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Could This Be It? This is a post, which I had lazily tried to avoid writing, when an admin. informed me that I may not share links to my personal blog. Here goes. ​ When I was younger, before I began stuttering, I first began to "suck in my gut", shortly thereafter I began stuttering. ​ Fast-forward about 25 years. I was knocked down in a car accident as a pedestrian. I received a very severe brain injury. One of the advantages of this was that I began speaking correctly. I've been pondering how this could be. I have concluded, if a neurobiologist or speech researcher would be so kind as to solidify my findings. ​ Crudely, the diaphragm plays an important role in producing speech, by, in effect, pushing the air out through the vocal chords. By sucking in my gut, habitually, and contorting my innards, I was creating an obstacle course for my diaphragm. A left sided paralysis made that very difficult for me to continue doing. So I stopped. I no longer stutter. Go figure.