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First of all, my condolences. Second, my mother in law is a speech therapist who often works with people who develop speech problems after having a seizure. They tend to get better under her care, but...

There's different ideas on what causes it, but really no one knows for sure yet. There's a goog chance that it's neurological and psychological, but it's also different for everyone. We know genetics ...

For me it is partly genetic and secondly very early childhood trauma.If you want to get scientific it is lack of blood flow through the part of your brain that helps you speak....

Happened to me, I was a bit annoyed because it has caused me so much pain and trauma and issues, but no one has ever called it that since...

Ok so im curious

Ok so im curious What is the cause of stammering? Like why do some people have it and some don’t. Is it completely genetic? Or some sorta childhood trauma thing. I’m now 20 and I’ve had this shitty st...

I relate to both situations, confirming that stuttering is at least partly a psychological disorder....

My peer from school wasn't stuttering until he almost drowned when he was like 5-6 years old, so this is true, I suppose....

PTSD and stuttering

PTSD and stuttering I’ve heard that a traumatic event can cause stuttering in some cases. I’ve gone through many traumatic events, and have come to realize that my stutter started about the time the t...

Yeah I've noticed the looking away part too. If your stutter has gotten worse for the past 3 months you might want to identify the cause. Usually there is a cause like excess stress or some trauma....

so u mean it’s psychological and not a true stutter?...

I stutter more when I am around family. My father has said that I got my stutter when he and my mum got divorced. Think it must have hit me pretty hard as a child considering they would often fight wh...

I feel like my social anxiety plays into my stuttering. When I'm in situations where im comfortable I noticed my stutter go down significantly. I'm positive it's due to trauma on elementary, since you...

You’ll get there. I came to this realization when I was physically unable to say any word without stuttering for about a week. It terrified me. Because my stutter now would be described as medium, but...

Another stutterer with OCD here. I've suspected they were related for awhile, as both are caused by malfunctioning neural networks. It could also be just a link between anxiety disorders and stutter...

What classification does stuttering go under?

What classification does stuttering go under? Is it a breathing problem? Is it an anxiety disorder? Or none of the above?...

It’s been a terrible week.

It’s been a terrible week. I had an in-person job interview with a company I’ve always wanted to work for after passing the first-round phone interview. Before the interview even begun, I informed my ...

That's my story, first time sharing this with anyone

That's my story, first time sharing this with anyone I've been stuttering for as long as I can remember, I was severely bullied and made fun of from grade 1 till grade 8, which caused me a lot of psyc...

Fellow stammerer here! Wanted to share my story and experience with having a speech impedement

Fellow stammerer here! Wanted to share my story and experience with having a speech impedement Sup, I'm 16 and have a stutter, and just wanted to share my story and how I cope with having a (most like...

damn, that sounds awful... i feel you. when you realise that your stutter worsened due to circumstances beyond my control, maybe it makes the idea of overcoming it more tangible? like, maybe if you ...

Oh fuck.. my dad used to hit me when I was little (he's abusive and has issues) I never looked at it in that light... OH FUCK I think it started around that time too......