| Many people who stutter or mispronounce words | | | | started stuttering the moment they learned to |
| spend their lives obsessed with t he question of | | | | talk. Some didn't start until young adulthood. Some |
| how to stop stammering. It's not hard to see | | | | stammerers spontaneously start speaking |
| why. Even if no one blames you or makes fun of | | | | normally at age 13. Some normal speakers |
| you for your stammering, the experience of not | | | | spontaneously start stammering at age 25. Some |
| being able to say what you want quickly can be | | | | people have an obvious precedent for their |
| incredibly frustrating. No one likes feeling | | | | speech impediment, such as abusive homes in |
| inarticulate. Most of the time, the stammerer | | | | which children learned early on that speaking, |
| knows that his speech impediment isn't his fault. | | | | often as not, results in a beating. By contrast, |
| Yet, that lack of agency is perhaps one of the | | | | some people stutter for no clear reason. |
| most frustrating things about stammering or | | | | Stop Stammering With NLP And Hypnotherapy |
| stuttering. Is there a worse feeling than knowing | | | | The disciplines of NLP (neuro-linguistic |
| just what you want to say, and being unable to | | | | programming) and hypnosis can be combined with |
| say it, than being silenced by some mental quirk | | | | voice training and breathing exercises to help put |
| you don't understand? | | | | an end to this frustrating involuntary habit. NLP |
| How People Stammer | | | | and hypnotherapy are a powerful addition to the |
| After all this time, modern science still hasn't | | | | conventional techniques used by speech therapists |
| figured out what causes some people to | | | | to help stammerers. |
| stammer. Most of our knowledge of stammering | | | | NLP therapy trains people to recognize, |
| consists of the "how," rather than the "why." | | | | understand, and control their emotional states. |
| What we do know is that people's stuttering can | | | | Although nobody knows the exact cause of |
| take several different forms. Some people find | | | | stammering, negative emotions such as |
| themselves opening their mouths and having to | | | | nervousness and dread of speaking are often |
| say one syllable or word several times before | | | | involved. Using NLP techniques, stutterers can |
| going on to the rest of their sentence. Others | | | | learn to stop over-preparing and over-analyzing |
| only have trouble with certain letters and certain | | | | the words you want to say before they try to |
| sounds. Others still have trouble beginning | | | | say them. Even the most severe stammerers |
| statements. They get ready to speak, they open | | | | never stammers when they sing or shout. Much |
| their mouths, and no words come out; their minds | | | | of this has to do with the spontaneity sung and |
| draw a blank. | | | | shouted words. Hypnosis can also be used to help |
| Stuttering Is Mysterious | | | | stammerers learn to relax before they speak. |
| One of the main reasons this common speech | | | | With the help of voice training and breathing |
| impediment is so mysterious is that it's highly | | | | exercises, these techniques can achieve |
| specific to each individual suffering from it. | | | | astonishing levels of success--even in situations |
| Although most stuttering speech sounds alike | | | | where traditional speech therapy has failed. Many |
| enough, people's reasons for stuttering are as | | | | people have relied on these techniques to stop |
| unique as they are mysterious. Some people | | | | stammering altogether. |