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Few questions re my case Never spoken about my stutter before and just want to share a few points from my experience. So I developed a stutter at the beginning of secondary school (~13yo) and struggled in all the classic ways and naturally developed strategies when speaking so as to avoid it happening. Then when I was about 20yo, I watched the King's Speech (2010) and realised that I used all the techniques used in the film. I find that interesting, since I had never received help or therapy for my stutter, I suppose it could be seen as trial and error. Authority seems to play a role in my stutter. I'm a swimming/BLS instructor and never stutter with the students in my class, be they kids or closer to my age. The inverse is true if I'm in the opposite position. Has it been found that authority is a factor or does it just link in with nerves in general? Last and most sought after opinion. I have a brother who is 7 year older than me. He also as a stutter, fairly worse than me I find. Is there evidence of a stutter being hereditary? Or could it be that we were raised in the same environment and that's what caused it? Thank you for your time reading this and I appreciate any thoughts :)