commentr/StutterApril 9, 2025

Content

I’ve have extreme dislike for every SLP I had because they treated my dysfluency like an articulation disorder, and I left treatment more ashamed than when I began. Please learn about the emotional aspect of stuttering first. Please address that. Please let them know it’s okay to stutter (have repetitions) while acknowledging the *debilitating* aspects of the secondary bxs, and slowly supporting them to address that with tangible exercises

Themes

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & StutteringTherapy & Professional

Subthemes

Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentMedicalization / NeurodiversityPhysical TensionTherapy Experiences