commentr/StutterMarch 6, 2024

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Speech therapy is great! But I feel like psychotherapy might be helpful for you, too. For me, my stutter became less of an obstacle in everyday life once I worked through some of the trauma that came with being a stutterer who was bullied and assaulted growing up. If cost is an obstacle, there’s sometimes alternatives available (such as sliding scales for fees, shorter-term therapy, etc.) depending on where you’re located. I found that therapy helped break that loop I was experiencing where my stutter was the cause of a lot of my depression and anxiety, but also my stutter worsened due to that same depression, anxiety, and trauma.

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Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience

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Seeking TherapyTrauma & PsychologicalSadness & HopelessnessAnxiety & Social Judgment