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My dad had a stutter as a kid. When he was playing tennis, the kid across the court was mocking my dads stutter. At some point my dad lost it, jumped the net a
by ada1981 3y ago
My dad had a stutter as a kid.
When he was playing tennis, the kid across the court was mocking my dads stutter. At some point my dad lost it, jumped the net and started beating the shit out of the kid. While he was on top of him, my dad was “mocking” the other kid by talking how he talked… turns out the kid didn’t have a stutter.
My dad never had a stutter again.
Have you done deeper psychological work to explore what is going on with you when you were 9? Transpersonal work? I’m a coach and would be happy to have a gifted session with you to explore if any of our tools can help.
- koksinghew 3y agoHey, Thanks for sharing your father's story, I have not done any psychological work but I'm aware that there can be psychological aspects to stuttering and I appreciate your offer for a coaching session. I'm not really sure what caused me to stutter, but I still stutter now (I'm 22). Even today when I order at a restaurant, my stutter just kicks in, I could not pronounce anything.
- ada1981 3y agoA basic approach would be to take a moment to stop and notice the feeling in your body when you start to stutter. What are the emotions? Where do you feel them? Give your self space to ask them (the feelings) what they are trying to show you, what they need, how old they are, etc. I’d do this with closed eyes and some belly breathing. There are are other tools but I’d start with that somatic inquiry.
- koksinghew 3y agoOk so let’s say, we start the somatic inquiry in the middle of a conversation, wouldn’t the other feel weird? Like why am I taking so long to response to them?