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From: John Harrison
Date: 23 Oct 2006
Time: 19:29:42 -0500
Remote Name: 71.135.137.179
YOU ASK..... For the person who stutters this type of thinking is helpful. Consequently, I am a graduate student and would like to ask you a question. Since you changed your perception do you stutter less? .... MY RESPONSE ..... I no longer stutter and haven't for 40 years. However you need to remember that stuttering/blocking is a SYSTEM, and doing just one thing usually doesn't work by itself. It's like getting your car serviced. The car is a system, and the mechanic has to address the entire vehicle and make adjustments and improvements in more than one place (and sometimes in many places.) Edison was able to persist as long as he did because he was doing work he loved. He KNEW who he was...which is more than I can say for myself and most other PWS. It took years to feel like I had a handle on the real me, since pleasing other people had become a vital element of my lifestyle. I grew into being a PWS, and I had to grow my way out of it. Good question, Deborah. .... John