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commentr/StutterDec 23, 2025
3 points

many strategies seem to be just a form of masking. and masking is bad for mental health in the long term....

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Authenticity vs. MaskingTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
1 points

All of that. Especially alcohol, and eventually drugs. This thing has a devastating effect on our psyche....

Meds & SubstancesCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Trauma & PsychologicalShame & Embarrassment
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
2 points

So ure saying that ur stuttering is the same in all contexts and there were no contexts where u spoke with more fluency than others? Because yeah i agree that for some people bobulating or dysfluencie...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalAvoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
12 points

Eight years is a long time to carry this around. How long do you want to carry this around? How long are you going to carry this around? May I suggest giving this its due attention one last time. S...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencySelf-Advocacy & BoundariesTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
15 points

I remember when I was like 6 or 7 when training karate, my best friend and his older sister started telling me how they mocked me that day when talking to each other on the way back from school and ho...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Shame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & AngerTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
2 points

Yeah i really recommend most people that come to me for stuttering advice to steer away from this sub and go look for therapists that use mostly a psychological approach and then the lingering minorit...

Community & SupportCauses & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Advice RequestsTrauma & PsychologicalPositive Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
7 points

I agree. My sons stuttering was totally psychological and extremely severe. Alot of adjustments in home and social environment as well as identifying the trigger and figuring out what aided his reco...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Trauma & PsychologicalValidation & Empathy
postr/StutterDec 22, 2025
34 points

the mindset in this sub saddens me

the mindset in this sub saddens me to be honest this sub makes me deeply sad , like okay stuttering may have a genetic or neurobiological origin but i would argue that most of it is psychological and ...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentMindset shift
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
2 points

to be honest this sub makes me deeply sad , like okay stuttering may have a genetic or neurobiological origin but i would argue that most of it is psychological and people like john harrison and tim m...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalAvoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2025
1 points

I'm left-handed since birth. I damaged my left hand's thumb and had to recover for a month, hence becoming ambidextrous to a fairly good degree (I can use the right hand without much fail, my right ha...

Causes & Variability
Cycles & RandomnessTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

This is a really difficult question. I talked with my fiancé about it, I have a stutter and my dad is schizophrenic, she thinks there is very low chance of either and she seems to be right by the sta...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

Tell them how much it hurts you when they do this! Open up a dialogue with them about it. Choose a good time when you’re all at the dinner table having a nice family discussion. Make sure there’s no ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterDec 20, 2025
1 points

Short answer- yes. Im a person who stutters and have been studying the emotional/psychological aspects of stuttering since 2006. I’m also a psychotherapist. For many people stuttering is heavily roote...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Trauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-PerceptionTherapy Experiences
postr/StutterDec 20, 2025
25 points

My experience with stuttering and how it affected my mental health

My experience with stuttering and how it affected my mental health As far as I can remember, I’ve always stuttered. I was born in a country where almost no one is aware of stuttering, so my parents di...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 19, 2025
2 points

Agree. Well written Psychological insight into the impact of stuttering, not spiritual....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-Perception
postr/StutterDec 19, 2025
18 points

I don't want to have children. Vasectomy is among my goals for 2026.

I don't want to have children. Vasectomy is among my goals for 2026. I decided this many years ago in school, after an incident during a class presentation. The teacher forced me to give the presentat...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying+1 more
postr/StutterDec 19, 2025
1 points

I don't want to have children. Vasectomy is among my goals for 2026.

I don't want to have children. Vasectomy is among my goals for 2026. I decided this many years ago in school, after an incident during a class presentation. The teacher forced me to give the presentat...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentStigma & Bullying+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 18, 2025
5 points

You are being ableist. When you have a stutter so severe you cant say a single sentence without feeling like you are choking to death you are disabled like it or not. Just cuz ur mild stutter can be h...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Helplessness & AgencyFrustration & AngerTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 16, 2025
1 points

It's been 2 years since I posted this. Since we started speech therapy, my son's stutter improved a lot. His teachers get surprised when I tell him that he had a stutter and continues to take speech t...

Therapy & ProfessionalSchool & WorkCauses & Variability
Seeking TherapySchool & Academic LifeTrauma & Psychological+1 more
commentr/StopStutterDec 14, 2025
1 points

it’s not about the speech therapist but more about the person needing speech therapy. as saji’s brother i witnessed firsthand my mother making efforts to correct his speech as children. i think as a c...

Causes & VariabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalOverthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-Perception