Accepting a Gift -- the Gift of Acceptance

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Re: Stuttering

From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 10/15/01
Time: 7:45:40 PM
Remote Name: 172.135.157.17

Comments

Thank you, Dirk, for making the effort to reveal your thoughts and feelings in a language other than your native one. I truly appreciate your committment to communicate.

I heartily agree that self-acceptance most often precedes an ability to make meaningful personal changes and how a self-loathing may block the ability to change behavior. Thank you for expressing your own experiences in that regard.

Regarding my second question about the individual who proclaims to accept his stuttering and indicates that he doesn't care what others feel when they experience violent head, neck, and explosive vocal aspects of his stuttering: I was referring to the possibility that some (I'm sure a very, very few) may use "self-acceptance" as an excuse to stay the same and, perhaps, obtain attention (some people, I'm sure you know, prefer negative attention and/or sympathy to positive attention because of early experiences) or, perversely, "punish" those with whom they speak.

At any rate, thank you for your honest, thoughtful sharing and making the effort to respond to my curiosity.

Ellen-Marie Silverman


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