commentr/StutterNovember 25, 2025

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Probably because there’s no emotional load when talking to Ai, or reading aloud alone, or talking to a pet or even a baby. Anticipatory anxiety when talking to a human is heightened, and this puts more stress on the entire vocal system, causing misfires and mistiming in the speech motor networks in our brain. This impacts our adrenaline and breathing and vocal folds, so we stammer and block.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability

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Anticipating StutteringAnxiety & Social JudgmentNeurological & Brain