1. My stutter has always been present. I've realized that the more comfortable I am the more I stutter. I think if I'm around people I'm not comfortable with I'll be extremely on guard to hide my stutter. 2. I've been to speech therapy, that helped my lisp, but did nothing for the stutter. I've just accepted it as a part of me and try to work with it. (Might be easier since it is a mild stutter 75% of the time) 3. I don't really blame anything except for my brain's electrical impulses misfiring. 4. Music sometimes distracts me, which makes me less aware of the trigger words or what I want to say. So it may make me stutter more. I try to just listen regardless.