commentr/StutterSeptember 30, 2021

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>If you are over eighteen and still stutter, you will likely have a stutter for the rest of your life, even after speech therapy Is this referring to so-called 'developmental' PWS?What if I started to stutter at 12 because of exposures to a stuttering youtuber?I don't think my stutter was caused from so-called 'linguistic system disorder' or something and my parents made sure that I was a normal speaker until 12,the age I was exposed to that youtuber and I was deadly immersed in his charming voice and during that time,I wanna achieve his voice for what it was all worth,and that was the reason why I'd like to be exposed to him and finally it led to my stutter. Also what was weird was that my stutter was recovered around 16-17 cuz I was not feeling inferior in my senior high school class and I was started to persuade myself as just a normal person with some flaws and similar self-encouragements.But lately after I was let down accidentally by some PWS's negative words,my blocks relapsed again although my conversation partners can't find any error in my speech and they are thinking me as a normal speaker yet. Anyway I'm glad to see you have said '2% stutter syllables' cuz right now I can finally make sure that stutter is not much in PWS's lives,let alone I saw you announced even severe stutter can be migitated to '0-2% syllables' in your last posts.

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Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityIdentity & Disability

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Onset & Life-Stage ChangesTrauma & PsychologicalAuthenticity vs. Masking