Is it possible that I gave myself a stutter when I was a kid? (TW, abuse)
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Is it possible that I gave myself a stutter when I was a kid? (TW, abuse) My stutter began when I was 8 years old. No issues before this. I also grew up in an abusive home where my parents would hit me for little things. One day when I was 8 (2nd grade), my dad was getting me to do a homework assignment. I was reading something, and thought a sentence was funny, so was just trying to be silly and not read it right. My dad got annoyed so smacked me hard in the face. I started crying and getting defensive, and claimed I was unable to say the word. I overexaggerated and pretended I literally could not say the word. I had no idea what stuttering was at this point. And ever since then, I got a stutter, and it just got worse and worse. I’m an adult now and clearly remember that incident. Everything I’ve read says that stuttering begins around age 3-6. Mine started when I was 8, at that particular incident. Did I subconsciously give myself a stutter?