commentr/StutterSeptember 17, 2025

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I was responding to the question posed in the post, not stuttering in general. If you can talk fluently when completely alone, but the moment there’s an audience (or a perceived one), you become unable to say your own name, the cause of that specific thing is anxiety.

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience

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Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment