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Better doesn't mean curing it completely. It's like saying you can't cure Multiple Sclerosis so why bother taking medication....

I have not. I'll check it out. ...

Making friends is something I need to learn how to do. Up until recently, I've always been able to make friends through existing friends or a school environment where meeting people is easy. Now, I ne...

My speech isn't too bad in non-social situations. At work, it's good enough that some people don't know I stutter. In the situation of asking a store attendant for help, my speech is not perfectly smo...

What strikes me interesting is the fact that the people who have recovered or so-called recovered they all have very similar stories in what took place before they started to achieve fluency. ...

If stuttering is genetic what is the point seriously what's the point in trying to get better? Brutally honest answers or replies would be great

If stuttering is genetic what is the point seriously what's the point in trying to get better? Brutally honest answers or replies would be great [deleted]...

So more importantly what the hell do we do?? Just accept that and not try to get better?...

I guess. It's kinda fucked if you ask me....

My computer is about to die and I'm not home. im open minded that there is a genetic link but to be honest as hard as I try I cannot really buy into that.. considering the people that I have met who...

I agree with the two others, it's genetics interacting with environmental factors. I've still had some people say to me "oh, you can get it fixed" and I just look at them. I get that yes in some aspec...

A lot of people have trouble making friends. I don't know much about your social anxiety and my experience with such is limited to my stutter, but how much do you speak with people on a daily/weekly b...

Apparently DNA only affects one's mouth??...

Really! That's quite a valuable resource, being able to firsthand witness that which you're researching/treating, I'd imagine....

Most of the research shows that stuttering is genetic, but influenced by environmental conditions....

Its genetic factors *interacting* with environmental factors. Alot of my exacerbations (for simplicity, defined as when my stuttering is worse) is psychological. But from when Im having good months, I...

People who outgrew or had their stuttering diminish does not refute genetics as an indicator. You may hear celebrities who "used to" stutter go on talk shows and speak just fine, but many have gone on...

Good job being honest and real im going to shoot you a message. :) u seem open minded enough to receive it....

There is no proof for stuttering being a heriditary issue. Your being hypocritical by putting everyone in a box with what YOU believe stuttering is about. ...

What if it's both. That's why I have come to find out. My stuttering can cause my social anxiety but other anxiety issues that have nothing to with my stutter cause me to stutter too. It's just like t...

Have you read "redifining stuttering" by John C harrison? It's a free book online (pdf)...