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postr/StutterMay 23, 2025
7 points

Anyone know an awesome mental health provider who specializes in treating adolescents who stutter?

Anyone know an awesome mental health provider who specializes in treating adolescents who stutter? I'm an SLP and I have a teenage client who stutters. I won't go into too much detail, but their menta...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2025
2 points

Or the “You only stutter because it’s mental, that’s what Steve Harvey said!” (But I like the plant thing it’s cute)...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2025
16 points

Neurobiology caused my stuttering and it likely caused your stuttering. This mind over matter bullshit is harmful to people who could work their asses off their whole lives and never see a fluency imp...

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2025
2 points

I'm really bad at sharing my internal views & thoughts, so I'll just share my story instead: I started stuttering when I was around 3 years old, after I joined school. But it never really bothered me...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Overthinking & MonitoringExperiential AssociationStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 17, 2025
2 points

We've noticed it almsot 9 months ago after we left the country because of war and stuff, she's away from her father and her mum keeps saying that's it's a phase and she'll grow out of it but I'm afrai...

Causes & VariabilityParent & Caregiver
Trauma & PsychologicalEarly Concern & Onset
postr/StutterMay 16, 2025
41 points

My farewell post … My first and last message

My farewell post … My first and last message Since I was young , I went through the same blocks , stammering ... the ignorance of people who didn't try to understand what was happening to me I tried ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentTrauma & PsychologicalShame & Embarrassment+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 15, 2025
1 points

There is not a huge interest in stuttering, I stutter and am a speech path but I believe there area ways of improving fluency and also confidence. People forget how much trauma comes along with stutte...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & ProfessionalEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalPositive Therapy TechniquesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMay 14, 2025
1 points

Here is a more summarized version to help with community engagement. “Who’s John? • 40, married, 3 kids. • Lifelong stutterer. • Wants to help others feel less alone. ⸻ His Story in a Nutshell...

Community & SupportCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Personal StoriesTrauma & PsychologicalHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 14, 2025
22 points

Alright, I’m someone with a neurogenic stutter. I’d like for you to put yourself in the shoes of this other person. They suddenly developed a life changing speech disorder. All of a sudden, people in ...

Identity & DisabilitySpeech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Stigma & BullyingPhysical TensionTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 13, 2025
0 points

Great post! **Summary**: *(of the post)* 1. we started out sensitive, a little more wired for disruption 2. negative experience: we tried speaking but it didn’t come out. Over enough times, it jus...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringTrauma & PsychologicalMindset shift+1 more
postr/StutterMay 12, 2025
32 points

The cycle of life as a healing stutterer

The cycle of life as a healing stutterer Stage 1: They were born with it or maybe just predisposed From the outside, everything looked normal. But their nervous system was always a little more sensit...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalCycles & RandomnessSadness & Hopelessness+3 more
postr/StutterMay 12, 2025
5 points

Is there a link between stuttering and visual perception?

Is there a link between stuttering and visual perception? Could stuttering be caused by a mismatch between the brain’s speech signals and what the eyes (especially the corners of the eyes/peripheral v...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalBlocks & Stoppages
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2025
1 points

My parents weren’t mocking but completely minimized and ignored my issue and the pain around it l, and eventually labeled me as “too sensitive”—I knew early on I was completely alone in my stutter. ...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalValidation & EmpathyHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2025
1 points

I learnt somewhere that a typical stammer is more of a psychological cause related to brain programming than a physical problem. If we could reprogram those affected memories in our brain, then it’s a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringTrauma & PsychologicalMindset shift
commentr/StutterMay 11, 2025
1 points

I learnt somewhere that a typical stammer is more of a psychological cause related to brain programming than a physical problem. If we could reprogram those affected memories in our brain, then it’s a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Overthinking & MonitoringTrauma & PsychologicalMindset shift
commentr/StutterMay 10, 2025
1 points

Wow, you’re pretty strong mentally. what you do takes a lot of effort and dedication for your peace of mind. I commend you. I know that this stutter is a psychological game and for most people it is a...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Overthinking & MonitoringTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterMay 10, 2025
2 points

My son had a stutter for about a year when he was about 5 years old. It was during the time when my Mom, his Grandma, was going through treatment for cancer. They had a bell at the cancer center that ...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterMay 9, 2025
2 points

its a mental disorder caused due to anxiety and stress. but in my case i was the happier back then in lockdown. no idea whyd i pulled my hair back then...

Causes & Variability
Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterMay 9, 2025
2 points

As a kid I do agree, we are strange af. He was probably trying not to seem weak. The trauma still affects him when you move back which is pretty solid evidence it did affect your son pretty hugely. Al...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalOnset & Life-Stage Changes
postr/StutterMay 9, 2025
5 points

Did anyone else develop a stutter over lockdown?

Did anyone else develop a stutter over lockdown? I know I did and Ive also heard of other mental disabilities occurring in people in 2020. Maybe its to do with the isolation? ...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Trauma & PsychologicalCycles & RandomnessLoneliness & Isolation