THE DANGERS OF THIS TENDENCY: This period of recurrence is
accompanied by almost total loss of the power-of-will, a marked
weakening in the ability to concentrate, and if it does not result
in insomnia (inability to sleep) puts the mind in such a state as
to make sleep of little value in building up the body, replacing
worn-out tissue cells and restoring vital energy.

The chief danger, however, resulting from these periods of
temporary improvement, is the belief that it instills into the
mind of the sufferer and more frequently into the minds of the
parents of stuttering or stammering children, that the trouble
will cure itself--a fallacy greater than which there is none.

Stuttering and stammering are destructive maladies. They tear down
both body and mind but they have not the slightest power to build
up. And until a strong mental and physical structure has been
built up in place of the weakened structure (which results in
stammering and stuttering) a cure is out of the question.





CHAPTER V

THE PROGRESSIVE TENDENCY


The spell of intense recurrence of either stammering or stuttering