Comments on: Slow Talk http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/06/29/slow-talk/ An Exploration into Social Anxiety Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:14:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Shawn http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/06/29/slow-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Shawn Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:03:41 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/06/29/slow-talk/#comment-37 Hey Duff and Ryan, Thanks for the comments - yeah slowing down just 10% is an excellent rule of thumb Duff! It is hard to remember sometimes but that is where reading over something everyday helps to drill it into me to slooow down :) It really is an amazing technique once it starts kicking in - one that everyone in my SA support group has been able to benefit from greatly. -s Hey Duff and Ryan,

Thanks for the comments – yeah slowing down just 10% is an excellent rule of thumb Duff! It is hard to remember sometimes but that is where reading over something everyday helps to drill it into me to slooow down :)

It really is an amazing technique once it starts kicking in – one that everyone in my SA support group has been able to benefit from greatly.

-s

]]> By: Ryan Oelke http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/06/29/slow-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Ryan Oelke Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:23:15 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/06/29/slow-talk/#comment-19 Hey Shawn, thanks for sharing this great technique. I've never tried it before, but I'm going to because I know it will help. I've sort of tried slowing my speech down in the moment, but that's really hard. I start worrying if the other person notices my slowing down. Better to make it a habit through practice. When I do speak more slowly, I feel much more confident. You know something strange, before I knew I struggled with SAD, I tried "techniques", but then I had a negative view about trying a technique. Like, having to use a technique in the first place meant something was wrong, and I didn't like that. Obviously at that time I had no idea about SAD or that I was trying to cope with it. But now when I go to consciously try a technique, I have a positive view, a lot of confidence. Interesting how formally recognizing SAD for me has been helpful with that. Hey Shawn, thanks for sharing this great technique. I’ve never tried it before, but I’m going to because I know it will help. I’ve sort of tried slowing my speech down in the moment, but that’s really hard. I start worrying if the other person notices my slowing down. Better to make it a habit through practice. When I do speak more slowly, I feel much more confident.

You know something strange, before I knew I struggled with SAD, I tried “techniques”, but then I had a negative view about trying a technique. Like, having to use a technique in the first place meant something was wrong, and I didn’t like that. Obviously at that time I had no idea about SAD or that I was trying to cope with it. But now when I go to consciously try a technique, I have a positive view, a lot of confidence. Interesting how formally recognizing SAD for me has been helpful with that.

]]> By: duff http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/06/29/slow-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-17 duff Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:48:33 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/06/29/slow-talk/#comment-17 Nice! It's great to hear that slow talk is a recognized technique. This is definitely something I've used to remain calm and cure myself of stuttering. I find it useful to think of just slowing down my speech just 10%. It doesn't have to be so slow to be hypnotic induction, just more enunciated and clear and ever-so-slightly slower. Focusing on making a resonant tone and enunciating clearly also helps. Nice! It’s great to hear that slow talk is a recognized technique. This is definitely something I’ve used to remain calm and cure myself of stuttering.

I find it useful to think of just slowing down my speech just 10%. It doesn’t have to be so slow to be hypnotic induction, just more enunciated and clear and ever-so-slightly slower. Focusing on making a resonant tone and enunciating clearly also helps.

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