20 years
So how can i overcome this fear?? I want to stop stuttering, its making me feel upset and ashamed. I want to be just like others where i can give a normal speech without any trouble. Plz and thank u
Aug 20, 2014
you need psychoterapy and speech therapy
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This is usually the work of a psychotherapist and a speech therapist. I will give you an example extracted from: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Stuttering Disorder. A Case Study. By Margareta Lundskog, during which they show you the process by which they help adults with stuttering, 1st by triggering them to observe their own thoughts and behaviors in order to identify how their thoughts are usually automatically wired towards stressing and avoidance, then providing alternative thoughts and actions to overcome the problem and better handle the situation.
1. Self-monitoring in order to identify automatic thoughts.
- Situation: I am in conflict with my teacher. I want to state an opinion
- Automatic thoughts: There is a big risk that I’m going to stutter. He is going to laugh at me. I’m a coward for being afraid of saying what I want to say.
- Emotions:
o Anger towards the teacher because he doesn’t understand.
o Anger towards myself.
o Fear of making a fool out of myself.
o Fear of not to be taken seriously.
- Outcome: I’ll postpone talking to him to another time
2. Self-monitoring in order to identify automatic and alternative thoughts.
- Situation: I have to make a classroom presentation. The first word begins with a vowel
- Automatic thoughts: This won’t work. I don’t want to. I always stutter on words with initial
vowels. I will block on these words. Maybe I can ask to postpone it, but it might affect my grade.
- Emotions: Aversion, nervousness and stress
- Alternative thoughts: Ok, I know that vowels are difficult sounds and I might stutter but who cares? Before I start the presentation I can sit down for a while and relax, concentrate and breathe calmly and then I can make the phone call.
- Alternative feelings: Indifference, less anxiety
- Outcome: do the presentation!
If you can provide the eTobb team with your email, I can send you a few exercises (not available online) to help you as much as possible, though consulting a specialist at least for a few CBT sessions is a much better way.
1. Self-monitoring in order to identify automatic thoughts.
- Situation: I am in conflict with my teacher. I want to state an opinion
- Automatic thoughts: There is a big risk that I’m going to stutter. He is going to laugh at me. I’m a coward for being afraid of saying what I want to say.
- Emotions:
o Anger towards the teacher because he doesn’t understand.
o Anger towards myself.
o Fear of making a fool out of myself.
o Fear of not to be taken seriously.
- Outcome: I’ll postpone talking to him to another time
2. Self-monitoring in order to identify automatic and alternative thoughts.
- Situation: I have to make a classroom presentation. The first word begins with a vowel
- Automatic thoughts: This won’t work. I don’t want to. I always stutter on words with initial
vowels. I will block on these words. Maybe I can ask to postpone it, but it might affect my grade.
- Emotions: Aversion, nervousness and stress
- Alternative thoughts: Ok, I know that vowels are difficult sounds and I might stutter but who cares? Before I start the presentation I can sit down for a while and relax, concentrate and breathe calmly and then I can make the phone call.
- Alternative feelings: Indifference, less anxiety
- Outcome: do the presentation!
If you can provide the eTobb team with your email, I can send you a few exercises (not available online) to help you as much as possible, though consulting a specialist at least for a few CBT sessions is a much better way.
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