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Yes, I am a firm advocate of incorporating CBT in stuttering treatment. Even if patients are not highly anxious, they will all have some unhelpful thoughts and beliefs about stuttering and these thoug...

What’re your thoughts on the cognitive and emotional components of stuttering, and do you think they could play a part in stuttering treatment?...

There’s debate about how a stutter comes to be. And as there’s no sound evidence that points to cause .. I imagine debate will continue. Some argue that it is a result of injury, some suggest it’s her...

I had a stutter and other speech problems when I was a child after suffering multiple instances of abuse that was eventually corrected through speech therapy. I still stuttered when I lost control of ...

Could this be related to stuttering? I’ve heard some drugs used to treat epilepsy and schizophrenia can also help with stuttering so maybe this is related to it too?

Could this be related to stuttering? I’ve heard some drugs used to treat epilepsy and schizophrenia can also help with stuttering so maybe this is related to it too? ...

Started anxiety counseling and exploring the relationship between my severe anxiety and stutter

Started anxiety counseling and exploring the relationship between my severe anxiety and stutter I tried listening to relaxation scripts every night before bed, suggested by my counselor last week. As ...

Motivational bs is fine for some people, but it's not the real life. Things don't happen, people stop you, world stop you, stutter stop you, whatever stop you; but the last straw is to be blamed becau...

Fuck you, man. It's really not all in the head, you're saying I can't say M or P sounds because I convinced myself so? Ok then. No, it's very real, if it wasn't, there wouldn't be a massive subreddit ...

Hey, I’m 22 and I’ve been stuttering since I was around 7. I’m assuming you’re in high school and that was a terrible time for me and my stutter as well. What I found really helped me was therapy, bot...

I can't do this anymore

I can't do this anymore I'm 16 years old. Been stuttering since I was 9, I want to say. Recently got even worse. I don't usually make venting posts like this, or even on this sub, but I can't do this ...

Hi everyone, my name is Maxine Meyer and I'm a student at the University of South Africa (UNISA) where I am busy with my postgraduate degree in Psychology. I am uploading this video to ask for help am...

THis is what I do as well. I was never severe, but the sheer unpredictability of it was exhausting... maybe even more so if it had been worse and more constant. I think that there are three component...

HOW I WAS CURED and You can too ;).

HOW I WAS CURED and You can too ;). ​ SO, I was stuttering like HELL, and indeed hell it was... at school and every social interaction through my life from age like 11 to 17. You know the ...

One person in this thread used the "chicken or egg" question- and that is a good one. There are studies that suggest pws are more sensitive than non pws. If we are not taking meds, than we start to ...

Most people who stutter start as children and continue into adulthood but if you can't remember stuttering as a kid, then you are obviously not in that group. It is very rare that someone suddenly sta...

To add onto this, I’m on the McGuire Programme and it’s main basis is that stuttering is the “act of holding back” so this obviously ties into many factors; anxiety, depression and stress that initiat...

I did develop psychological reasoning to the some degree, how ever these past days I started repressing any understanding for it... Not to mention how confidence as well as inferiority is strongly con...

The full package of dysfunction

The full package of dysfunction Imagine being born with autism, a condition in the brain where social interaction tires you to the extreme. This eventually results in social anxiety the minute puberty...

Can head injuries cause stuttering?

Can head injuries cause stuttering? Of my 17 years of living, I have received at least 4 times, three of them leaving scars on my forehead. I used to be a quiet kid and don’t really remember talking b...

I do stutter even when I'm alone

I do stutter even when I'm alone I heard that most of stutters don't stutter while they're talking to themselves. But it doesn't make a change with me. I still stutter when I'm alone. I have problem w...