commentr/StutterMarch 20, 2025

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You've acknowledged that stuttering can occur without social pressure or without anxiety, then why in your original post have you placed a lot of emphasis on the emotional aspect of stuttering? Also, what evidence do you have that "extreme effort to pronounce a syllable at the beginning of a word" triggers stuttering?

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSpeech & Stuttering

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Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentPhysical TensionLoss of Control