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StutterSense: Stuttering while relaxed?
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Sunday, November 21, 2010. A person who stutters (PWS) recently wrote me: ‘Even when I’m very relaxed I still stutter. So the theory that stuttering is linked to tension is wrong! General stress CAN and usually DOES have an effect on the vocal cord muscles of PWSs. Many PWSs (probably most) report that their speech is worse when they are stressed. Also known as LEARNED BEHAVIOUR. The force of habit. Low stress, but high tension. So in summary, in order to better understand stuttering:. 3) Though stress m...
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StutterSense: "Word Stress" - do you stutter on (nearly) every word?
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Monday, February 3, 2014. Word Stress" - do you stutter on (nearly) every word? I have always been interested in stuttering severity from the viewpoint of the distribution of affected words or sounds within the speaker's vocabulary. From this angle it would appear that there is a spectrum, ranging from individuals who stutter on every (or nearly every) word, to people who only stutter on one or a few words or sounds. Situational PWS in the majority? Word stress" still not an accepted concept. You won't f...
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StutterSense: Speech therapists' training does not include stress studies!
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Monday, December 24, 2012. Speech therapists' training does not include stress studies! That elephant again . It's official - the training of speech therapists / pathologists does not include stress studies, as per the answers at the 2012 ISAD (International Stuttering Awareness Day) Online Conference. In response to my questions. This seems to be a serious omission and probably a major reason why traditional stuttering therapy so often fails. To the speech therapists at the ISAD Conference was:. Feel fr...
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StutterSense: Dr Martin Schwartz's Training Course for People who Stutter now available for free!
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Dr Martin Schwartz's Training Course for People who Stutter now available for free! Dr Martin Schwartz has been so generous as to make his 2008 DVD-based Self-therapy Course for People who Stutter available to the general public for free, and it gives me great pleasure to present the course here on my blog. Much thanks to Dr Schwartz for this great gesture. An electronic appliance that will remind you to use your speech technique. But what can we do about this vocal-cord lock?
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StutterSense: Those on B1 MUST take magnesium
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Sunday, January 18, 2015. Those on B1 MUST take magnesium. If you are taking thiamine (vitamin B1) for stuttering on a long-term basis, you should definitely also take magnesium pills, says Dr Martin F Schwartz, a stuttering expert from New York. Dr Schwartz, who is writing a book on the use of thiamine and magnesium as a treatment for about 1/3 of people who stutter, has cautioned that just taking thiamine on its own can in the long run result in a magnesium deficiency. So, to prevent this, I would alwa...
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Pagoclone Study: May 2009
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Friday, May 29, 2009. My take on Bottle 3. I feel like it is possible that Bottle 3 may be Pagoclone, but, if it is, the dosage is much too weak for me. I felt a little less tension in my throat after taking pills from Bottle 3 for a few days - but the difference was very, very slight. Stressful day at work today, and I feel the old, familiar tightness in my throat even as I type this. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Now I am on the third bottle - I feel no change so far. Monday, May 18, 2009. It is remotely po...
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StutterSense: Fake it till you make it
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Thursday, November 20, 2014. Fake it till you make it. In this excellent TED video, social psychologist Amy Cuddy explains how a few simple body positions can change body chemistry and make us not only more assertive, but more relaxed. How does this relate to stuttering? Well, I believe that both stress management and assertiveness training can improve fluency for a person who stutters. In my free online book Coping With Stuttering. I wrote chapters on stress management. As well as on assertiveness.
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StutterSense: Caffeine and stuttering - another paradox?
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Thursday, September 1, 2011. Caffeine and stuttering - another paradox? It is well known that caffeine, a major ingredient of eg. coffee and tea, can result in increased stress levels, and as a result many people – me included – believe that people who stutter should avoid caffeine-containing drinks and foods, as stuttering is, for many people if not most, to some extent stress-related. I can think of a few possible reasons:. And these effects can in some people perhaps reduce stress, so improving fluency.
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StutterSense: Stress - the elephant in the stuttering room
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Friday, February 12, 2010. Stress - the elephant in the stuttering room. The elephant in the room' is an expression referring to the strange phenomenon that a hugely relevant or very obvious issue is sometimes ignored, perhaps because it may be politically incorrect or not fashionable to discuss it. Stress, in my view, is the elephant in the stuttering room (see my previous posts on this subject). Stress management, of course, is not enough in managing stuttering. Stress management should be accompanied ...
