Hieveryone.I'vewrittenonherebefore,butthepastcoupleofdays
havebeentheworse.IamaPWSwithblocks.Itenseupandcan'tget
wordsout.Iamcurrentlyinmyfourthyearofcollegemajoringin
SLPbutlearningthatIamgoingtohavetoadifficulttimeeven
finishingupmyundergradbecauseIamrequiredtotakeonaclient
nextfallandspringbeforeigraduateandIhavetobeprettyfluent
intherapy.This,andthefactthatihavebeentold...[
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Letsjustlookatyourpostforasecond,youhavesomecomments
thataresmallandIexpectyouseenomeaninginthem.
Point1)Ihavetogiveapresentation(I'mforced)
Point2)groupof20includingmyboss(I'mbeingjudged)
Point3)2timesIsucked(blocked,blockedandblocked).
Youhavealreadybiasedyourselffordefeatbeforeyouhaveeven
began.Yourmindwillfocusontheselittlenegativepointsand
concentrateintoturningthe...[
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Iamcuriousaboutthedimensionsagainsttimeandspaceofthoughts,memoriesandthewayswepresentsbylanguage,musicandpictures.Howourthoughtsandinformationareorganized.Howmanydimensionsdotheyhave.Arethereaencodingprocessandadecodingprocesswhenwestoreandretreivetheinformation?
Weknowthatlanguageisonedemensionalagainsttime.Whenwespeak,weneedtospeakonesyllableatime.Syllablescometogethertoformwords,thentoformp...[
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TodayisHalloween,Amy'shappiestday.ShehasbeencountedhowmanydaysleftforHalloweensincelastweek.WhenIaskedwhatcostumeshewouldliketowear,shewantedtobeaprincess.Iwenttoastoreyesterdaytobuyaprincesscostumeforher.Itwasgreatthatthecostumewas75%off.Igotabargan.
Lastyear,ItookAmyoutfortrickandtreat.ThatwasthefirsttimeItookAmytoourneighbourfortrickandtreat.Shegotthreebagsofcandyaltogether.Shewasexcitedabo...[
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Max,
Thoseareallgreatpoints--andtheyarestagesthatI,too,
encountered..Ijustwentabitofadifferentwaythanyoudid--as
weareallunique!About12monthsintoit,Irealizedthatwecould
befluentw/techniquebutthatwereallysortofwerejustcloset
stutterersthen--supressingit--andIovercamethat,inpart,through
atechniquecalled"EducationandDemonstration"---beyondthescope
ofthisemail--subsequentNLP...[
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Iamthetoastmastetoday.Ididnotdomuchpreparation.However,Ididprepareanagendaforthemeeting.Isupposedtocontacteachclubmembertofixtheroles.Iwasbusyanddidnotcontactthem.IcametothemeetingontimewithAmy.Amyalwaysaccompaniesmetothemeeting.Ithasbeenfortwoyears.
Therewereabout10membersattendedthemeeting.Therewasoneice-breakerspeech.Iassignedtherolesfortimer,humerist,evaluator.Itwaspre-Halloweenmeeting.One...[
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Greatnewsforme!MyparentsgotvisatotheUSyesterday.Iwastoldthatitisalmostimpossibleforpeoplewholiveincountryside,withoutaformaljobtogetavisa.Whenmyfatherandmotherwasapplyingforpassportseveralmonthsago,theyweretoldbythepassportofficerthattheycouldnotgetthevisaaccordingtheirexperience.
Myparentsarefarmers.Theyareinlatesixties.Theyarestayinginmyhometownalltheirlife.Theydonothaveincome;however,theyne...[
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HelloAndrew,
Iwatchedyourvideoyoupostedonyourwebsite.Icommendyoufor
actionsinspeakingattoastmasters.Anddoingverywellatit.My
wifethinksyourspeechisperfectbytheway.
Iwanttosharewithyousomeofmyownexperiences,itemsthat
mightberelevanttoapersonlikeyourselfwhohasreachedavery
strongleveloffluency.
Iusedatechniquelikeyourself,Iingrainedittosuchalevel
thatitwasdeepwithinmysu...[
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I'dliketoseethefollowing:
1.SpeechTherapyisonlytaughtbyfellowstutterers-whoelsereally
knowswhatyou'vebeenandarestillgoingthrough?
2.Thefirstpartofanyspeechtherapycoursedealswithcomingto
termswithyourstutteri.e.untilyouarefullycomfortablewithyour
stutterthereisnoattempttogainbetterfluency.Inotherwords,the
belowwaterlinefeelings.
3.Noonegoesonathreeday,sevendaycourseandis...[
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Hello..
I'mnotveryfamiliarwithYahoogroups,soIguessIneedto
introducemyselfwithapost?I'mamaleinmy30'slivingintheUS.
I'dsayI'vebeenamoderatetoseverestutterermostofmylife,and
IguessI'macovertstuttereraswell.SometimesIcanhideitif
theconversationisverybrief.OthertimesI'llopenmymouthand
nothingcomesout.Overtheyearsthevocalizedsoundshavegivenway
tomainlysilentblocks.
I'mnot...[
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