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a quote from the link: "Despite this genetic evidence, however, Dr. Drayna cautioned that most human medical problems are a combination of genes and 'something else," such as environment or learning."...

Have you analyzed it? What's causing it for you? I have some thoughts on this. Like do you have better speech talking to some people, and with others you don't? Did you have a psychological trauma when you were a kid?

Have you analyzed it? What's causing it for you? I have some thoughts on this. Like do you have better speech talking to some people, and with others you don't? Did you have a psychological trauma whe...

When I played a lot of tennis, I made an interesting observation about triggers. If someone serves in the top of the net, it makes a special sound. This sound can be heard some courts away if it is a ...

The chance that your headache is caused by a parasitic infection or worms is VERY small. That is unless you've been to a remote jungle lately a drank from a still water source there. My guess it's st...

It's a common thing for stutters, the way contexts make our disorder behave differently. Basically, we can rarely fool ourselves into pretending the context is something else....

Everyone gets some form of that. For me, when reading alone I am 99% fluent. Worst is talking to my family, often the easiest to talk is with strangers and it's exactly in those moments when I am mee...

I think I hit a brick wall during a company social (may possibly cost me an invite back) I think my stutter is caused by the environment I'm in and the type of person I'm talking to. Anyone else has this and how to improve?

I think I hit a brick wall during a company social (may possibly cost me an invite back) I think my stutter is caused by the environment I'm in and the type of person I'm talking to. Anyone else has t...

yea I get pissed off and they just kind of apologize, but it doesn't help, in fact, it makes me more hesitant to speak up in the future, I only have my best friend who is truly patient and will would ...

I'm not telling *you* not to do it, I'm explaining why I really don't want to. There is a difference between "not hiding" and "searching for ways to make the problem worse". To me, this idea sounds *m...

I do understand that. I just foresee this making us stutter worse. I stutter worse when around other stutterers, and I think that's pretty common. To me, this isn't about facing it as much as avoiding...

Unintelligible speaking

Unintelligible speaking When i'm not stuttering i speak pretty unclear .My friends are asking me to repeat somewhat often and i have a lot of trouble speaking in loud places because of that . I recor...

Out with friends, feeling trapped. Argh!

Out with friends, feeling trapped. Argh! So I'm out with a friend a couple of his friends which I dont realy know. Very nice people. Anyway, different nationalities so everybody is speaking english, a...

"Come on............Eileen!" Trouble with words that start with vowels.

"Come on............Eileen!" Trouble with words that start with vowels. One of my superiors at my job is named Eileen. Every once in a while I have to give her a phone call and its always so hard to s...

Stuttering is a physiological diorder at its core, with many psychological layers. It is a well documented fact that many stutterers do in fact stutter way less or don't stutter at all in certain sit...

Thank you so much! That's really interesting! It makes a lot of sense that stuttering throughout childhood can hugely impact the way people who stutter think and feel. However, I'm beginning to belie...

it's as if i have no energy to talk. i got used to not talking, that i'd rather not exert energy to do it. i don't call. i prefer face to face. how can one regain that energy? cocaine?)

it's as if i have no energy to talk. i got used to not talking, that i'd rather not exert energy to do it. i don't call. i prefer face to face. how can one regain that energy? cocaine?) I guess anyone...

Yea I cant tell you how many times i've been hung up. For me phone success is all chance, I got to be in a good mood, in a good place, at a good time, talking to someone who's good haha you get the po...

Loud situations are absolutely the worst. Groups are fine for me, as long as it's somewhat quiet. I went on my first date this year, and I blew it because I kept all my words to a minimum because it w...

Am I the only who doesn't stutter in very loud environments?

Am I the only who doesn't stutter in very loud environments? So, whenever I'm at a football or soccer match for example and the environment is super loud, I simply do not stutter. When I'm at a loud b...

Stuttering related to hormones?

Stuttering related to hormones? I work at my university's call center (we ask for donations) and I am usually fine, but occasionally I start stuttering really bad. Today it happened and I was mortifie...