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What causes a stutter? Well for some, they're genetically pre-disposed to develop one, for others it's caused by stroke or head trauma later in life and for others it's caused by some traumatic event ...

Just to clarify: I don’t stutter in the mainstream sense of the word, but I suffer from silent blocks due to psychological trauma. I think that a stutter or a block is caused by a misinterpretation of...

Took ssri for 8-9 weeks for anxiety and depression in past. Didn't notice any difference in stutter, but did help me get out the funk I was in...

Why can't God have made me speak properly

Why can't God have made me speak properly I was raised in a religious household all my life and my speech has always been a subject of prayer within my church and family. But today I think I got to my...

SSRI can reduce stuttering i will prefer you to take lexapro or celexa, if you want to try talk with your doctor , each individual is different , so if only SSRI forexample (Lexapro or Celexa) is not ...

My son started stuttering at 3 1/2 at the time when he started preschool. It would come on for a week or two and go away completely. When this happened we noticed a big leap in developmental language/...

Yeah. It was never like that back when I lived in Portland Oregon. Around here in south east Ohio at my high school, people throw around the word "retard" all the time as if it's an actual mental diag...

Hey, thanks so much for this response! I would agree that these examples ring true. I think that part of stuttering in the sense of it increasing in frequency and strength of the block can be related ...

My life is psychological torment

My life is psychological torment I feel so alone - no parents, no girlfriend, no friends. Every single time I try to talk to someone, I feel so anxious, much worse than I used to. I don’t fit in, I’m ...

Amazing response! I loved reading it.. and I agree with you. This is my attempt to summarize your text into a vicious circle: 1. trauma \[negative experience\] \[hiding trauma\] \[feeding trauma\] 2...

I would say trauma. Some or many events on the past that had such on impact on us that change our way of looking at the world on a negative basis. It is a learned behaviour that served a purpose when...

Although there is likely a neurological aspect of stuttering, there can also be psychological aspects. If psychological factors make your stutter worse, it follows that resolving those psychological i...

A lot of y'all need therapy. Not speech therapy, psychological therapy

A lot of y'all need therapy. Not speech therapy, psychological therapy Title. And to dispel the immediate assumption/hope that a lot of us have: no, improving your mental health will probably not do...

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Looking for 4 participants My data collection phase of my ongoing psychological study on stuttering is coming to an end. I reported last week that 3 psychological variables have shown to have a mode...

There seems to be different types of stuttering and possibly multiple causes. The question that most of us ask ourselves, "is stuttering all in my head," "Is stuttering my fault?" Truly, yes, there is...

I believe the cause of stuttering is a deep insecurity ability to speak. Deepest neurosis lasting from childhood/early adolescence. Support and feel your voice, get out into situations that are most u...

there are psychological, physiological, and neurological stutters, block, repetition, and prolongation stutters, childhood-onset, late-onset, or acquired stutters, stress-related, fatigue-related, and...

I read on a great book called Re-defining Stuttering by John C Harrison that stuttering is all about holding back our emotions. That is why we block. We are blocking something. That something is our...

Thank you for sharing your experience. Correct me if I'm wrong.. so long story short, you began stuttering on her name, then this concept spread out to words that start with an /M/, and gradually this...

I think you gotta understand that because there was fear surrounding the word “deductible”, the unprocessed fear will eventually surround the word “theductible” too. I believe most people have a roo...