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I’ve always pictured stuttering is like walking a balance beam that you’ve inherited or come by physiologically. if your stutter is mild you fall off but not that much. Add anxiety and stress and y...

Stress/anxiety/environment are the biggest, but some level of genetics probably plays into the severity as well. I find that my stutter is at its worst when I’m particularly stressed/anxious, or I am ...

Stuttering is definitely proportional to baseline anxiety. I always stutter harder and more frequently when I’m nervous, excited, surprised or overwhelmed...

What do you think causes the severity of a stutter?

What do you think causes the severity of a stutter? What is your opinion on the cause of the severity? Stuttering itself is mostly genetic, but the severity mostly isn’t, I’ve heard. If the severity i...

Idk man, with a severe stutter that's easier said than done. I've forced myself to speak in uncomfortable situations my whole life so far & it's never gotten me anywhere unfortunately. Only anger, & p...

I can’t take it anymore

I can’t take it anymore I have a severe stutter and I am becoming 99% nonverbal because of panic and severe anxiety. I know at this point it’s not the stuttering itself; it’s the trauma building up...

It's weird how we stutter when talking to someone on the phone versus recording something on the phone

It's weird how we stutter when talking to someone on the phone versus recording something on the phone I know I'm not the only one with this phenomenon. When you're by yourself, you can speak with eas...

My stutter is weird, I think it's related to anxiety. Cuz outside I speak 99% normal. But at school I used to stutter so bad. But it wasn't always the same, sometimes I didn't stutter, other times I s...

alcohol helps fluency because it lowers anxiety and stress. learn to better control those things and you'll have more control over your speech....

That’s very real. The anxiety when I’m not even talking because I know I’ll have to talk soon is exhausting and never ending....

Probly the thing I hate most is not being able to just sit relaxed and carry on casual conversation with a group of people at work for example. Everybody else can sit ,talk and laugh and not a worry ...

I was physically attacked and stomped down by around 10 lads simply because I stuttered, multiple times. Made me go the gym and wrestling classes and it stopped after I WWE slammed a dude in the chang...

I have a problem when I have to greet someone in real life. In school I usually raise my hand as a greeting, but on the street it is so much troubling. Today I saw my close friend (well we have only k...

What causes speech blocks?

What causes speech blocks? What do you believe causes speech blocks? Is it really an avoidance behavior? Is it stress? Is it the brain (neurological)? What is it?...

I've tired that as a younger man & all I can say is Good Luck with that 😂 You'll get burnt the fuck out pretty quick if you deal with alot of people and mustering up the anger to "put them in they'...

If we all work together, we can perhaps gain new insights how to improve stuttering. I'll kick off with the first one: ***(A)*** *What are the functions of these brain areas?* *Putamen:* * Functi...

Research study: "*Localization of stuttering based on causal brain lesions*" (2024, 27 May) *Goal:* Here, we investigated the neuroanatomical substrate of stuttering using three independent datasets...

Should I tell my boss that I stutter?

Should I tell my boss that I stutter? So I got a job as a bank teller and I’m really proud of myself and I look forward to this job. After shadowing the other tellers and training I realized I’m g...

Might have a second or third order effect, like decreasing generic anxiety of an oversexualized brain & always running after your d*ck. Otherwise no direct link....

I believe, the severity of stuttering I would say, is mainly contributed to: (1) stuttering **anticipation**, reliance on secondaries / avoidance behaviors, and understandings / beliefs that trigger b...