Memory loss and stuttering

[aneclato30]

I have often wondered if for some reason I woke up the next day and forgot who i was and forgot about my life experience if i would still stutter.

I think because i know i stutter i will stutter - hope that makes sense.

But because of memory loss I would never know that i stuttered so in theory my speech would be perfect.

Maybe in the future they could erase that bit in our brains that remembers that we stutter.

[Box of Clocks]

I think this is an intriguing idea and I think you could very possibly be correct.

[emily445455]

Probably...since stuttering is a brain abnormality.

My great uncle is a severe stutterer...he's very old and probably has memory problems...yet he still stutters in the nursing home.

[Silent]

My great uncle is a severe stutterer...he's very old and probably has memory problems...yet he still stutters in the nursing home.
The memory of stuttering is not the same as the memory of a phone number. Most of the stuff is subconscious - the motor programs, emotional triggers, etc.

However, people usually stutter less severely as they age.
The reason may be psychological (lower self-consciousness, greater acceptance) or neurological (lower neuronal sensitivity / activity). Just a guess.

[sst]

Sometimes I wish I woke up, forgot who I was, and forgot that I stuttered. :o

[happy7117]

Sometimes I wish I woke up, forgot who I was, and forgot that I stuttered. :o

Amnesia?? I would be scared.

[sst]

Amnesia?? I would be scared.

It's all hypothetical, Happy. :p

[emily445455]

Yea I don't think any of you really want to wake up and not remember. This happens to my gpa everyday...and it is one of the sadest things I have ever seen.

[Silent]

Sometimes I wish I woke up, forgot who I was, and forgot that I stuttered. :o
But then that person would no longer be you ;)

[sst]

But then that person would no longer be you ;)

Oops, well I guess I shouldn't have put that part. Reading it now, it doesn't make much sense. :o

[Jamus]

I have often wondered if for some reason I woke up the next day and forgot who i was and forgot about my life experience if i would still stutter.

I think because i know i stutter i will stutter - hope that makes sense.

But because of memory loss I would never know that i stuttered so in theory my speech would be perfect.

Maybe in the future they could erase that bit in our brains that remembers that we stutter.

This ties into the theory that we condition ourselves to continue stuttering once we start. Subconsciously of course. That in knowing we stutter and then try not to stutter by trying techniques or out of desperation bringing out secondary behaviors - we only reinforce to our brains that we do stutter b/c these techniques work. Therefore conditioning ourselves and teaching our brains abnormal methods for dealing with our stutter.
I wish I didn't learn all these secondary ways of not stuttering, b/c if my conditioning in dealing with my stutter is gone, then it would be less of a habit and it would be a lot easier to break out of it and move into regular speech. Just like it was when we first started stuttering, most of us as a child. Make any sense?
It's all very interesting :rolleyes:

[Standingtall]

Yea I don't think any of you really want to wake up and not remember. This happens to my gpa everyday...and it is one of the sadest things I have ever seen.
The wife's grandmother is like this. She can't remember her daughter's visiting her in the morning and in the afternoon she calls them and ask them why they did come today. She gets so upset, she is crying because she can't remember. it is very Sad.

[nate]

Amnesia?? I would be scared.

me too. Has anyone watched that movie with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. She forgets everyday and keeps reliving it. i cant think of the name but Arrgh. Let me google it.

50 first dates, thats the one...not nice.
Nate

[improvingame]

Memory definately plays a role.

When I'm around people whom I stuttered in front of before, I (feel pressued on a subconcious level to) stutter around them more often.

Around people whom I have not stuttered, I am much less likely to stutter.

One of humans greatest motivatoins is to stay consistent with the identity they have presented before.

It's like these people who I presented a certain persona to at one time serve as anchors holding me to that persona.

[aki26]

I believe that stuttering has made me into the person that I am today. I am trying to see this in a positive way. There are times when we can get irritated, but remember that you are part of millions who do stutter and some may even stutter more than yourself.

Just a thought for everyone.