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postr/StutterSep 23, 2025
5 points

How do you stutter and on what sounds?

How do you stutter and on what sounds? I get stuck on hard consonant combos like GR, GL, CL, CR, TR, etc… My stuttering ebs and flows, sometimes (like now), it’s so bad and uncontrollable and other t...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Repetitions & ProlongationsSeverity & FluctuationCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2025
3 points

The problem with stuttering is that the information on it so scarce and contradictory. I found an article that said they found 50 stuttering genes that get passed down. Then I found another article th...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency
postr/StutterSep 23, 2025
11 points

DAE have “word limit” stuttering?

DAE have “word limit” stuttering? I’m a relatively mild stutterer now after lots of strenuous work, thanks to the efforts of people here for advice. But I feel like I am hard capped at being the quie...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & RelationshipsEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationQuality of LifeHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
1 points

Have you stuttered your entire life? I have an onset stutter from age 28. Sometimes I stutter when I talk to myself, but sometimes I don’t. When I sing if I really put myself into it I’m typically fin...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Severity & FluctuationSituational VariabilityHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
1 points

Well then what you dont understand is that everyone's stuttering is different so not everyone improves no matter how much effort or therapy they put. Am in therapy rn and i will continue, am putting i...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationFrustration & AngerSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2025
8 points

In my opinion, i don't think it's about laziness. I think it's just soul crushing to know that we have to do three hours of extra efforts a day just to speak, a natural fonction that most poeple on ea...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencySeverity & FluctuationFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterSep 21, 2025
2 points

3.5 year old stutter not going away

3.5 year old stutter not going away We recently had our 3.5 year-old evaluated with an SLP for her stutter that started over over a month and a half ago now. She said she had blocks with her stutter w...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Repetitions & ProlongationsSeverity & FluctuationCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
1 points

A few years ago it randomly went mostly fluent for a month or 2. Around 3 months ago, I got diagnosed with a chronic illness chiari malformation. Which may be the cause of my stutter. Will have brain ...

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterSep 21, 2025
4 points

Severe stutter, getting worse with age. Looking for real improvement — medication experiences?

Severe stutter, getting worse with age. Looking for real improvement — medication experiences? Hey everyone. I’ve been reading this community for a while and finally decided to post. I have a really ...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Severity & FluctuationHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
4 points

My great grandfather, who I never met, was said to have a severe stutter. My dad has a very mild stutter (think getting stuck on punchlines to jokes). I’m somewhere in between. There definitely seems ...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
3 points

Yeah honestly it happened all my life. I suppose is about getting used to it. But never had a GF I cant talk about it...

Social & RelationshipsCauses & Variability
Dating & RomanceSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
2 points

I remember most of it unfortunately. Although my stutter is mild at worst now, I couldn't string two words together until I left high school. Life was hard....

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & SupportSocial & Relationships
Severity & FluctuationPersonal StoriesQuality of Life
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
1 points

Good for you! I stuttered severely from since I could (attempt to) speak until college. Speech therapy from kindergarten through high school. Legos and animals were (and still are) my best friends. Av...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
2 points

I’m about a month into college and it’s been…. Something I’ve made a few friends, but they seemed to have slowly but surely split up into other friend groups while I’m stuck here. The first week was ...

Social & RelationshipsCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Loneliness & IsolationSeverity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
2 points

FWIW, ADHD in the stuttering community is atleast 2x prevalent than the general population. I forgot the exact figure, but I read one study that said ~50% of stutterers met the criteria to be evalu...

Causes & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Neurological & BrainSeverity & FluctuationStimulants & Caffeine
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
5 points

I no longer see it as a magic bug rather how my stutter works. It comes and goes (well obviously never fully disappears) in phases. So like there are weeks I speak very, then very good on other week...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
1 points

Oh my god i cannot imagine what you must be going through! its one thing just having it ever since i can remember but its another thing for it to just happen! Do let me know how the big career change ...

Causes & VariabilityParent & Caregiver
Severity & FluctuationEarly Concern & Onset
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2025
10 points

Yep, I’ll have several weeks where I’m 95% fluent, then BAM. For no apparent reason I can’t complete a sentence without one or more blocks and phone calls are in fact not happening. I can never nail d...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterSep 19, 2025
9 points

Does magic happen to anyone like stuttering vanished in a night or reduced by 50%?

Does magic happen to anyone like stuttering vanished in a night or reduced by 50%? ...

Causes & Variability
Severity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2025
1 points

I often worry about this too. Out of nowhere, about three months ago, I developed a stutter. I’ve never stuttered in my life until now, it just happened suddenly, almost like I woke up with it. What m...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career