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commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
7 points

I had multiple stuttering family members and I am one, too. Difference is that they have recovered, I have not. The possibility is genetic, the question is that is there a trauma to activate it. Bu...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & Psychological
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
4 points

My great grandfather, who I never met, was said to have a severe stutter. My dad has a very mild stutter (think getting stuck on punchlines to jokes). I’m somewhere in between. There definitely seems ...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
11 points

No one in my family stuttered but me that I know about. I have 2 brothers and 32 cousins (Dad had 9 siblings)....

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2025
2 points

Definitely can be for some. My uncle had a stutter until high school. My 2 brothers and myself also have struggled with it. My older brother “got over it” in college. My younger brother and myself did...

Causes & VariabilitySpeech & StutteringParent & Caregiver
Genetic & Family FactorsOnset & Life-Stage ChangesEarly Concern & Onset
postr/StutterSep 21, 2025
12 points

Is Stuttering Genetic?

Is Stuttering Genetic? Is stuttering mostly genetic or more about environment/learning? This video makes a genetics case: https://youtu.be/wsK0J3TAXdw?si=g5VdU7Z8y7NIqexs No one in my family stutters—...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsEnvironmental Triggers
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
1 points

Yep. I'm the only one in my family and extended family that has ever stuttered as well....

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
1 points

As above, because women are usually XX while men XY. So women have 1 additional backup of genes X if some error happend. While men have only 1 Y which is more sensitive to errors this is why they have...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2025
1 points

It seems you are disagreeing solely to disagree. Your original comment agrees with my original comment. Furthermore, OPs claim is that stuttering is a social problem, that the stuttering itself isn't ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsNeurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2025
1 points

You've misinterpreted me entirely. If you've been around this sub a lot you'd know that I advocate for the concept that understanding genetics is important, maybe essential, for the treatment of neuro...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2025
1 points

Genetics doesn't imply outside of your control. The articles OP links namely assert that stuttering is a result of particular ways of thinking and relating to the world Genetics and neurophysiology ...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Genetic & Family FactorsTrauma & PsychologicalMindset shift
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2025
1 points

My girlfriend stutters but she did say when she went to speech therapy with other folks who also stutter it was mostly male....

Community & SupportCauses & Variability
Validation & EmpathyGenetic & Family Factors
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2025
1 points

40 years and counting of stuttering. Besides my dad and grandpa (both stopped theirs before my birth) and one girl in school. Never heard or seen anyone with a stutter since but heard the "used to stu...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2025
3 points

The ratio is 80:20, 80% of stutters are male, other 20% female...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2025
1 points

yep even if you look at cancer, men are more likely to get it in their lifetime. Then there are things like suicide which men have like 4x chance....

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsCycles & Randomness
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2025
6 points

I feel like men get most problems more often than women, like autism, color blindness, stuttering. Die earlier on average. (Obviously discounting gender-specific things)...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsCycles & Randomness
postr/StutterSep 18, 2025
18 points

Can someone tell me why men stutter more than women

Can someone tell me why men stutter more than women I'm 20 male , but with all this decent age I lived , I really never see the average of women or girls stutter increase exponentially against men . ...

Causes & Variability
Genetic & Family FactorsNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2025
4 points

If you like the name I would go for it or maybe there's something very similar that starts with a different letter .Just to add we have 3 children and 6 grandchildren and not one of them has a stutter...

Causes & VariabilitySocial & Relationships
Genetic & Family FactorsFamily Support & Conflict
commentr/StutterSep 18, 2025
-5 points

Arent you afraid your babies will get a stutter from you? Thats one of the reasons am not getting a baby, am adopting instead...

Causes & VariabilityParent & Caregiver
Genetic & Family FactorsEarly Concern & Onset
commentr/StutterSep 17, 2025
1 points

De niño estuve en escuela en USA y en la misma escuela daban terapia de lenguaje. Hacían maravillas porque me lo controlaba bastante hasta poder participar en concursos de deletreo, etc. Regresando a ...

Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Therapy ExperiencesStigma & BullyingGenetic & Family Factors+1 more
postr/StutterSep 17, 2025
38 points

I stuttered all my life, until I didn't

I stuttered all my life, until I didn't Never occurred about searching for a sub with this specific problem, but I’m just another stutterer like you guys. Been battling it since about 5-6 years old an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionGenetic & Family Factors+3 more