How common is it to develop a stutter in adulthood?
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How common is it to develop a stutter in adulthood? I’ve spoken clearly my entire life. I don’t think o ever stumbled on words or even stuttered on accident before two years ago when out of nowhere i found it hard to have basic conversations without stuttering on every other word. My parents suggested i see a doctor and mine insisted that it would pass, insisted that i was just flustered (though i had nothing stressful going on my life at the time) gave me some breathing excersizes and sent me on my way. Since then it’s gotten about 3x worse to a point where i can’t speak full sentences 50% of the time and i don’t speak in public at all anymore. I saw an online speech therapist to try and correct the problem for a few months but nothing worked. As of right now i‘m trying to accept that I’m just a person who stutters and that’s just the way it is but I’m curious if there are other people who developed this in their 20’s or older like myself