ACCEPTANCE- THE FIRST STEP

Last Friday a PWS Mr. Rakesh (name changed on request), met me and discussed the problem in detail. He is 22 years old, an IT professional & having this problem since childhood. After discussion I realized that he is yet to accept this issue from heart. Because when I asked him whether I may put his name on TISA site while narrating the discussion. He politely requested not do this from the time being.

We discussed the 3 mistakes that lead to stammering viz.

1. Hasty or fast speech,
2. Distorted or no breathing while talking,
3. Talking in excitement.

I advised to overcome the above habits by doing the following:

1. Home practice- speaking slowly, prolonging the words with mouth open voice loud for at least 30 minutes daily,
2. Speaking standing in front of a mirror to observe the secondary habits in order to eliminate it,
3. Inhale normally. Just when about to speak , blow out a little puff of air,
4. Pause for 2 seconds before starting to speak,
5. Speak slowly,
6. Maintain eye contact.
7. Start doing voluntary stuttering . To start, do it with the rikshaw pullers & subji wallas in mandis.

He is doing the above and as per the feedback received He is improving and is happy.

But again I told him that TOTAL ACCEPTANCE FROM HEART IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS GETTING RID OF THE PROBLEM.

(JASBIR SANDHU)