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Yeah, it sounds like a regular stuttering disorder. Only difference is how people get it & we can only guess. For example - I read a user here saying that he got his stutter, when his parents "...

useless fact i read some where recently that the ratio of male to female children born with a stutter is about 4 to 1 which is interesting and explains why iv never met a female stutterer that i can r...

I'm not sure how my stutter came to be. But my theory is because of an head injury I got as a kid. However my dad says I started stuttering after he and my mother got divorced. I guess that had a some...

I was born with it as it runs on my dads side of the family, and it mainly affects the men. ...

According to my speech therapist, I got if from my mother. No one in my family stutters but my mother had an incurable degenerative disease (parasupranuclear palsy). She started to show symptoms ab...

Went well. Only stuttered a bit when reading the literature from the Bible. Hardly anyone noticed 👍...

I started stuttering when I was a kid and it's been there ever since. I think we can safely say that these things vary (which is true in general for stutter). Don't expect it to go away once you're do...

Does stuttering get a boost during puberty?

Does stuttering get a boost during puberty? I remember stuttering when I was like 7 or 8 but then I never stuttered until I was around 12-13 when it came back. I'm currently 16 and still stuttering bu...

Not wanting kids because they might inherit a stutter is like not wanting kids because they inherit red hair. It's a defining characteristic but ultimately they will be far more than just a person who...

Congrats on your upcoming wedding. Just a thought - when did your finance first raise this idea of not wanting children because of the possibility of passing down a stuttering "problem"? I ask becau...

I am married, I have a stutter, neither of my parents stutters. I have grown up daughters, neither stutters. ...

My dads entire side stutters including grandpa. I have 2 daughters and neither of them stutter. I'm glad I didn't have boys (even though I really want one) because I can almost guarantee the stutter g...

I stutter, my mother stutters, my grandfather stutters, and probably his parents did too. No, the fact that my mother also stutters didn't raise my self esteem nor did it help my life. The only reas...

It's more common in males. I think the ratio is 1female:4-5males. Not sure about countries, just that 1% of the worlds adult population stutters. Presumably countries with a higher population also ha...

There's no way to answer the likelihood question. Though there is certainly a genetic component, i.e. it does run in families, it isn't like eye color or something else that can be predicted with a pu...

Before some important presentation, I first mention that I stutter, so I don't have to dread when I stutter and how embarrassed I will feel. Otherwise,...exposure therapy. I go socializing even if I...

We don't know yet quite how genetics factor into stutter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering#Causes)....

Ketamine Therapy worked for mild Tourette's. Can it work for mild stuttering?

Ketamine Therapy worked for mild Tourette's. Can it work for mild stuttering? I think it would have worked even better if I had speech therapist counseling coupled with the ketamine therapy that I too...

I had a bad stutter and had intense shame. I found it hard to say my name or my parents name. My advice to you would be to learn to love yourself. You need lots of self compassion and patience. I have...

> Why is it there's way more stutterers in western countries than asia? 1. Regional genetics 2. Social standards that make it more acceptable to be a stutterer in some societies than others. Far m...