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How great can Stuttering really be!

omniscient — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:23:02 +0000

Last night on hulu I was online watching explorer and they had a special on the development of babies.
Its really interesting, you get to know what processes are going on in the brain during development and everything.

The thing that got my attention was how we are "pre-programed"

For example the instant a baby is born they know the motions of how to walk.
The documentary also went to show other things we just automatically know how to do.

The scientist also explained how a brain is being wired during the first three years of ours lifes.

Were born with over 1 billion connections,and at first the connections are jerky and not tuned in. For the connections we do not use we simply lose, while other connections are being made stronger.

Long story short in those 3 yrs there is a crucial use it or lose it stage of our lifes.
Example If you put a eye patch on one eye of a baby for a year, that eye will go "dead" because during the crucial development stage the eye was not used.

But if you put an eye patch on an adult for year there will be know change to the eye because the eye was already fine tuned during the first 3 yrs.

What Im trying to get at is what if we didnt use our speech to our fullest abilities for what ever reason and our process to produce speech was altered.

So while that connection might have gotten weaker we grew stronger in other areas.

So you stutter but what are you great mentally?
Could be math,being creative, drawing etc.

check out the documentary here
http://www.hulu.com/watch/122907/explorer-science-of-babies

I need some help.

Kaiser — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:51:56 +0000

Well, tomorrow, it's the starting of the new trimester, which means all new teachers for me. And, for some odd reason, my teachers have the nerve to make us students introduce ourselves everytime. The last trimester didn't, but it's like the fear of the unknown.

I tried asking my dad to write me notes so he could explain the situation to them, but when I started tearing up, he walked outta the room. He's not very supportive.

Does anyone have any adivce or tips I could use to make tomorrow a better day for me?

...Thanks. I'm not use to asking other stutter's this kinda stuff, so all the help would be cool.

Stuttering Genetic?

Katie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:56:33 +0000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8507086.stm

Hey everyone!

Timothy Zix — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:46:29 +0000

Hey there everyone, I'm Tim. I decided to try something new with my stuttering so I came here in hopes of sharing stories and getting to know others who stutter. I've never met any one who stutters before, so this should be an interesting experience. When I stutter, it seems to happen most if I explaining something or telling a story. Also the phone is my bane as is reading allowed. My stuttering also goes in seasons. There will be months where it seems that I'm with out blocks, and then there are times where I just cant speak at all. I've been stuttering all my life, and I accept it as a part of my character. I would not be me with out it. I hope to talk to you all soon!!

CNN found biological cause for stuttering?

oochessca718oo — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:03:36 +0000

hey guys, i found this randomly. i found it interesting and thought I would share it with you all.

i am not quite sure how it makes me feel? please share your thoughts.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/10/stuttering.genes.cell/index.html?eref=rss_health&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_health+(RSS%3A+Health)&utm_content=Netvibes

My story

oochessca718oo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:23:14 +0000

I have stuttered as long as I can remember, in fact my father stutters too. Althought, dispite that he told me that I just have to get over it. Easier said than done. I started speech in the 1st grade and a year later I was classified as having a learning disability. Fast forward 15 years full of avoidance of social situations and low self esteem. I eventually become more I am currently in a gradute program hoping to become an Occupational Therapist, but I find myself more concerned with my stutter than previously. I am getting the itch to retreat and run for the hills. Meanwhile I love my program I am just scared, mostly because of my ability to communicate with my future clients and peers. But I have become inspired by some stories I have seen on this site as well as watching MTV's truelife: i stutter

2010 stuttering journey

omniscient — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:20:05 +0000

What do you hope to accomplish this year with your stuttering?

HOW STUTTERING STARTED

omniscient — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:11:55 +0000

As you should know my ideas are many and my theories are never ending.

I was reading somewhere on a post about wheather stuttering was a reflex action,
and that got me thinking.

Reflex action to me goes back to primal instinct really.
So that is how my idea came, Primal instinct took me to the thought of The beginning of man.

What if stuttering has been around since people first learned language.People didnt always speak in what we would call words, they spoke in weird sounds,ticks,howels and all that stuff.

Maybe people that stutter had a stong role to play in how man evolved and developed language.-Of course that depends on if your religious
What If our ancestors were some of the first people, the beginning people that didnt develop language as the others did? Because they were to old but as younger generations came there way of speaking changed.

Stuttering Group meeting

omniscient — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:51:09 +0000

I went to my first stuttering meeting last wednesday and it was fun.There were four of us including myself and we met up at a pizza place,I was the newbie around but I felt comfortable.
The crazy thing is i had more blocks with them than i usually do.

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omniscient — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:28:16 +0000

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went on a course

robert wild — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:21:45 +0000

hi all,

Ive had a stuuter now since in secondary school (14-15 yrs old) and ive only now had time to get help with it, anyway i stuuter on the words sounding with f, v, s and then followed by a vowel and i did a course in city lit in london and i did a intense course in stammering and i quit when it had a day to go as i couldnt bear it anymore for me when i stutter i get really emotional/angry/sad, all the feelings come rushing when i stutter on a word and i just got to that point were i had to quit but looking back to it now i should of stayed and carried on but oh well

anyway im going about it a different approach now and im seeking a hypnotherapist to see if they can help it as i know a stutter can never be cured just helped, im asking your opinion what do you guys think of hypnotherapy and have any of you considered or been

I talk like the music I listen to

omniscient — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:25:11 +0000

I pretty music listen to every genre of music you can think of.
The other day I was listening to a song called 'Had Enough' by Breaking Benjamin
and I noticed I talk just like the song.

Its crazy because every few words,and pauses they have are exactly me.

Ex: The song goes
Milk it for all it's worth- Pause
make sure you get there first-Pause and so on

Notice how many words are being said at any given time, 5 or 6
thats exactly how many words i can say before I have to pause

Our time theatre

taylorssweet — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:32:16 +0000

our time theatre is theatre and camp for people who stutter

Speak!

taylorssweet — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:29:35 +0000

I seen this video on the homepage and its so awesome, i love seeing other stuttering people just talk and be themselves dont you.

notification thing

taylorssweet — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:18:45 +0000

its great to log in and see whats been going on so you know where to comment it comes in handy