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While I essentially agree with you, there is another element to it. I will guess that you have silent blocks that make you switch words, give up saying entire thoughts, and leave you feeling emotiona...

Omg thank u sm for this, i def spent so much time learning in my early 20s bcuz i was in my lowest. I live in a third world country where therapy is basically scammers heaven. If yk a good online ther...

As someone who has experienced severe anxiety and depression because of childhood trauma, I just want to say I hope you know you can overcome it. I highly suggest allocating as much time as you can le...

This's like the least of my childhood traumas. She was a monster to say the least. But thanks i appreciate your cmnt...

That’s devastating. No child deserves to be dehumanised like that. I hope in the future you get some real good trauma informed therapy, because you deserve to live a good life...

I’m so so sorry to hear this. My son has a severe stutter/stammer, which is what brought me to this sub. He is only 8, but I have been doing absolutely everything in my power to get him the help he ne...

lifelong agony😝

lifelong agony😝 i was stuttering since i was 5,something traumatic happened then(i don't really think it impacted me so much but ok) stutter changed many forms from going from simply prolonging lette...

Stutter blocks

Stutter blocks I figured out this was due to the amygdala hijack causing me to activate flight and freeze response. How does one conquer this?...

Cool. Since last 3-4 years, I have learned more about it: I think it's more like a PTSD+anxiety like disorder. Because whenever we stutter, subconsciously, past memories trigger the anxiety, causing...

Isn't that reversing cause and effect? In the '90s I heard a psychiatrist talk like this and it scared the #(#$\*$ out of me. This was during the time that the anti-depressant Prozac had reached Taylo...

Hey, In my opinion there is no benefit in pin pointing the original cause of your stutter. Knowing what caused it won’t cure it, unfortunately. I don’t know your grandad and I don’t agree with his beh...

Damn ngl never heard of a stutter being caused due to someone being shouted at, but may be possible though, especially from a young where we’re learning to speak properly and stuff idk. However I have...

I don't think that your grandad screaming at you has impacted your stuttering, to be honest...

Should I be angry with my grandad?

Should I be angry with my grandad? I asked my mother what had caused my stutter ever since I was a kid and she said it was not genetic . But she said that it may have been due to my grandad who used t...

Sadly, lots of people here seem to get upset at the thought of a blocks being a fear reaction....

It’s both really. It can be caused mentally, but can also be caused physically too. Like muscle spasms/twitching or if you suffered a brain injury etc...

Science knows basically nothing about what causes stuttering. Therefore, all theories about stuttering make sense and can be used to answer your question. It's sad....

Oh yes absolutely there is a huge psychological component to stuttering. I meant that it's not psychologically based though, like a mental disorder...

Can you elaborate? I said I convinced myself it was to help me not stutter as much. No matter the root cause of stuttering, you see that there is a psychological component for people who stutter, no?...

Since you're a speech therapist now, then you'd know stuttering is not psychological?...