Any Psychological Theories To This?

[PhuturePriest]

I've found, with me, that I would stutter/stammer more in stressful situations.

 

Part of it is because my mind was going a mile a minute (because of the stress).  Part of it would be because I wanted to do well and not stutter, (like a speech or a presentation).

 

But this was mostly stress during events...not a person, per se.  However, when I was first going out with Shea, I would stammer a little bit around her.  Again, stress I think..but that did revolve around a person. 

 

I am unsure if it is psychological other than stress.  But perhaps it is psychological as it refers to how you handle stress with your Dad vs. others? Perhaps learn about some stress relieving exercises as see how that works for you?

 

I've been talking to IcePrincess privately, and I think we have a pretty solid theory going. My speaking is always fine if I'm not around my family. Last month when all of the craziness was going on, I suddenly had problems speaking. When I went to stay at Michael and Kenzie's house for two weeks immediately after, I didn't have any problems anymore, but they came back when I came home. When I went to visit Seminary in November, my speaking was flawless. Not one person there knows I have a stutter, and if you told them they wouldn't believe you. I just don't feel anxiety when speaking to other people (Unless my family is there). Tomorrow I'm going to call Kate, and if history means anything that could last up to three hours, but I have absolutely no anxiety about that. But I do at the thought of talking to my family. It's just weird.

[PhuturePriest]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1f3Hr03fQ[/media]

 

Don't tell me what I already know, fool.

[Archaeology cat]

Not weird given all that happened, IMO.

[Blackthorne]

1. Stop talking to my wife privately.

 

2. It doesn't matter why you stutter. What you need is the cure. Put a ruck on your back, walk until pass out. Once you regain consciousness, get to your feet, continuing walking until you pass out again. Do this for a week straight and I promise you'll never stutter again.

[CatholicsAreKewl]

Since I just woke up and I'm really lazy, i'll just copy and paste information from studies I just skimmed through.
 

 "Phonological and cognitive processing of AWS (adults who stutter) is more vulnerable to disruptions caused by increased amounts of cognitive load in concurrent attention-demanding tasks." (Lowe et al, 2012)

"Adults who stutter may neglect positive social cues within social situations that could serve to disconfirm negative beliefs and fears." [this is due to avoidance of eye contact... if this applies to you] This relates to the whole anxiety thing. 

(Robyn et al, 2012)

I know very little about stuttering but if what I'm about to say is at all true, this might help. If you find that you have to exert yourself to speak at times, it might get harder to do because your ego is depleted. Self-control is a depletable resource. One way to replenish your ego (self control) is to ingest glucose (or gargle sugar water, that works too). It might sound crazy but whatevs. Take it or leave itz. 

Edited April 19, 2013 by CatholicsAreKewl

[PhuturePriest]

This is the thread where I shocked the world at large by saying something witty.

Edited June 21, 2014 by FuturePriest387

[MIKolbe]

So, as most of you know, I have a stutter. 95% of the time, it poses no problem at all and I speak as if I didn't have one. But there are times when I go through a rough patch and can't speak very well. I've been having one for a few weeks, but here's what gets me: I generally speak fine to complete strangers and to friends, but not to my family. Any theories on this? 

 

 

oedipus complex?

[MIKolbe]

So, as most of you know, I have a stutter. 95% of the time, it poses no problem at all and I speak as if I didn't have one. But there are times when I go through a rough patch and can't speak very well. I've been having one for a few weeks, but here's what gets me: I generally speak fine to complete strangers and to friends, but not to my family. Any theories on this? 

 

 

oedipus complex?

[PhuturePriest]

oedipus complex?

 

So I'm just going to hope you don't know what that is and mixed Oedipus with Narcissus.

[Perigrina]

This is the thread where I shocked the world at large by saying something witty.

 

Do not dwell upon your former glories but seek to rise to even greater heights of wittiness as you boldly stride into the future.

[PhuturePriest]

Do not dwell upon your former glories but seek to rise to even greater heights of wittiness as you boldly stride into the future.

 

I was simply glancing through old threads of mine and came across this one.

[Ash Wednesday]

I'd be curious to know what comes of this and what causes one to stutter. My husband is fluent in five languages. Most of the time he talks without any issues in all languages. But every so often, he stutters and I want to scream "just spit it out!!!" (but I don't.)

 

Sometimes I wonder if it's because he is overthinking something or what...bless him (and you!) 

[PhuturePriest]

I'd be curious to know what comes of this and what causes one to stutter. My husband is fluent in five languages. Most of the time he talks without any issues in all languages. But every so often, he stutters and I want to scream "just spit it out!!!" (but I don't.)

 

Sometimes I wonder if it's because he is overthinking something or what...bless him (and you!) 

 

Stammering has to do with physical issues, not mental ones. Those who stammer have "mechanical difficulties with their speech", as King George VI's wife in The King's Speech puts it. I do understand that for some it might annoy your or make you impatient, but I implore you to please always be patient and never give the slightest sign of being annoyed, and God forbid don't say "Just spit it out!" I know from experience that this has two effects: 1, most noticeably, the stammerer will become incredibly nervous and jittery, and he'll stammer 10 times worse, so your display of impatience and anger was completely self-defeating, and 2, it will cause the stammerer to hate himself and spend all night depressed in his room listening to U2. I know you don't want that to happen, so please be sure to always be patient. I'm sure there are many things you do that drives your husband up the wall.

 

But as for the actual cause of stammering, no one knows. Scientists and speech pathologists are still trying to figure it out. We do know several things: It doesn't reflect intelligence (as was once dubiously widely believed), it has to do with incorrectly learned speech mechanics, it mostly happens in men, and a stammerer almost always has someone in his bloodline who stammered himself. My uncle stammers, and my dad used to when he was a kid. The Royal Family has a long list of monarchs and ancestors who stammered, so it came as to no shock when King George VI began to as well. The worst thing we know for a fact is that there is no cure for stammering. You can be taught to correct certain issues with your speech to the point where you may never stammer again, so long as you follow what you were taught diligently, but you will never be cured. You will always have it and battle against it.