I decided to create a Facebook Group for the Neuro Semantics of Stuttering. I am already a part of a Yahoo group on it- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neurosemanticsofstuttering/

(thats how this whole idea to spread the word etc got started) and its really helped me. I figured, so many people use facebook that there should be a group on there as well.

I was already a part of a few stuttering groups so I posted a little message on the wall of each group saying, Hey check out this new facebook group and check out www.masteringstuttering.com, since its much more scientific and can explain the theory a lot better than I can.

Shortly after I recieved an email from a girl stating, “About that group, are you serious? That stuff isn’t true. Theres tons of research to prove your theory is false”. She even added a little smiley face at the end…and I’m sure you can guess just as well as I can, that smiley face was not meant to be a nice one. Some people!

I’m not too surprised; I know there are people who beliefs firmly rooted in SLP (Speech and Language Pathology). I have a few friends going to graduate school to become Speech and Language Pathologists. I guess the thing is, no one can really take it personal that one form of therapy seems to be working better than another. Thats like being upset that we walk forwards instead of backwards- theres no reason to mad over it and it’s a little senseless to get upset! 

I’m sorry that I don’t believe in SLP, but I have good reason not to- because it didn’t work for me. I have heard of people going to SLP for years and years (like 20 years or even more) and it doesnt work. When something doesn’t work over and over, isn’t that sort of like banging your head against a wall? Isn’t it time to try something new?

I’m not mad at the email I got. As I said, this theory is certainly NOT mainstream. I wish it was! But if it was mainstream, then I wouldn’t have such ambition to try and do what I want to do- yes, Get the word out :) I want to write self esteem based childrens books to stop the cycle of thinking “Im different theres something wrong with me” before it even starts. I want to do public speaking events to help spread the world. I plan to write a book about this stuff. I will also be getting my Ph.D. in clinical psychology. And I am pretty excited to start it all! :) If this stuff was mainstream, I would have nothing to start. So I guess it’s both a blessing and a curse.

I realize that there isnt much research supporting this but to me, its the only theory that makes sense and the only thing that has worked for me thus far. If it’s working and it makes sense, thats good enough for me. And that should be good enough for you too. If you stutter, you have the option to try anything and everything to get rid of it…or.. you have the option to keep on living a life that is harder than it should be. Sorry, but according to me, the choice there is a no brainer. I choose life. :)