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Depression and Stuttering This may be a weird question but have yall ever noticed a connection between depression and stuttering? My speech teacher once told me that by limiting my emotions then I can limit stuttering. Well, now I have depression and I feel numb or sad most of the time. Even though depression isn’t fun, my stutter hasn’t been as present. It’s been nice having full conversations with people. I don’t know what it is, but every time I’m in a depressive episode I don’t stutter as bad. Do y’all experience that? This holiday break I have been pretty happy so I’m back to my mild stutter (used to be severe but speech therapy helped). It makes me feel drained and a little embarrassed to stutter so I mostly listen instead of talk but I’m happy listening. I almost feel more like myself with my stutter because it’s been with me my whole life. I really wish my stuttering wasn’t tied to my emotions because when I want to talk I can’t.