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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
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\->The chosen quote very clearly states that emotional reactions can be trained or "conditioned" to trigger stuttering. Classical conditioning, by definition, is learned behavior. Stuttering is not...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

How would we go about break the underlying urge to try to force or increase tension when speaking? I don’t stutter when I’m alone but even if it’s a recording or some other reason for additional press...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that affects a WIDE range of functions in the body including but not limited to reward/motivation, motor function, emotion, learning, addiction, body regulation (sleep, ...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

Well, I can't verbalize it formally and most of it just observations of my own stutter. As far as I know, there might as well be a bunch of different kinds of stutters and mine mostly is due to social...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
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**Part 2/3** **How does emotions exactly exacerbate stuttering?** There are a few different articles I can send you but here are some and in no way is this extensive. (I have hyperlinked the artic...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
1 points

**How does emotions exactly exacerbate stuttering?** There are a few different articles I can send you but here are some and in no way is this extensive. (I have hyperlinked the articles so hopefull...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

[u/bookaholic4life](https://www.reddit.com/user/bookaholic4life/) **Comment #2:** >*"There are theories that attempt to explain aspects of stuttering. For example, we have psychoanalytic approaches ...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
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**Comment #1:** You said: >*"If I’m understanding the information correctly, which I may not be, it seems like stuttering supposedly is a learned process of speech."* According to the comment reddi...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
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u/bookaholic4life # You mentioned: >*"There are many cases of young children who don’t display any feelings or negative emotions until later childhood. It's not caused by emotions but exacerbated. ...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
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The chosen quote very clearly states the emotional reactions can be trained or "conditioned" to trigger stuttering. Classical conditioning by every definition is learned behavior. Stuttering is not a ...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

>*"Something is happening with the person when they anticipate that word, which increases the likelihood of stuttering."* Agreed! Any anticipation (not only stutter anticipation) can gradually, over ...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
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I don’t think you understand what the theory says, nor what the article says. It is a multideterministic theory, meaning it considers how different factors interact in the occurrence of stuttering.Fir...

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commentr/StutterMar 22, 2025
2 points

>*"Easy onset is the name of a strategy widely used in speech therapy that aims to do the opposite of applying force at the beginning of speech to improve fluency."* Agreed. Here is a description of ...

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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

>*"The development of motor behaviors in speech hinders fluency. For example, when a person who stutters exerts extreme effort to pronounce a syllable at the beginning of a word—when, in reality, this...

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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
4 points

I also came to the same conclusions when self analysing my stutter. A genetic predisposition which was initialized by my environment, which then got worse in high school, daily morning register, prese...

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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
3 points

Lastly, about "negative emotions"—I prefer the term **conditioned stimulus** because not all triggers are negative emotions. In Pavlov’s dog experiment, the bell alone became a trigger for salivation,...

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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
5 points

>*"Neurophysiological basis + Negative emotions > impaired behavioral patterns until the aversive stimulus is reduced or reaches a tolerable level."* Yes exactly, that makes a lot of sense to me. I'd...

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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
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**TL;DR summary (of the post):** *Neurophysiological basis* \+ *Negative emotions* \> They produce behavioral patterns (similar to those exhibited during physical pain experiences) until the av...

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commentr/StutterMar 21, 2025
1 points

for me ive always been a more of a social person ( even with the stutter ) idk how tbh and it proabaly aint the best thing to do bc you chould get in trouble but for me when I snap and yell my stutter...

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postr/StutterMar 21, 2025
52 points

NEW stutter theory (2025) from a psychologist. What CAUSES stuttering? Is curing it possible?

NEW stutter theory (2025) from a psychologist. What CAUSES stuttering? Is curing it possible? This is my attempt to summarize [this ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1ik6d0z/comment/miueqsl...

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