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From: Jessica, PWS
Date: 12 Oct 2006
Time: 07:34:57 -0500
Remote Name: 71.192.31.16
I liked your article a lot. The theory behind it makes a ton of sense, but I'm trying to figure out how I can relate to it, or use it, in my daily life (and not just as a theory). Let's say I have to make a phone call to someone I either don't know or don't know very well (meaning someone who doesn't know I stutter). This experience can and does at times knock me right out of my comfort zone and into fight-or-flight mode). Should I think in my head beforehand of my intention vs expectation? Would my intention be simply to get the point across, the purpose of my conversation, in whatever way possible? Would my expectation be to allow myself to stutter instead of hanging up the phone as soon as the stutter emerges? What happens is that I expect my techniques and targets to work, and when they don't work, I lose hope and hang up, feeling pretty poorly about myself and my work in speech therapy.