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postr/StutterJul 15, 2021
21 points

Have you ever given up talking for a while, after it just got too hard?

Have you ever given up talking for a while, after it just got too hard? Hey all. I'm new here, I'm turning 39 next month, and I've had a stutter since age 3 or 4. In the most prevalent stuttering para...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
postr/StutterJul 15, 2021
5 points

is there anything i can do/take to help me not stutter???

is there anything i can do/take to help me not stutter??? hiya!! im pretty new to this sub so bear with me XD ive had a stutter since i was 10 and im 14 now but nobody in my family really knows what t...

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commentr/StutterJul 15, 2021
2 points

Stuttering runs in my family. My cousin on my dad's side stutters and also me. My parents didn't stutter. I had two kids, passed it to only to my daughter. My son doesn't stutter. We are mild stuttere...

Causes & VariabilityParent & Caregiver
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & FluctuationEarly Concern & Onset
commentr/StutterJul 14, 2021
1 points

I was in speech therapy for 16 years all the was from 3-19. I even went to summer therapy sessions in Omaha, NE at Boys Town and Dr. Nausheen Waheed was my pathologist for that summer. I was fluent fo...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2021
2 points

How fluent are you now? I understand you’re fluent in daily life from your reply. But what about public speech (give presentations in front of 100+ people) or stressful discussion (like interview with...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
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commentr/StutterJul 14, 2021
1 points

I was stuttering from the time I started speaking , probably from the age of 3 or 4 years . When I was child I used on stutter alot when I get nervous/stressed . Now that I am 28 years old I think I c...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
-1 points

Trust me I use to stutter. Now I don't really stutter at all throughout the day, my speech therapist told me stuttering is not classified as a disability....

School & WorkCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

Yea man used to block a lot. Doesn’t happen as much anymore though....

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

I've stuttered since i've had any conscious memory of being a tyke. Much much worse back then, as i literarily had to stamp my feet or gesticulate with my hands to get some momentum to get words out. ...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
1 points

Oh boy, i stutter in both languages i speak (English and a Nigerian language). (Basically i stutter even when i'm talking to myself)...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

It's hereditary. My grandfather and my father stuttered. But they sort of grew out of it. You couldn't tell they stuttered at all. I have 3 boys and none of them really stutters. My oldest did a littl...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
1 points

Yeah i know it was worse when i was young, and i feel like back then it was more cluttering words than actual stuttering. But the ironic thing about my life is that my mom was a speech-language pathol...

Causes & VariabilityParent & Caregiver
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & FluctuationEarly Concern & Onset
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

Well as what I know, my dad stuttered in his teens and I do too. But I think it outgrew him in his early adult years and I hope its the same case for me....

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

My dad stuttered. Both my sister and I also stutter. I have 3 year old and I do worry that she would stutter as well. So far - she speaks fluently and there is no issue....

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

I’ve seen a few speech therapists here and there for it. I don’t really know what to make of it it’s just the way I am I guess...

Therapy & ProfessionalCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

My great grandfather had a stutter. My grandfather had an absolutely terrible stutter, the worst one I had ever seen. My father has a stutter. And then there’s me....

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
7 points

Very, very genetic. Depending on the study it’s between 70% and 80% genetic, with environmental factors making up the remainder....

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Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

My mom stutters. My sister does not have a stutter, but I do. I've had a stutter for as long as I remember. I'm 20 now and still have a stutter. I'm the baby if that matters...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
1 points

Stuttered all my life, I don't remember a specific time as 'the first stutter'. But i do have a memory from very young of my grandfather asking my mom "what the hell did he say, I cant understand him"...

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commentr/StutterJul 13, 2021
2 points

I started when I was 12.. I remember in the kitchen stuttering on my words. I don’t remember what I said, but I remember not being able to get it out and being shocked and a little embarrassed. We als...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Severity & FluctuationFluency TechniquesRoles & Performance