Why did you come to the club ?
It is interesting: the majority say that they came for social reasons. In my opinion this is the most important reason; it is easier for a person to deal with a problem if he knows that he is not the only one who has it. Things then become easier. Maybe someone stutters more than me ? Maybe I am not the worst?
In the club, we may stutter. Nobody here will laugh at us. Even when our friends and @es say that they can't stand our stuttering, here the people are Idnd and accept us. One reply was I have felt starved of people. I was afraid and I wanted not to be. In the club, one can meet great people, find friendship and even love.
The second reason for coming to the club is of course the attempt at deepening the knowledge about stuttering, or therapy. But the psychological reason is, in my opinion, more important.
Has your attitude toward stuttering changed ?
Stuttering is a serious living problem. Change of attitude towards stuttering, accepting oneself or coming to hate this is a great step in psychotherapy. When I came to PAPS, I found out that the therapy would help me, but I would help myself more if I could accept my stuttering. Maybe I'm not an excellent speaker, but surely I have some other talents that compensate for it ?
My friend has never accepted his stuttering. Of course, it brings effects, because he fights: he does a lot of exercises and tries out new ones all the time.
There are also more pessimistic replies in the survey: I used to believe that I could deal with stuttering. Today, it seems to me almost impossible. One said also that he doesn't know if having stuttering friends helps him in everyday life.
However, the majority evaluates favourably the change of attitude towards stuttering as a result of contact with PAPS.
How did you evaluate yourself a year ago, and how do you today? Change of attitude towards stuttering, the inward change is usually the clearest in initial stages of therapy, and contacts with a "stuttering environment". Members of our Cracow club have been active in our association for a few years, so they don't notice a clear difference in their psyche during the last year. The decision about a change matures subconsciously and over time. Changes are not always noticed suddenly.
However: ...every day brings new opinions, new persons arrive. One, two, three years ago it was not the same as what it is now, and the future wiU also be different. It is one of the answers. Personally, I think that every experience has an influence on us and changes us.
What are your own expectations and observations about present and future occupations in our club ?
I have noticed that people would like to do more psychotherapy and psychological exercises, through which they could get to know, for example, how to fight stress.
Other replies were regarded generally as internal, organizational matters for our club to consider.
And other answers said permanent improvement of this comp@t ig a scientific way.
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