postr/Stutter_remissionAugust 21, 2025

Is stuttering recovery possible in 2025?

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Is stuttering recovery possible in 2025? I recommend avoiding explicitly medicalised terms such as cure, which are likely to polarise people who stutter, SLPs etc. Personally I prefer instead, more neutral phrases like stuttering remission or subconscious fluency. These phenomena are empirically observable; the critical question is mechanistic: to what extent do they reflect resolution of an individual’s approach–avoidance conflict? Furthermore, transient gains in fluency often appear to arise incidentally—by chance or circumstance—rather than from a clear, identified modification of the underlying stutter cycle. Our current understanding of the proximal triggers that shift a person into a remitted state remains incomplete. I do not present myself as an expert on this topic.. rather, these remarks are intended as a concise, evidence-oriented framing to guide further empirical inquiry. So let's say, if some people who stutter believe that coffee, alcohol, smoking, or any placebo will help our stuttering in some way, they may mentally relax their speech execution regulation. And this loosening of speech execution regulation could perhaps potentially reduce the likelihood of a freeze or panic response being triggered?! This is evidenced by the approach: if we completely stop caring about other people's judgement, or accept our stuttering whatever others think of others - we start loosening regulation of speech execution, can you perhaps resonate with this?

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Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability

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Acceptance & PrideMindset shiftStress & Fight/Flight