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Alchohol and drug addiction are made by bad choices, mental illness and stuttering are things you can't control 9/10 times it's something you're born with or developed over time. It's not anything con...

I know, I know it doesn't give us any satisfaction, but I feel that the problems we have are no different from those of a mentally ill person or a drug addict....

Isn't relapsing deliberately choosing to for example smoke another sigarette or drink alcohol. I never choose to stutter again, I hate stuttering and I don't get any dopamine out of it. So for me it's...

Are we addicted to stutter?

Are we addicted to stutter? I realized that mental illnesses are talked about as if they were addictions. You're addicted to heroin, you quit, and suddenly you start using again? You relapse. You have...

Can stutter be treated?

Can stutter be treated? Of late, I have been getting questions about if stuttering can be treated by teenagers in my area. What do you all think?...

We all are dependant on substances, Also, no it is not. That is like saying people that have diabeties, are dependant and its a bad thing, they do it becuase they must....

You are amazing! I am a speech-language pathologist and have the exact same mentality. Stuttering is normalized in my space and whenever I visit other spaces. Crazy how little reactions you get ...

Stuttering is neurological and does not have a cure that will work for most people. Speech therapy has an 84% relapse rate.  Accepting your stutter is not about admitting failure. Accepting your stu...

Don’t Accept Your Stutter

Don’t Accept Your Stutter Disclaimer: Depending on your severity People who are paralyzed sometimes try to walk again, walking fluently. People who have are bad at a trade or skill, don’t accept t...

Inviting all children who stutter to volunteer in a paid University of Michigan MRI Study!

Inviting all children who stutter to volunteer in a paid University of Michigan MRI Study! The [Speech Neurophysiology Lab](https://chang.lab.medicine.umich.edu/home) at the University of Michigan is ...

Inviting all children who stutter to volunteer in a paid University of Michigan MRI Study!

Inviting all children who stutter to volunteer in a paid University of Michigan MRI Study! The [Speech Neurophysiology Lab](https://chang.lab.medicine.umich.edu/home) at the University of Michigan is ...

That’s implying the quality of my life is shit because of my stutter. It’s made me who I am & after years of practice with techniques it’s gotten that much better. But it will never be fully gone....

I’ve had to speak to an audience multiple times after years of practice Dwayne Johnson Ryan Reynolds I have been able to control it more and more and it’s gotten a whole lot better but I will never be...

Nobody said anything about buying "any old crap in a jar from dubious sources flogging 'cure alls' that will only offer the illusion of temporary relief while subjecting your body to all sorts of unkn...

I agree with you and have the same experience. I have reduced my stutter by 60-70% and its impact on my life by at least 80%. I can also speak perfectly fluent when alone, so I obviously don’t have a ...

If you believe that, then it would follow that people with Parkinson's disease being dependent on their substances/drugs is worse than symptoms of Parkinsons. That's absurd. Nobody says that. Then w...

It's similar how some gay people in the past got pushed into the conversion therapy. It's how the brain is shaped in early childhood and it's not *just* emotional. It certainly osn't "fixable" in the ...

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

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 c...

This is utter bullshit. Maybe for you it was an anxiety issue. I’ve had all the medical stuff & it’s 100% a neurological issue. I’m never scared to talk I don’t get anxiety I just have blocks/stutters...

For some it’s an actual neurological condition & for some it’s an emotional response. It depends on the person. But all these people in here stating it’s just an emotional reaction or it’s because you...