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commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
6 points

This is a great comment and I fully agree. A lot of people who stutter develop the same responses as people who have complex trauma. This is a brand new thing that researchers are talking about, but ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
3 points

Highly recommend she gets plugged into a stuttering community. It would be very hard to convince her to do this. If you don't have the patience to meet her where she is at, maybe it would be better f...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Trauma & PsychologicalSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
1 points

People can begin to stutter after strokes or being knocked unconcious. There are numerous causes regarding stuttering other than fear....

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
3 points

The exact cause is unknown, mostly due to the variables involved. There is developmental stuttering, where kids start stuttering around age 3 and then it spontaneously resolves itself around age 5-6...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsNeurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
1 points

I’m not saying dopamine is the sole cause of stuttering. The dysregulation of dopamine in the brains speech motor networks exacerbates stuttering, as neuroscientists have found though PET, fMRI scans...

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
1 points

Fair comment. I mean yeah if it’s never “cured” so be it, but I definitely want to find ways to treat it. I have days where I don’t stutter at all, and I want to extend those if I can. I started stutt...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Trauma & PsychologicalFluency TechniquesOnset & Life-Stage Changes
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
13 points

Stuttering very often comes with anxiety and other mental health issues though....

Emotional ExperienceCauses & Variability
Anxiety & Social JudgmentTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
1 points

You're not alone, several people here have shared that they experienced stuttering in adulthood, whether temporary or persistent. It's sad that your family didn't take it seriously, because what you w...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesNeurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterNov 18, 2025
24 points

this is more than stutter. i sense severe anxiety issues or other mental health issues. seeing a doctor to check for social anxiety issues would be a start. and both of you sound like you need good t...

Emotional ExperienceCauses & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Anxiety & Social JudgmentTrauma & PsychologicalTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2025
1 points

This is a very interesting observation. It seems to me that you started stuttering in 2021 during COVID right? Did you at any time contract COVID during this period? Since your brother has a stutte...

Speech & StutteringCauses & Variability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesNeurological & BrainTrauma & Psychological
postr/StutterNov 17, 2025
7 points

I started to develop a stutter, and then it stopped. Does anyone know why?

I started to develop a stutter, and then it stopped. Does anyone know why? I didnt know this Reddit existed, or would asked this sooner. For context: Most of my life I have not had a stutter or speech...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Genetic & Family FactorsNeurological & BrainStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2025
1 points

They are related. I have the same story and have seen more than one person who quit masturbation and their stuttering improved significantly. Look up the negative effects of masturbation and you will ...

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Trauma & PsychologicalHarmful Med OutcomesNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterNov 17, 2025
2 points

Oh my God, my story is exactly the same! I'm even the same age. I started stuttering when I was 3 or 4, but it was mild and didn't affect my life much, to be honest. But when I turned 14, my stutterin...

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Trauma & PsychologicalHarmful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
2 points

That's a difficult question and I'd like to probably answer no. However according to my therapist I have been known to disassociate quite a bit....

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Trauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
1 points

I get that. And felts the same way right into my 30s. I’m 40 now so age really does really help. Just ask yourself do you respect people that mock people with other disabilities? because I sure as f...

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Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterNov 16, 2025
2 points

*Sorry for the grammar. I'm exhausted from work, and not in the mood to nit pick my writing or whether I'm doing you vs me writing.* I'm an adjunct professor of respiratory therapy and a practicing re...

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commentr/StutterNov 15, 2025
7 points

I was born into the company. My family business is an international civil engineering construction company. As I was growing up I was not sure if I wanted to go into the family business and obtain my ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
postr/StutterNov 12, 2025
6 points

The small kid inside

The small kid inside (22M) I'm currently in a transitional phase of my life, trying my best to accept things as they are, get to know myself better, and develop the version of me that I want to become...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Trauma & PsychologicalShame & EmbarrassmentIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterNov 11, 2025
1 points

So, going by your logic, every single person who has an anxiety disorder, or poor self esteem, or other “psychological” issues stutter, right?! OK, believe what you want to believe. I still stand b...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalStress & Fight/Flight+1 more
commentr/StutterNov 11, 2025
3 points

It's not psychological, it's a neurological and a genetic condition (at least for most). It's triggered by psychological factors, yes....

Causes & Variability
Neurological & BrainGenetic & Family FactorsTrauma & Psychological