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From: CHARLTON V. KNOWLES
Date: 20 Oct 2006
Time: 11:10:51 -0500
Remote Name: 24.244.187.133
Dear Dick, Thanks for the response. I am coming to the the conclusion that there are three fundamental components that I struggle with and somehow need to overcome that will enable me to have better and more importantly, CONSISTENCY in speaking better; (1) maintaining a high level of motivation to monitor and modify, (2) not reacting so profoundly with anxiety and fear when I anticipate a moment of stuttering and (3)trusting that the modification techniques that I have at my deposal, whether they are easy relaxed approach/ smooth movement, sliding through the word or Precision fluency shaping, will do the job. I suspect that most, if not all PWS have similar anxieties when they anticipate stuttering on a sound,or word, the thing is I don't know if mine is at a greater degree. I am in contact with Walt Manning, who I had therapy with in May, and my speech clears up virtually immediately when I keep moving forward in my communication and not retreat or back up, which is the core of my stuttering pattern. When I go into those higher hierarchy situations( I don't avoid very many situations) I really have to force myself to move forward, its like pushing against a brick wall. I would suspect that it is so difficult because I am still not sufficiently desensitized to the moment of stuttering. But does one ever become desensitized? Your comments would be really appreciated. Charlton.