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From: Tim Mackesey
Date: 10/4/03
Time: 6:49:06 AM
Remote Name: 68.154.24.245
I realize that your inention in this important and interesting article was to present typically developing stuttering (versus adult onset) to have similarities to PTSD. In my opinion, you are right on.
Adult onset after PTSD is worthy of a separate article.
The fact that many cofirmed adolescent-adult who stutter replay vivid memories of stuttering incidents, project future and anticipate fear with stuttering and often exist in a heightened state of arousal when talking makes continues research and therapies important.
It is interesting that the adult onset cases I have known intimately began with a PTSD/traumatic experience. Then, the stuttering evolved with the classic sound fears, situation fear, word substitution, and other cognitive and affective symtpoms as people who grew up with it. They started stuttering after trauma and then followed the description set forth in you article.
I pledge that this is my last reply on this. You sparked my interest and my metaphorical mind connected the two.
Cheers, Tim BTW, how's the fishing out back? Joe said you found a nice, remote property.