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commentr/StutterDec 12, 2025
3 points

Get the proper support you need from everyone you know to help you eventually tell your dad the truth. At the end of the day what is the worst case scenario? Would your dad turn cold disown kick you...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 12, 2025
3 points

Relapse and you didn't feel comfortable safe being honest open with him? Sounds like my dad opening up to him and being shamed.  It seems your entire relationship with your dad was based on a lie yo...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 11, 2025
1 points

Unfortunately because of my stutter and severe anxiety in a negative feedback loop I had an absolutely terrible time in middle and high school. ESPECIALLY middle school because my stutter peaked and t...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 11, 2025
2 points

Yeah there is a big difference between someone who stutters bc they are nervous vs us who stutters because we are wired this way. The only guest i have is my environment has a child with violence and ...

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Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalDating & Romance
commentr/StutterDec 10, 2025
3 points

I've had a similar childhood as yours. I know how you feel. People think we stutter just because we're nervous. The truth that no one else sees is that anything that reminds us of that trauma does not...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & Hopelessness+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 10, 2025
4 points

I believe it’s a genetic trait which can be triggered / switched on by trauma. Both my bother and I stutter and we had a pretty abusive father. Lots of children have had abusive upbringings but do n...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & PsychologicalNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterDec 10, 2025
1 points

It’s interesting how many people who stutter will say that it’s caused by some kind of childhood trauma. ...

Causes & Variability
Trauma & Psychological
postr/StutterDec 10, 2025
11 points

Stuttering venting

Stuttering venting I’ve been stuttering all my whole life due to a possible trauma as kid, bad toxic family environnement. I was getting mocked at school and to this day by my brother. As a result i h...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionTrauma & PsychologicalShame & Embarrassment+3 more
postr/StutterDec 10, 2025
1 points

Stuttering

Stuttering I’ve been stuttering all my whole life due to a possible trauma as kid, bad toxic family environnement. I was getting mocked at school and still to this day by my brother. As a result i hat...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger+2 more
commentr/StutterDec 9, 2025
2 points

Firstly, you need to see a Speech Therapist who specialises in stuttering. Learn proper fluency shaping techniques. Practice, practice, practice! Secondly, stuttering is NOT caused by anxiety or stre...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Seeking TherapyFluency TechniquesNeurological & Brain+2 more
postr/StutterDec 9, 2025
27 points

I overanalysed my stutter and it has helped me a lot

I overanalysed my stutter and it has helped me a lot This might be a long post, but before I start it, I'd just like to let you know that I'm fairly confident my stutter is anxiety based. So not an ac...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 7, 2025
3 points

Thank you for sharing.😃 I received a severe TBI at a young age, followed by stuttering and it feels like having my lips sowed shut and cut open. The more I exposed myself to giving PowerPoint presen...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalBlocks & StoppagesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
0 points

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...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Medicalization / NeurodiversityTrauma & PsychologicalRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2025
-2 points

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....

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityMeds & Substances
Medicalization / NeurodiversityTrauma & PsychologicalRecreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
4 points

Both my brother and I stutter, so there’s a genetic component there in my family, but trauma can switch it on too for those with “the gene”. For us, I believe it was an abusive childhood that trigger...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
3 points

I (female) stutter. My dad stuttered, but I didn't know he did til I located him in my early 20s (long story). Anyway I had and raised a child who did not develop a stutter. This child just recently ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
16 points

I can tell you my grandpa stutters, and my dad, and a couple of my uncles and cousins and so do I. Fun part is I have the worst stutter of everyone on my dad's side, all like 60 people? They all have ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering
Feared Words & NamesGenetic & Family FactorsTrauma & Psychological+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
3 points

I would also suggest some therapy. It is truly possible to reframe your thoughts and change your entire life. I’m a moderate stutterer, I stutter in most of my sentences, and I stutter fully and openl...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Trauma & PsychologicalAcceptance & PrideSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2025
3 points

Welcome! Unfortunately, stuttering is a deep neurological condition that cannot be cured… yet. There is simply no magic pill, but research and pharmacological trials are still ongoing. There are fl...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Anticipating StutteringTrauma & PsychologicalSituational Variability+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2025
2 points

Do aerobic exercise because it reduces your stress and depression. Then go to talk therapy and work on cognitive therapy topics in psychology (CBT) and schema therapy, especially the schema of inferio...

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Trauma & PsychologicalMindfulness & BreathingSeeking Therapy