and skimmed a bit of the information before responding. I feel that you bring up a very important distinction. I would agree that Stress and Anxiety are very different beasts. If I am understanding the little bit I read (and I do plan on reading more), in Dr. Selye's view, stuttering in itself would be the noxious stimuli that leads to stress. For many adults who stutter, one could assume that they are in the "exhaustion stage" of adaptation secondary to the long term presence of the noxious stimuli (the stuttering). Seyle talks about weakened immune system and biological damage being a result of this long term exposure to distress. I wonder if Seyle would look at it this way, and if he would expect PWS to have such damage at some level. I have practiced Mindfulness for a number of years now, and recommend my clients do the same... as a way to stay in the moment, and therefore decrease the effect of ANXIETY of future events, but Mindfulness work also reduces the effects of STRESS. I will have to think much more about this distinction. // On a personal note, as a PWS (who is also an SLP), I know that when I am stressed (not anxious) I am much more susceptible to speech disfluencies. This was even more noticeable earlier on in my "recover" process.// Thank you once again for introducing us to Hans Selye!