commentr/StutterMarch 8, 2026

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No, stuttering is not caused by anxiety. Anxiety exacerbates stuttering for people who have a neurological disposition to stuttering. If anxiety caused stuttering, a lot more than 1% of the population would be stutterers!

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Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability

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Anxiety & Social JudgmentNeurological & Brain