Hi! I kind of think once a stutterer always a stutterer. It’s genetic. Like another poster said, stress can make it return. When I was a child and began stuttering, I went to a speech therapist. She began having me read benign books and I could do beautifully. Then, without me picking up on it, she just started chatting with me about my life. When she’d ask me about things upsetting to me (school kids being mean, my stepdad being mean, etc.), and she could tell I was angry, I stuttered. She pulled my mom aside and said I needed a mental health therapist, not a speech therapist. And I did. Maybe it’s not this way for many stutterers, but mine is closely tied to my feelings. Anger, in particular. If I have anger that I’m ignoring and stuffing down, suddenly… a stutter. I’m mid 40s and I haven’t stuttered regularly since I was probably 16. I’ve tried to treat my stutter like a gift. It’s my canary in the coal mine. When it pops up, I know it’s time to take a breath and look where in my life I’m angry or upset and not taking care of myself. That’s just my story. Take what helps and leave what doesn’t. All the best.