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Seeking help (my story)

Seeking help (my story) It’s going to be a long read, and English is not my native language so excuse me if I make some mistakes. (25 years old male) I’ve stuttered for a while when I was a kid, bu...

Emotional stress and childhood trauma manifest in various forms. A stutter being one of them. None of my blood relatives stuttered. So in my case, I am clear about the root cause. Can't speak for oth...

Confidence matters, even a lot depending on the person. But I think that speech therapist does not have any idea about stuttering. Stuttering psychological? Nah, maybe after a very big sudden trauma l...

People confront you?? That’s awful! I’m so sorry. My stutter was very severe, but speech therapy and regular therapy for my anxiety have helped a LOT. I’m a lawyer, so I talk for a living — it’s intim...

Last year, I tried to kill myself twice because of my anxiety, depression, and stuttering. I can't bear the fact that I can't have a "normal" life because of my speech disorder. People often think I'm...

Alright, will do! I’m thinking it might be a reaction to my processing issues maybe?? I’m not sure. Thank you! I’ll see what happens...

Someone who refered me Paul Stamets because of this thing, and now it's affecting all parts of my life. It's made everything slightly clearer after trying 1 g. Realized where the source of my stutteri...

I absolutely remember the anguish and trauma I suffered as a child and teen stutterer. It does real and lasting damage. Some memories hurt to this day. I fully expected the pushback. I just had to ra...

If you don't explain your situation to the teacher, that person won't know that you have this problem and maybe you should not read publicly and get humiliating experiences/trauma. It was still a rude...

I'm removed from clinical rotation ... when stutter can cause danger&death.

I'm removed from clinical rotation ... when stutter can cause danger&death. I'm stutter, also not good at English speaking skills. My voice's really quiet. I have major depression and anxiety. I s...

Hurts everytime

Hurts everytime I have moderate stutter if things are under control, my son is 6 years old and started stuttering from last few months. We are doing everything we can to help him like private Speech t...

As a kid I avoided going to school for like half a year, I just played games back then. As time went by I developed such a fear to speak to people that I wasn't even leaving my apartment. That went al...

I do know there are certainly physical impairments that cause stuttering, one of my good friends growing up, his father fell through the ice in Lake Michigan where I grew up, and he developed a stutte...

I believe the most useful thing to realize is that your stutter just doesn't get worse for no reason. Your stutter will get worse depending on the amount of tension in your body. There's many thin...

Can we say, it is related to stuttering type? Because as you may know, some stutterers problem has been started after a shocking accident (Like mine), and some others' has been started when they just ...

Why some stutterers have this problem even when they are alone and some does not?...

The interesting thing is, I was checking Reddit and found a reddit which said something like me. A stutterer asked, why I don't stutter when I'm alone? And I saw some replies on it, such as, I stutter...

My eldest has a very mild one, my youngest daughter had a severe one but it went away after a week (My hypothesis is that we ignored it hoping it would go away and it did). My father had a mild one, m...

Yes, my dad would mock/imitate me, tell me to slow down, etc. It definitely contributed to my anxiety around speaking. That was a long time ago as a young child, and has passed away 10+ years ago. My ...

Anybody else get criticized and made fun of your stutter from your elder family (parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles) as a child? I feel this is what caused me to be anxious of my stutter to this day, but I can still continue with talking and finish what I’m saying.

Anybody else get criticized and made fun of your stutter from your elder family (parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles) as a child? I feel this is what caused me to be anxious of my stutter to this day,...