daveyduncan
01-05-2005, 10:59 PM
Hi all,
My name is David and I am 25 years old. I have stammered since I can remember and I am going through a particularly stressfull time in my life. I have a new job which puts a lot of pressure on me, like answering telephone calls and attending business meetings.
My way of coping involves playing football and workin out (too release any pent up frustrations), and also the occasional whiskey!
I also devote a large amount of my time studying the stuttering defect.I feel I have come across some interesting information that has given me renewed confidence of overcoming my speech difficulties. I believe the problem is mainly psychological, but since the brain controls muscle tension, there are some physiological effects of this condition.
I am looking into NLP techniques, aswell as some physical exercises to develop the correct muscles used in vocal production.
I am also putting my life into perspective in light of the terrible tsunami disaster. It just goes to show that there is no point holding back in life, as we never know what can happen. Stammering is an emotionally draining condition but it need not be that way. Its just a bad habit that I firmly believe can be broken. To break any habit, a conscious effort is required and practised until it become automatic.
I hope to share some ideas with other people as I do believe we can work together and beat this!
Bye for now,
Dave.
My name is David and I am 25 years old. I have stammered since I can remember and I am going through a particularly stressfull time in my life. I have a new job which puts a lot of pressure on me, like answering telephone calls and attending business meetings.
My way of coping involves playing football and workin out (too release any pent up frustrations), and also the occasional whiskey!
I also devote a large amount of my time studying the stuttering defect.I feel I have come across some interesting information that has given me renewed confidence of overcoming my speech difficulties. I believe the problem is mainly psychological, but since the brain controls muscle tension, there are some physiological effects of this condition.
I am looking into NLP techniques, aswell as some physical exercises to develop the correct muscles used in vocal production.
I am also putting my life into perspective in light of the terrible tsunami disaster. It just goes to show that there is no point holding back in life, as we never know what can happen. Stammering is an emotionally draining condition but it need not be that way. Its just a bad habit that I firmly believe can be broken. To break any habit, a conscious effort is required and practised until it become automatic.
I hope to share some ideas with other people as I do believe we can work together and beat this!
Bye for now,
Dave.