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Hi, I'm Sue I used to stutter and I.no longer do. I'm now 76 years old and I stuttered from age 4 until 5 years ago. I did all kinds of speech and psychotherapy but nothing helped until my most recen...

Hi, I'm Sue I used to stutter and I.no longer do. I'm now 76 years old and I stuttered from age 4 until 5 years ago. I did all kinds of speech and psychotherapy but nothing helped until my most recen...

Hey man. Very sorry to hear that your uncle has had a stroke. I´m not sure what you mean when you say a phone call that resulted in shouting can cause it. I def agree that stammering can be caused by ...

I've heard of psychogenic stuttering, but I wasn't sure what it was. I had an argument with my guardian that left me stressed, and then three days later (it came on gradually), I started to stutter. F...

You need to be extra special careful about how you design and implement these kinds of tools on social media. They may seem innocuous, but you cannot control the data, and cannot control harm if someo...

I am so sorry you had to go through that :( speech techniques often don't work when one is under excruciating stress. For me, they have never worked in any circumstances. I hope you are in a more supp...

It's not in my country (Iran). I even had to do the 21 months of forced military service, even though I had my medical papers indicating the hostile environment of our army and 21 months of isolation ...

Thanks for your story, it definitely helps! Out of curiosity, is there any chance that you've been diagnosed ADHD and/or Autism? I was diagnosed with both in my late 20s. Since then I know that at lea...

Hey, I appreciate the reply. Interesting story and glad you are doing better. I think there are other reasons for stuttering that could vary for different people. Cognitive inflexibility I think c...

It’s partly because the root cause is emotional, stemming from childhood. Since our brain is so moldeable in childhood, once we learned to stutter it just stuck until adulthood. Overcoming stuttering ...

Try getting humiliated everyday as a kid then in adulthood having that ptsd & same bullshit with social anxiety carry over with u everyday. For some people Stuttering is a hell on earth unfortunat...

I've experienced this exact thing my whole life. My chest tenses up and heart flutters whenever I'm out in a social situation or even on the phone. My BP also goes up alot I notice. It's because of th...

Working with an SLP who can address the fear of looking like a fool will make a big difference in your journey. As long as you continue to fear looking like a fool, you will pretty much always enter ...

Stuttering when standing in the queue

Stuttering when standing in the queue In my childhood I never stuttered or stammered, but when I was 7 or 8 years old I saw my aunt commit suicide by firing. It all started and from the age of 8 to 17...

Anyone Else with Periodic Psychogenic Stuttering?

Anyone Else with Periodic Psychogenic Stuttering? I have normal verbal fluency under ordinary circumstances, but when my emotions rise, be it anger, fear, anxiety, frustration, etc. or when I have to ...

my stutter is mostly a vocal block and it started due to anxiety and trauma. it comes at the start of words and starting slow and elongating words helps me sometimes. what Ive found really helpful is ...

In no way what so ever did I say it’s a “gift from god” but my guy you could be in a wheel chair or have a truly life limiting disability. A stutter is not a life limiting disability unless you let it...

Because many people here erroneously believe/fear listeners hate listening to us, let’s educate them with grace and compassion. Maybe let’s give sources and links from professional SLPs trained in...

I received speech therapy. It helped me. Milage may vary. 😛 Also there's a ton of different therapy techniques out there not to mention actual psychological therapy to deal with the trauma of being ...

My mother or father doesn’t have it. I’m the only one in the family, my great uncle stuttered when he was a child but sort of grew out of it...