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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2025
1 points

Let me rephrase that, “the moment you stop blaming yourself for being black” see how wrong it sounds? Dude I tried over and over, I know my stuttering is a major factor in all of this but you don’t ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-PerceptionShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterJul 6, 2025
1 points

Yeah, it's conplex in nature, but I truly believe it's totally related to our nervous system, and how safe it feels with expression. Some kinda nervous system freeze response. Perhaps a combination of...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterJul 6, 2025
2 points

Even though i agree that holding back will just make it worse. The fear i have from having bad situations is just too big and I don’t think i can it anymore. I literally been through hell at a young ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJul 3, 2025
11 points

Stuttering is a mental illness, a neuropsychological one. Mental illnesses are recognized by cognitive/emotional/behavioral/social abnormalities (in that it's not part of the norm, not in a derogative...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterJul 3, 2025
9 points

Mental illness? This is what a 1929 medical textbook says.

Mental illness? This is what a 1929 medical textbook says. I'm freaking out. I just found a 1929 medical textbook on my grandparents' bookshelf. Here are some screenshots. It's in Spanish, but I'll tr...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalMedication Inquiries+2 more
postr/StutterJul 1, 2025
14 points

The whole situation is messed up

The whole situation is messed up Have you ever just lost hope after trying so many times to speak normally without stuttering? Like, you made a plan, set up specific exercises, maybe even booked sessi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
2 points

I’m afraid it’s almost always genetic. My dad had a stutter so I got one. You can still get one through trauma but it’s wrong to say it’s never genetic...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterJul 1, 2025
2 points

Its not genetic he prob got it from an traumatic experience. People usually get it around the age of 4-6 because they copy someones stutters. But never genetic....

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Trauma & PsychologicalExperiential Association
postr/StutterJun 29, 2025
3 points

Is this really a stutter or just a thought block

Is this really a stutter or just a thought block Iam a 16 year old introvert, I have trouble pronouncing certain sounds and phrases, iam not even taking about while speaking, iam talking about reading...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & Monitoring+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 29, 2025
2 points

Each person's stutter is different. Steve Harvey might stutter before, though I doubt it, and he found ways to come about it, speaking fluently now. I appreciate his positivity in spreading hope in cu...

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Avoidance & SubstitutionNeurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

Agreed. It fuels the narrative that we stutter because of trauma ( which of course it can be in some cases), being shy, nervous, awkward, etc. When that is not the case for most of us....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2025
1 points

He reminds me of my mom and dad. What they said was basically "it's in your mind" (like Stevey here) and "skill issue". So sad...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalStigma & Bullying
postr/stuttering_supportJun 27, 2025
1 points

التأتأة: مشكلة أعمق مما تتخيل

التأتأة: مشكلة أعمق مما تتخيل التأتأة ممكن تخلي الواحد يتجنب المواقف الاجتماعية اللي فيها كلام، وده بيأثر على حياته النفسية والاجتماعية والمهنية. تخيل إنك خايف تتكلم عشان ما تتلخبطش، أو الناس تتريق ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
1 points

En mi caso es psicológica, curiosamente hablo bien cuando estoy solo y me trabo solamente en público con palabras que mi cerebro interpreta como peligrosas y es un círculo en el que anticipo el bloque...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
8 points

I don’t think he actually did, or he had the childhood developmental stuttering that 80% of children grow out of. But what he said just told me immediately. The way he described speech therapists isn...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityMeta
Stigma & BullyingNeurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
0 points

Ok, so bear with me here. I am NO expert however I have a toddler who stutters when excited or nervous, beyond what is developmentally appropriate. With that, I'm always researching and taking in info...

Community & SupportIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Research & ResourcesStigma & BullyingTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
30 points

No. The way he explains how he “cured” his own stutter you can tell, (like most people who are famous and have some kind of intellectual insight on a random topic), he is full of shit. It was a real i...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Stigma & BullyingTrauma & PsychologicalNeurological & Brain+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2025
1 points

Yeah I don't buy it either, his personality doesn't lend itself to me trusting the story. It feels more like a lecture than a lesson which makes me feel like he got over a fear of public speaking and ...

Identity & DisabilityEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Stigma & BullyingIdentity & Self-PerceptionFrustration & Anger+1 more
postr/StutterJun 24, 2025
9 points

I wish you all the best

I wish you all the best Hello everyone my name is Jayden I am currently 15 and I have suffered with a stutter every since about 5 years old. I am here to write about my experiences from childhood and ...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsStress & Fight/FlightTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 23, 2025
4 points

No lie, this woman told me that if I were mentally strong enough, it would go away. Then she went on to say that her mother—or someone in her family—had a stroke and was left unable to speak, and she ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalStigma & Bullying