Upon leaving home and going off to college my stuttering left. I didn't notice it until my 2nd semester of my freshman year. Occasionally comments were made about me leaving home with my mom caused it. I NEVER truly paid any attention ; however, upon getting older and having a teen daughter & noticing some of my softness/warmth challenges towards her that reminded me of my mother it caused me to really stop and examine some things. It's so true being in a stressful home where you are always on alert or feeling uncertainty can cause problems. Appears mine was speech. Mom I know love ved us without a doubt but I really think she may not enjoyed us all and felt more like an obligation. I started counseling as I don't want to hurt or affect my daughter the same & I don't want it affecting her mothering when the time comes. It has been an adjustment and eye opener to really look back in as a grown woman. I stopped counseling, partially b/c I felt like it was just me really doing the examining & realizing things. The lady was nice and asked the questions that had me share & paint a picture of what life looked like.  I guess now I'm grounded enough to deal with these things, still do it in bits and pieces!