When I was younger I stuttered worse than I do now. But now I seem to have a littel control of it. Some people in my family do it also. It seems that the ones in my family that do it get tounge tied. Where as I can't seem to get the word I'm trying to say out of my mind. I have also heard that if you tickel a baby's feet before they can talk they will stutter later on in childhood throughout life. But My question is why do I do it and is there any way to make it stop permantely?
2007-09-12 07:30:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Your best source for information about stuttering is The Stuttering Foundation of America at www.stutteringhelp.org. There are different reasons for stuttering. Yours sounds genetic. Tickling a baby does not cause stuttering. You cannot cure stuttering but there are ways to become more fluent. Get The Stuttering Foundation of America's book "Self Therapy for the Stutterer" and work through the steps. The book is not one to just be read; you have to work through the steps diligently. Some speech therapists use it in their sessions as one of my uncles found.
2007-09-12 12:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by Bud B 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I sometimes mess up my words and say thigns that make completely no sense at all and it's really embarassing. Or I'll just say the wrong word in place of another similar. I can't always get the exact idea out that is inside of my head. From what I can tell it has something to do with the way I was raised ~ by my father who rarely ever spoke to me and when I did talk with him he didn't want to talk so there was some real messed up communication going on.
I get on in chats pretty well, but his way of talking (not talking or saying very few words) with me had a serious effect that has taken a long time to change on my own.
I think with speech therapy you can learn to speak with better ease... I have a good friend who when he was a child he had an issue with stuttering but I can tell no trace of it, he is just very sensitive to others, and he seems very confident about talking with strangers. He loves to joke and comment to everyone he meet.
2007-09-12 07:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by Jeska J 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my daughter stuttered when she was younger and i have noticed throughout the last say 13 years(she's 18 now) that she stuttered less and less and now she has almost completely stopped, except for when she is excited about something or is trying to talk to fast. I personally think that your brain gets ahead of your mouth and when you stutter, its like a hiccup that gets your brain and mouth back together. try talking a little bit slower to train your brain and mouth to co-exist together seemed to work for my daughter. good luck.
2007-09-12 07:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not surprised *lol* neither by the wife's wish, nor by the stuttering doctor...
2016-05-17 22:48:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just practice saying things slowly and deliberately. my mom always says to thiknk before you say things and it comes out right. it could be hereditary or maybe just you. the baby tickling feet thing is bogus.
2007-09-12 07:39:52 · answer #5 · answered by Shelby D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋