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Yep. Ultimately, it's neurological. There is some sort of misfired signal loop that occurs. But this loop manifests itself as bad muscle control, that's the bad habit imo....

There is a theory that if you could somehow pull out the information in your brain that lets you know you stutter,you wouldn't stutter at all....

personally: sleeping well and eating well are key. remember, it is neurological, NOT psychological, so give the brain what it needs....

Can you elaborate what you mean by that? Stuttering comes from the mind though; it's been seen as a neurological "condition". Yet we have both physical and psychological obstacles with it. Sucks to he...

Hi Rex, I am currently a junior in high school that stutters and I am intrigued by the causation of what causes stuttering. Awesome post, I applaud you on your journey so far and your wisdom on stutte...

I don't know about you guys, but I stutter only marginally less when I'm alone. I actually might have a physical reason for my stutter (short tongue), but I know a lot of it is psychological, so idk w...

Sativa's work wonders on my stuttering. They actually did a study where were trying oatmeal sativa on stutters....

That's far too simplistic advice and won't help stutterers with a strong neurological aspect to their stuttering....

I was just reading about transcranial magnetic stimulation. They use it for people with depression. But the way it was described to me was it is used to "repair" or "reawaken" dead synapses. So i wond...

There's bound to be overlapping brain activity. This is just to say, we probably shouldn't present it as "stutter only sits in some parts of the brain" (both because that's not how stutter works, and ...

This is most likely because you are accessing a different part of you brain when adopting a different personality or accent. It's the same with singing or even reciting rhythmic poetry....

That's strange, I've heard dopamine antagonists actually reduce stuttering. Discuss this with your doctor....

I dont think it's psychological at all, or at least very little. It's a learned physiological state. Look into PFSP....

If it's persistent it sounds like it might be a stutter, but it's incredibly rare for a stutter to develop that late into adulthood. It might just be nervousness or anxiety like you said, but i'm no e...

Jaw tension is not related to airway being open or shut

Jaw tension is not related to airway being open or shut I was just thinking about this today... that my stuttering happens when I start being faked out by those little bits of tension at my jaw joints...

I was mostly referring to the bit under _Acquired stuttering_: >In rare cases, stuttering may be acquired in adulthood as the result of **a neurological event such as a head injury, tumour, stroke...

How old are you? Not to alarm you, but stutter appearing late [might be caused by something else](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering#Classification) - in which case you may want to consult a doc...

Thank you for the advice. I'm going to make a list for my daughter. She really appreciates knowing she isn't the only one who stutters. We don't know anyone else who does! Besides my great uncle. I...

I have a stammer and dyslexia. Only advice I can give is tell her to take a deep breath, ease very gently into a word, speak slowly, and take a breath every several words....

you stay up all night and the next morning they put electrodes on your head and test your brain for abnormalities, they put a strobe light in your eyes and such ...