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From: RB
Date: 10 Oct 2005
Time: 11:09:19 -0500
Remote Name: 69.141.74.86
Thank you for taking the time to write. I think it's great that as a future SLP, you're taking part in this forum and learning more about stuttering. To answer your questions: <<<I was wondering, if as a life long stutterer, you have come to any conclusions of your own?>>> Conclusions about the cause of stuttering? I'm going to go with the form answer that it's a neurological glitch. However, I firmly believe that stuttering is everything you do when you're trying not to stutter and the severity depends on how you react to it. <<<I noticed that you said that you have become a little more fluent since you have finally accepted your stuttering. Why do you think this is the case?>>> I think it's because once you stop trying to fight stuttering and avoid stuttering, your focus changes. It goes from "trying NOT to stutter" to "trying TO communicate a thought." The two are very different.