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Yet another story from a stutterer Here goes. I first started stuttering when I was 3 years old. I'm turning 23 this month, so my birthday will also be our anniversary. And we couldn't be happier. Right. My mom has told me the that first time I identified my stuttering when I was 3, went to her and said, "Mom, I don't know how to speak." She has also said that she thinks that my stuttering might have something to do with the birth of my younger sister. Older child gets insecure about losing his/her parents. Pretty basic stuff. That being said the reasons behind my stuttering are clearly psychological, and not neurological. Nowadays I rarely stutter. Like with many of you, stuttering has 'evolved' into blocks and freezes. The most frustrating part about my stuttering is that sometimes I will decide not to/can't speak because I'm afraid that I will stutter. My problem goes through cycles. Sometimes I'm able to speak perfectly for months even. Sometimes I can't have a two-minute conversation withouth getting the blocks. The blocks then amplify the problem. Many of you propably know what I'm talking about. The problem makes you think about the problem and thinking about the problem makes the problem worse. Stupid loop. So those are the basics about my problem. I would describe the difficulty of my problem moderate. The good thing is that stuttering hasn't had negative impact on my social life. It hasn't given any anxiety or anything. The bad thing is that I think about the problem every single day. Some observations I've made: for me the stuttering is connected to how I feel about my life in general, aka. mental well-being. Life feels good -> less stuttering. Insecure and life feels not-that-good -> more stuttering. But this is a variable I have control over. Mental well-being is all about the neurotransmitters in your brain. And how can you tinker with it? The ways I have come up with: -Alcohol and drugs: Two days of heavy drinking will totally fuck up my ability to speak for days, weeks or even months. Cannabis is a wild card, for me it can have either negative or positive effect, you never know. -Sports and lifting. I got into lifting two years ago and it has had a huge help. Lifting with heavy weights releases massive ammounts of endorfin and testosterone. Those little thingies make you happy and feel awesome about yourself. For me, feeling awesome -> less stuttering. Yay. -Sleep. This one might be the most important for me. I used to have a job that required me to get up at 5. I slept 5 hours a night. Way too little. After a few weeks on the job stuttering got much worse, everytime. Sorry about grammar, formating and stuff. Wrote this on the fly.