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Yeah, my stuttering is a LOOOT worse now! I was able to respond to therapy in the past, but I am too old now. I was a LOT fluenter in the past! I am trying all of this therapy , but I can’t do any te...

I think about this all the time. I understand people's objections to this, the neurological vs psychological conversation... but I agree with you 100%...

I stutter when I’m alone and even in my own head I sometimes feel hesitation in my own internal dialogue because I’ve learned over the years which words I can and cannot say. There’s many reasons fo...

No, the root cause of stuttering is deeply neurological, as indicated by PET and fMRI scans. The cause is overactivity (or dysregulation) in the doperminergic system in the stuttering brain, resulting...

Talking to yourself (or even whispering) results in totally different neurological and physiological responses compared to talking in a social setting. Adrenaline and anxiety surges through the roof ...

It's not for life, the brain's neuroplasticity can do many incredible things. I can talk to myself without stuttering, why is that? If stuttering was something fixed and immutable, I would stutter eve...

I don’t completely agree with this. Stuttering is definitely neurological. And self acceptance and dealing with anxiety is 100% crucial. But I have found that a holistic therapy that targets the phys...

I first needed to understand that I have a stuttering brain. My brain is wired differently. For whatever reason my brain activates the Valsalva response causing me to have blocks and my stuttering beh...

Not sure what you mean. Thoughts are the product of communication among many regions across both hemispheres, not a single hemisphere....

Stuttering - thoughts on different side of the brain

Stuttering - thoughts on different side of the brain Hey everyone, I'm a 27yr old F. I have a stutter that tends to fluctuate in severity. I'm going through a rought patch right now as I recover from ...

The root of *repetitions* is neurological. The root of blocking is psychological. This is acknowledged in the DSM and other formal, academic sources....

Stuttering is neurological NOT psychological! No amount of hypnotherapy can fix a chemical imbalance in your brain....

The root of stuttering is neurological, not psychological. Simply “not thinking about it” won’t cure it. You mitigate it by consciously implementing fluency shaping techniques until it starts to bec...

Childhood stuttering often worsens into adulthood because the brain’s speech-motor pathways become more rigid, self-conscious anxiety amplifies the problem, and compensatory habits lock in over time. ...

I know the feeling. I’m envious of my peers at work because they can present so eloquently, and here I am, a bumbling mess when I talk. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I’ll never be fluent, so...

The literature is all over the place. Yeah sure is neurological, but unless you damaged your brain,  that neurotic behavior come from years of stuttering and not correcting said behavior right away, y...

At least this is my case, I understand that there are people in whom the cause is more physiological than psychological....

It shows the interaction between the brain’s speech control system and external rhythmic or auditory stimuli. You can try using a metronome. Music, speech sounds, or rhythm act like a metronome that r...

Yes, I agree that he was very good . There does seem to be a very high rate of relapse, but Ross doesn’t seem to blame the client for that . I remember at the Hollins program , they were a bit more ...

I stutter when I read aloud alone. A little less, but I still stutter. And I stutter when I speak to Alexa and other non-human devices. Stuttering is a mix of neurological \*and\* psychological issue...