From Umesh Rawat

Hello my TISA friends. This is Umesh Rawat here and I am posting in
this blog after a long time. I am a post graduate in computer
engineering. Last year in the same month of September, I got a job of
teaching in a college. Despite being a pws, it was a tough job for me
but I can’t help myself because I always like the profession of
teaching and after joining TISA my dreams got the wings.

I CHOSE TO BE HAPPY

Hello everyone,
My name is kumar kundan.I am a stutterer,21,from bihar pursuing btech in civil engineering from himachal pradesh.
During the last 3 years I have been trying to bring my stammering on my conscious level.needless to say path is not that straight as it seems when writing the blog....even i try to put everything what I experienced i wont be able to make justice.
being a student,I always chose to give my study the highest priority whenever it comes to anything.I always accepted the fact that I would not let my stuttering win by giving up in my attempts to better my speech day-by-day....Each day i want to become more mature,more confident,more happy person than I was a day before.
Based on my own experience i am in position to declare that we have enough techniques already that is more than enough to make us better communicator and take us towards more freer speech.
I would like to share with you something which is more than an achievement for me.

I made a 21 days Active plan for me,and i am happy to say,its my 23rd day of practice-

(1) I write at least 6 causes for which i should be happy today.it include all the good things that happens that day.
(2)I make phone to someone to whom i can manage by telephone instead of meeting personally.
(3)I practice to see the bright sides of each happenings.for example:i use to complain about lack of good faculties in my college,but now i see it as the opportunity to focus on self-study.
(4)I practice reading aloud articles from newspapers or books for 10 mins 3 times a day.

Benefits that i got from that is I am becoming more confident each day,more calm than the day before.
Now I am really enjoying all that I do.
-kumar kundan
kala-amb,sirmaur(HP)

Experiments....Emotions

In my quest for bringing myself above the negative emotions regarding stammering,i used to challenge myself and experiment sometimes with my speech.

Today after finishing my night shift at the workplace, I purchased delicious idli sambhar and waited for the auto rickshaw to return to my hostel.

Suddenly, my mind, who always loves putting me in trouble, challenges me if i can go into the block while talking to the auto rickshaw driver as they use to be in so hurry always and stimulates the passenger to talk quickly.

 So, i decided that the driver of 1st auto that will come by way will be my target. irrespective of number of passengers in the auto and how many girls might be there.

News at TISA Hyderabad Chapter meetup - Sep 8th 2013

Writeup by Ramu...

We were 7 members for today's meetup.

1) Neeraj 2) Asif 3)Rajesh 4) Lalayya 5) Ramu 6)Ramandith 7) Mahipal

           Today we started our meetup with regular  introductions of each and everyone.We had  done with some new activities today.And climate today also supported us with its coolness and pleasantness.During our  session there is little rain also,we enjoyed that a lot.

JP at Chennai SHG meeting

Dear All,

The Chennai SHG meeting held on 8^th September at Anna Nagar Tower park were attended by JP, Vishal, Mr.Mohan (Vishal’s friend and an Ex-Stammerer), Sirdhar, Karthikeyan, prabu Francin  & myself. This was hurriedly arranged one for JP. The story of Mr.Mohan is really extraordinary.  Here I briefly narrate it mentioning his name to give motivation to young pws.

अमित की एक और कहानी

पत्रिका न्यूजपेपर - नई दिशा (कहानी)

आज 8 सितम्बर 2013 के पत्रिका न्यूजपेपर पर मेरे द्वारा लिखी गई एक कहानी "नई दिशा" शीर्षक से प्रकाशित हुई है। इस कहानी में एक युवक हकलाहट और बेरोजगारी के कारण आत्महत्या करने का फैसला करता है। क्या वह ऐसा करने में सफल होता है या जीवन की नई राह उसे मिलती है? जानने के लिए पढि़ए यह कहानी।

http://epaper.patrika.com/157193/Patrika-Satna/08-09-2013#page/14/1

Speech Therapy By Hritik Roshan

Many Indian PWS are eager to know- what hritik roshan is doing or have done for speech.

I tried to add so many video clips of Hritik’s Interviews , in which he told what he have done or doing till now for speech.

SPEECH THERAPY BY HRITIK

Hritik used to read newspaper  loudly, he used to repeat long Bollywood movie  dialogues.

He took each and every alphabets and practiced it with varying volume and pitch.

On whatever word, he got block, he repeats it 10,000 (ten thousand) times with different volume and pitch.

TISA Hyderabad Chapter Meetup - 8 Sep 2013

Hello Friends, You are welcome to THE INDIAN STAMMERING ASSOCIATION Self Help Group meetings.These meetings will make you know what stammering is about and how we can control our speech patterns in day to day life.Here We Stammer at Ease.It is proved that if we stammer with easiness then stammering can be dissolved from speech.We use many techniques which help us in clearing blocks in speech.

This week main Agenda - Prepared Speeches

Bangalore SHG Aug 31, 2013 meeting report

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Greetings all,

Hope this finds each one of you healthy, wise and joyous. The weekend at the SHG was in good spirits with Piyush taking the baton of organizing the session. The session took off at 1430 hrs with the crowd set in and moods aligned. The first in the agenda was introduction which went on for a little above an hour with the members sharing something interesting in addition to the primary intro. At 1545 hrs started the Fun Game that Piyush had thought about for the session. The game was about passing on the smiles which involved the members to go about with telling out aloud the numbers but shouting out a smile at the repeated number 7. 

Accepting stammer after work shop.. and a suggestion.

Accepting stammer after work shop.. and a suggestion.

      It has been almost 2 months since I attended the 3 day workshop. We had lot of fun there and made new friends.
           The old bug of complacency has affected me meanwhile!(Less use of technique and even lesser practice)

      But one thing has changed :) . I am able to do such tasks which were earlier almost impossible for me.Like going to government offices and getting my work done after running around from one table to the other!  

क्यों है मन में ऊबाऊपन

संसार में जितनी चीजें हैं, उनको पाने की चेष्टा में आदमी कभी नहीं ऊबता, पाकर ऊब जाता है। पाने की चेष्टा में कभी नहीं ऊबता, पाकर ऊब जाता है। इंतजार में कभी नहीं ऊबता, मिलन में ऊब जाता है। इंतजार जिंदगीभर चल सकता है; मिलन घड़ीभर चलाना मुश्किल पड़ जाता है...

Amazing old post by Dr.Sachin.....Must Read

From a place known as Relapse..

"After I came back from Communication workshop, I felt in control. I was bouncing on non-feared words daily with strangers, sometime with friends and family members too. I was surprised that I was able to say even difficult words while talking to my friends. I was talking in class, outside, with friends everywhere- much more than I normally did. I felt very happy and in control of my speech- for the first time in life, it seemed. I was speaking normally...

But now, I dont know, what happened.My fears are back- I am blocking all the time- and dont know what to do.. My confidence has gone down- yes, back to square one.. No technique is helping me. I have stopped everything..."

This is a typical story of relapse and is as common as stammering. Two quick points to be made here, are: 1. It only shows that there is no cure and it is not "just a bad habit". Stammering is more than that and hence should be treated with due RESPECT!
2. You are not back to square one. You are never "back to square one". You have tried an approach- a self help approach in this case. You know what has helped you, even if temporarily. You know how it is to be done again. You have some experience and knowledge on your side. You are certainly better off than that person who is living in denial and suffering internally.

Himalayan Desk

Dear Friends
I and my respected teacher in social work (yes, I learned from him- never be ashamed of who you are) are starting a new venture: Himalayan Desk. What will it do? It will promote communication among social workers. You will surely ask: Do they stammer? Is that why they dont communicate??

My take on ACCEPTANCE

Having attended various speech therapy courses from renowned therapists in India; being a member of TISA since March'2011; having spent few weeks at herbertpur....

It is my take on Acceptance-

Even if i will go on attending thousand of workshops, i will continue stammering.

Even if i will spend years at herbertpur with Dr.Sachin, i will continue stammering.

Even if i will spend hours practicing speech techniques, i will continue stammering.

Even if i will spend hours doing yoga, i will continue stammering.

News happened at TISA Hyderabad Chapter Meetup - 1 Sep

Writeup by Sumnath.
On a pleasant day we started with 7 members and one new member, it always feels great to see a fresh face.Today we had an awesome meeting where we learned a lot of things.Today our basic idea that every member must come up with new activity which he will give to the group to perform.Because of this we have developed a good team spirit and strengthened our motto "Together we step up , together we succeed".