postr/StutterDecember 2, 2025

Having a stutter is just anxiety & it’s fixable.

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Having a stutter is just anxiety & it’s fixable. I have read so many times in this group from so much people that say having a stutter or a block is just emotional or that we’re afraid to talk hence causes a stutter. If you have “cured” yourself from stuttering you probably didn’t have an actual stutter. It’s not just anxiety or an emotional state. It’s a full neurological condition, I’ve have cat scans & MRI’s. There is nothing I could do to “cure” my stutter. I can in hope practice & use techniques to make it better. But I’m tired of hearing or being told from people who claim to have a stutter that it’s all in our head. I’ve never had anxiety nor have I ever been afraid to talk I just stutter/have blocks. So please don’t tell us it’s curable, afraid to talk, or it’s our emotions.

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentMedicalization / NeurodiversityFrustration & Anger