Analyzing your own stutter a hinderence?

[Geoff]

Just a thought really, but maybe all this research and analyzing on our stutter is giving it a negative affect. The last few weeks I've been reading articles, reading topics on here, watching videos and even recorded myself speak various times in an attempt to try and understand my stutter. Most people would see this as making an effort, or making progress towards countering the stutter. But I think it could be having a reverse affect because I'm letting it dictate and overwhelm my life so much.

By allowing the stutter to dominate my life so much by constantly analyzing it and thinking about, maybe its having a negative affect? I've been conscious about my breathing and the way I deliver my speech a lot and I think it probably makes it worse, compared to when I didn't think about it.

In an effort to progress and improve, the constant obsession of trying to understand it could infact be making it worse. I don't know. But I'm going to lay off all the research, analyzing and reading for a while and just get on with life while trying to give my stutter the least amount of attention as possible. I'll see how it goes.

[Jaykon]

i agree, itsa sort of a mindf#@k. you want to get over it so you research, analyze etc... but because your thinking about it so much, a lot times you get worse. i dunno. thats what happened to me too.

[Iron Cable]

If being "proactive" when it comes to your stittering is making it worse, maybe you should lay off for a hile, but ignoring it won't do you much good either.
Seeking help doesn't mean that it's dictating your life. You have every right to want to do something about it. Maybe you just need to change you approach.

[Jaykon]

If being "proactive" when it comes to your stittering is making it worse, maybe you should lay off for a hile, but ignoring it won't do you much good either.
Seeking help doesn't mean that it's dictating your life. You have every right to want to do something about it. Maybe you just need to change you approach.

Agreed. It's a fine line we must walk

[JohanZombie]

Just a thought really, but maybe all this research and analyzing on our stutter is giving it a negative affect. The last few weeks I've been reading articles, reading topics on here, watching videos and even recorded myself speak various times in an attempt to try and understand my stutter. Most people would see this as making an effort, or making progress towards countering the stutter. But I think it could be having a reverse affect because I'm letting it dictate and overwhelm my life so much.

By allowing the stutter to dominate my life so much by constantly analyzing it and thinking about, maybe its having a negative affect? I've been conscious about my breathing and the way I deliver my speech a lot and I think it probably makes it worse, compared to when I didn't think about it.

In an effort to progress and improve, the constant obsession of trying to understand it could infact be making it worse. I don't know. But I'm going to lay off all the research, analyzing and reading for a while and just get on with life while trying to give my stutter the least amount of attention as possible. I'll see how it goes.

I think you're totally right, and alot of articles actually adresses exactly what you're saying..

I think self-analysis is very good to a point, so you can get a hint of in what situations you stutter and after that maybe you can understand why you stutter. But as soon as we have that knowledge about ourselves we should, just as you say, try to not think about our stuttering at all. But I find that hard.

Though, have some articles learned me some mental training, and giving me some tools about how to behave against my stuttering thoughts. But it takes time to leave the comfort zone of our thinking..

Anyway, before you stop giving a shit about your stuttering you should take one more week to read the articles at www.masteringstuttering.com (dont be misled by the cheesy name). The articles there is extremely interesting and very helpful.. it explains how the thinking and the stuttering works together in a very nice way.

Peace out..

[Perad]

When I analyse my stutter it gets worse but its part of the process of improving. The main thing that I dislike about my stutter is what I do to try to counter. I break eye contact, I fidget, I shift my weight from foot to foot as I try to work through it. This isn't my stutter, this is what I do when i stutter.

By analysing your stutter you can focus on what you do when you stutter and work at removing these things.

When I go to speech courses I notice that some people pull faces when they stutter. I used to do the same. No wonder people are self concious when they stutter.. this is just your reaction to trying to work through your stutter. If you analyse what you are doing you can work through a block different. Instead of struggling and making faces, you can smile, reset and slide into the word. You still stutter but you naturally feel far less self concious about doing it.

Analysis is a good thing if you are going to act on your findings.