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From: Steve Hood
Date: 10/17/03
Time: 8:15:23 PM
Remote Name: 152.163.253.66
Hi Marija
Thanks for your question. I took a stab at answering in the context of my own ISAD paper, and suggested you post the question to those of us on this panel. I am glad you did, because it is an interesting one.
I don't think I had really ever quite considered this in terms of self absorbed, self centered, egocentric, etc. I'll try to keep thinking about it.
It seems to me that the answer is yes-- PWS do tend to be self absorbed/self centered, in that they are concerned about themselves as a PERSON who stutters, and concerned about their own issues of stuttering, esdcaping and avoiding, etc.
And I think it goes beyond this, in the sense that they are also very concerned about their listeners' perceptions: listeners' perceptions of their stuttering, their ability to communicate, and perception of them as a person.
As to the question of "should you be" I would think yes, because all of us have these beelings and attitudes about ourselves and how others perceive us. I think the issue is the degree or extreme to which we carry this. If we overdo it and become obsessed by it, then we have possibly crossed the line and gone too far.
I hope others will add to this theme.
Steve Hood