Stuttering or stammering is a remarkable disorder. It’s
easy to treat and has been claimed to be impossible to
cure. So what causes it? Brain scans have found that
adult stutterers appear to have abnormal under activity
in their central auditory processing area.What's wrong
with adult stutterers' auditory processing is unknown,
but one theory is that it is simply caused by fear. What
stutterers have in common is frustration, fear and
anxiety. In the words of one stutterer below. (courtesy
of www.psychforums.com)
"Stuttering is absolute sheer frustration. You know
exactly what you want to say, you know how to say it,
you can picture every movement of every syllable in your
mouth about how to say it.......but, you can’t say it.
You get stuck, have a block, or repeat a sound. and when
you try to force out that sound it just makes it worse,
muscles clench and your face contorts from the sheer
physical effort of trying to speak. You are also
physically conscious of how you look and how you sound.
You have to deal with people putting the wrong words in
your mouth, or misunderstanding you, or too impatient to
wait long enough for you to speak…. That’s what it’s
like all day every day."
You can’t overcome stuttering until
you admit that you stutter. That one simple act can help
you improve your fluency, because you are no longer
fighting it. Severe stutterers are often the least
willing to do anything about it, usually due to fear.
However, and here’s the good news Stuttering is one of
few disabilities that get better over time. Most
children outgrow it. Even adults who stutter severely in
their 20s usually learn to manage it in their 30s. One
probable reason for this is the natural confidence that
comes with maturity.
Many former stutterers have had quite high flying
careers – so you’re in good company, anyone remember
Winston Churchill – he got around his problem by
researching political issues weeks in advance and
finding responses to any possible objection, or Kim
Philby, a spy who claimed that stuttering once saved his
life, because it confounded a fast paced interrogator.
Men are not the only ones to suffer Marilyn Monroe,
who’s famous pout and heavy breathing was a way of
slowing down speech, thus dealing with the condition,
and Carly Simon got round her issue by singing.
Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Lingistic-Programming (NLP) are
excellent for treating all nervous disorders, because
they rapidly and effectively deal with both cause and
effect of issues. |
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Christine Hargan, BSc (Hons) Psychology; Specialises in
and treats the causes and effects of emotional
disorders, confidence and addiction based issues with
hypnotherapy, NLP and psychotherapy.
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