commentr/StutterJanuary 5, 2026

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You’re right. Stuttering feels so helpless and random that people develop all kinds of beliefs about it.  -trauma caused my stutter -if I tap my finger when I say the word I won’t stutter  -if I sleep good/ eat my greens etc I won’t stutter  -I won’t stutter when I grow up  -I can’t get a job / have a relationship/ etc because I stutter -if I practice these techniques in front of a mirror for 45 min every day, I won’t stutter  Etc etc etc.  At the end of the day, we just stutter… 

Themes

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Cycles & RandomnessSeverity & FluctuationHelplessness & Agency