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Stuttering is fucking weird Just wanted to share my thoughts on the issue. Whenever I have a problem, I go to the internet and usually find multiple solutions. The internet is vast, billions of people share their knowledge so there aren't many problems that NO ONE knows how to solve. And while information on most sites and blogs may be biased, Reddit is the perfect place for finding the best solution provided by the average person and not some company that's only looking for profit. The upvote function allows the most reasonable advices to stay above all other. So having this in mind, I was a bit disappointed when I didn't find a "magic fix" for my stuttering on this subreddit. Because after all, millions of people have this problem. Same with my tinnitus, which is a problem for millions of veterans in the richest country in the world and even though the military has such a strong presence there, this problem isn't fixed either. Now I'm not going to whine because there aren't cures specifically for my health problems. If all the money in the world was in my control, I'd also direct it towards finding cures for terminal illnesses like cancer rather than stuttering. What I want to say is how little we know about our issue. And how complex it must be so that there isn't a 100% clear scientific explanation (or even if there is, it doesn't help us find a solution). Different people have various degrees of stuttering. There are so many different factors and triggers. Most people get stressed before speaking or have social anxiety and that makes them stutter. In my case, stress has nothing to do with this. Only once have I stuttered out of stress and it was a REALLY tense situation. I've noticed that I stutter the morning after partying, yet my stutter is worse than ever and I haven't drank in months. Mental fatigue? Physical fatigue? Lack of sleep? I haven't been more rested than I'm now and yet I stutter heavily. This just shows how many things we don't know. How many things remain "below the surface", where we have no control and where things happen unconsciously. Attempting to control the way we say each word and using all kinds of techniques doesn't work most of the time or isn't sustainable. We don't stutter when whispering or singing. Isn't that strange? But how does it help us? Also, although this is very specific, has any of you overcame stuttering for a certain period of time while working or living with a non-stutterer who speaks in a very relaxed way? I got to work every day with such a person for 2 months and I unconsciously adopted his way of speaking and I didn't stutter for months and although the stutter has catched up I'm still amazed by this. This person spoke like he was a bit drunk all the time. The way he pronounced each word sounded so... Chill? And speaking like him, I didn't even feel that "danger" of stutter.