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Do you stutter less when you're by yourself?

Do you stutter less when you're by yourself? I was wondering, why is it that when I'm by myself I stutter significantly less? Like when I order food at a drive thru i'll stutter, but as soon as I dri...

Well, we don't know how stutter works, exactly. I wouldn't worry about trying to understand it, really. Also, don't lay any blame on yourself (especially not via a problematic term like "subconscious...

I'm 16, no trauma, I've even had an MRI that didn't show anything luckily. Emotional trauma, not really. I have never had a stuttering issue, but I did have speech therapy when I was in 1st grade....

How old are you? Do you have any history of stuttering at all? Any recent trauma (physical or emotional)?...

How much research has gone into the psychological aspect of stuttering?

How much research has gone into the psychological aspect of stuttering? Before I start, some background. I'm 18, I've been stuttering since 6th grade. Growing up, I talked really fast (I feel this may...

Could it be that because of prejudice and the association of masturbation as a "sin" or harmful by media that we stutter more because we feel we "failed" or that we did something "wrong"?...

Questionable Assignment

Questionable Assignment Hello all, I'm a Graduate Student in a Speech Language Pathology Master's program. This term I'm taking a Stuttering course taught by a person who stutters and is a PhD in the ...

Thanks for your replys, yes I will tell my psychiatrist about it. I think your right that I should I tackle the psych stuff first I have a feeling that the stuttering is a result of panicking about th...

It’s probably not “real” developmental stuttering. It’s probably related with your anxiety and depression. Since you’re managing those and having therapy, take care of those things like you are. that’...

Not for my stuttering, no one has really seen me do it as I only seem to start when I'm panicking and alone or sometimes in social situations. I have been through CBT and am seeing a psychologist abou...

Thanks for your reply! I actually have issues with anxiety and depression so this makes sense to me. Glad to hear your cousin is getting better, relatives have been telling me recently I really start ...

I think it's possible! My adult cousin developed at stutter when her anxiety and depression got really bad. She sounds a lot better since she's started managing her stress....

I am a 38 yr old male with a stutter. I visited a hypnotist when i was 16ish. I remembered the day i started to stutter. I was 8yrs old and was playing football with kids. I accidentally tripped a ki...

Hey man yes it is strange. I believed it is only psychological, reduced stuttering due to reduced anxiety but it seems not to be only that. It seems to work also in non-stress situations like reading ...

Do you know this for a fact? Not being argumentative, just curious. You're right that neurogenic stuttering does seem different from developmental stuttering. But developmental stuttering is now know...

I just skimmed through her blog and realized that she also had other post concussion symptoms like headaches, sensitivity to light etc whereas i didnt had any of those. I was normal until i just start...

> she replied but you aren’t blocking now! I knew instantly she had no idea what stuttering was and its inconsistency . When i told her i am fluent when alone , she sent me to psychiatrist , he sen...

Yeah , but its been 4 years since injury and by the way i once went to neurologist and said that i block stutter in my speech and im fluent when alone , she replied but you aren’t blocking now! I kn...

I've had a speech therapist mention to me that it can be acquired from a head injury. I don't know exactly what caused my stutter, but I'm starting to wonder if it's from a head injury as a child. I w...

Maybe. I have slipped and hit my head, had really mild concussion if even when i was at 1st grade. However, I was in 1st grade, so the starting stress etc was probably the real cause. And a lot of peo...