tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post7965063777711242422..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Getting rid of a habit: finallyTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-5884374165292142752006-11-01T21:38:00.000+01:002006-11-01T21:38:00.000+01:00Thx for the post.
Let me just point out a big dif...Thx for the post.<br /><br />Let me just point out a big difference between the breathing and stuttering.<br /><br />I still believe that we have a fundamental weakness/instability in our speech system. I believe that this makes it even harder to change habits. <br /><br />Nevertheless, stuttering involves so many secondary symptoms that are just bad habits, and working on these reduces dysfluencies or at the very least secondary symptoms.Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-47128144686102154892006-11-01T10:31:00.000+01:002006-11-01T10:31:00.000+01:00Hi Tom,
I too have had your experience with swim...Hi Tom, <br /><br />I too have had your experience with swimming. My biggest fear, along with speaking, was always swimming. I had episodes as a child where my breathing would become erratic and I would swallow lots of water. This fear led to my diaphragm contracting in the water in the same way it contracted when speaking. Now that I have my breathing under control due to costal breathing I have now also been able to enjoy swimming without choking.<br /><br />My thoughts on this are that stuttering is basically a learned behaviour. It is essentially a bad habit we have learned and therefore it can be unlearned. <br /><br />The hard part, however, is that speaking is something that we do every day so the temptation is to always use this old bad habit. If we are learning a new skill like playing the piano then we can practice and if we don't practice then our habit might just slowly fade away. If we don't speak in our new controlled way, however, our old speaking habit kicks in which actually counteracts and negates the new habit. Speaking with a new habit takes a lot of discipline and control or a technique to help you. Then over time this new way of speaking will become a new habit and you won't have to fully concentrate on using as much discipline or technique and ultimately it will become your automatic way of speaking.<br /><br />Very good post Tom with a great analogy. I think this lies at the very heart of stammering.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com