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Sucking thumbs is regression, which can be a sign of some sort of trauma. You might want to explore with the family whether there has been any trauma in the family recently. The child should be seen b...

I have meet people who started to stutter in childhood after traumatised and abused emotionally or physically. So yeah mostly something going on at home...

Yes, it can. Strong emotional stress can trigger the onset of stuttering, especially in children....

Sudden stutter onset in 8 year old girl?

Sudden stutter onset in 8 year old girl? I don't know if this is the correct subreddit, I apologize if it's not. I'm a special education teacher and one of my students has started stuttering 2 days a...

My primary 7 teacher routinely made fun of my stutter and I had other pupils cone to me to tell me because they felt bad when he did it around them. I was affected by the experience and it had a damni...

It’s about unrooting the belief that - fundamentally because we have a stutter we deserve to be heard or listened to less than someone fluent. This belief is drilled into us any time we are ridiculed,...

I also handled stress extremely well, calm in a crisis, patience of a saint... Then BAM, I stuttered! I believe my nervous system hit breaking point, and I had burnt out from a highly stressful job, s...

Well I’m in medical school so that could be considered stress-inducing. But I handle stress very well, never getting overwhelmed...

This happened to me too. It got so bad it was suspected I'd had a stroke. MRI's and CT's showed no neurological issues. It was deemed psychogenic. Have you been under a lot of stress? Mine has since i...

As someome who provides intensive mental health support to families with ineffective communication dynamics, I’m always aware that people can define words differently. Two things can be true - tech...

This can happen in adulthood due to stroke or head injury. Definitely see a neurologist and if you’ve been having any other symptoms (headaches, fatigue, difficulties swallowing, emotional changes or ...

I am so sorry , that was crazy. Even i have thought multiple times to end my life but never had the courage to. I have developed my stutter in the second or third grade just like you , dont know how i...

Wow, that was quite a read. To me, it seems like you have not one, but three problems: 1. You have a severe stutter, which has lead to 2. You have developed a deep depression and severe anxiety, which...

Every person who stutters has stories they don’t want to remember. Not because we’re weak, but because moments like that hit the nervous system hard....

I understand you. I’m sorry. I’ve always wanted to try hypnosis to see if they can erase the memory that we stutter and then maybe we won’t anymore. I know it’s caused by anxiety and fear. I bet you d...

No. Anyway, when I was a teen my mom found an interview with a doctor who thought this as well, and proposed that taking off-label asthma medication could help. I have mild asthma, and at that time w...

I hate this so much. this always happen to me for some reason..? the other day I went to the library, and the man who worked there was like '' why can't you try to read outloud''? and then he went on ...

Thanks bro, I understand your point but, how do you deal with being constantly imitated/seen as "special needs" because of your stutter. I didn't just become isolated in 1 day, It was from 10 years of...

Some people have been mercilessly mocked/teased, bullied, abused, laughed at when they were younger. This can scar a person psychologically and causes them to withdraw in society. It also causes sever...

This is a terrible advice, and outlook! Your brain isn’t faulty. Stuttering is psychological issue and can be cured, or at-least kept in check. I used to stutter so heavily I could not speak to st...