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Thank you for reading

Thank you for reading I don’t really care wether or not people read this post, i would just like to vent to something other than Chatbots for once. This post is just going to be my thoughts as i write...

My mom's in denial of my stutter after 15 years. I need to remember what she won't.

My mom's in denial of my stutter after 15 years. I need to remember what she won't. I (23F) was shocked when my mom said "you never stuttered" after I told her I was finally making progress with my s...

Are We Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause of Stuttering?

Are We Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause of Stuttering? I recently made a short video exploring a question I’ve been thinking about for a while: Are we often treating the symptoms of stuttering, ra...

Realizing I likely stroked out being born

Realizing I likely stroked out being born My mother took the selfish option of giving a natural birth instead of a c-section, just because she wanted to, which resulted in me being suctioned out. They...

I feel your pain, literally......been in your shoes many times over. Im not going to tell you that it gets better but I will tell you to practice, practice, practice. Here's a little background: ...

AI Summary here for those who don't want to go over the whole thing: --- ### **Summary: Genetic Architecture of Developmental Stuttering** **Overview:** Developmental stuttering is a common and hig...

From Stammer to Sermon

From Stammer to Sermon Josh, 23, from San Antonio, Texas was a severe stutterer. As someone who teaches the Bible to nearly 1,000 children and training to become a minister, the weight of speech anxie...

Hi I took Hollin many years ago .I am a stuttering specialist now and speech path. They did not have speech paths there or deal with emotions but I do believe many of the strategies have helped many I...

I'm so sorry this happened to you, and I totally share your reaction, which I had so many times. I wish people would just consider that blocks, hesitations, and repetitions are due to stuttering, but ...

It's kinda wild because I'm a woman and sometimes I'm hard of hearing, got seasonal depression (feeling unwell in winter) and I'm often tired...

Thank you so much for your message. I'm really sorry you're going through the same thing. I've come to exactly the same conclusion as you. I was diagnosed with ASD at 24 (I'm 32 now), and I truly beli...

Did you by chance sleep on a concussion? That’s how Drew Lynch got his stutter, that and being hit in the throat by a softball during a game...

Our mind and body are intricately connected to each other. If we are depressed, it will definitely have other changes in the body and there would be epigenetic changes as well but it doesn't mean that...

It’s both. It’s neurological with anxiety and confidence playing a large role. People who have terrible trauma don’t usually stutter and people who stutter don’t necessarily have trauma. It’s a pre...

Speech therapists have begun to recognize the emotional side and the importance of that in severity of stuttering....

Below is the most interesting part for me: **Genetic correlations** showed that increased stuttering risk is associated with traits including: * **Depression** (both sexes), * **Autism** and **impai...

Given your experiences growing up, do you wish you'd been homeschooled?

Given your experiences growing up, do you wish you'd been homeschooled? I don't stutter but I have two wonderful little kids who do -- a 6.5-year-old boy and a 4.5-year-old girl. My son has been stutt...

Yeah it's completely gone. My perspective on it changed a lot since I posted this though. Most people don't know how hypnosis works, it's very mysterious, it's associated with mysticism, however the ...

I’m not an expert—I’ve just talked about stuttering with some speech pathologists as a person who stutters. Stuttering severity is generally determined by percentage of syllables stuttered on, 3-4% be...

I understand and I agree with you. As for films, I don't like how the main (or only) representation of stuttering seems to be the person overcoming their stutter and speaking fluently by the end - or ...