I Stutter   

I stutter is a phrase that more people say than you might even imagine.  A lot of people deal with stuttering at some point or another, most people are just not all that outgoing about their struggles with speech and language.  While many people are ashamed, no one needs to be.  Being able to admit it and say the words, “I stutter” is empowering and can help you start looking into ways of overcoming your stuttering issues. 

Being able to say the words “I stutter” is the first step.  Next, you need to visit a speech or language pathologist.  This is a professional that has been trained to help people, like you, that stutter.  The nice thing about dealing with a  professional is that they can help you determine why you are stuttering.  You may not know it, but there are different reasons that you might stutter and how the therapist helps you may depend on why you’re stuttering.

Some stutters are developmental.  Many children begin stuttering all of a sudden and it gets progressively worse.  This is often because the child has thought processes that they would like to be able to verbalize, yet they don’t have the language skills to speak in a manner that gets their point across and the result is stuttering.  This often resolves itself on its own when the skills catch up to the thought processes.

You may also stutter because of a head or brain injury.  Often times, after a brain injury the cells are not able to function in the proper way and the message does not get from one place to another in the proper manner and stuttering ensues.  This often repairs itself after some time, but in some people therapy must be done to help to learn how to speak in a manner that will reduce the amount of stuttering.  In some cases people stutter after an emotional or traumatic event, although this is very rare.

How the stuttering is treated depends in large part on why someone is stuttering.  In developmental stuttering it is not uncommon for the problem to correct itself.  In some cases a small amount of therapy may be needed to discourage bad habits from forming.  The other two types of stuttering often need extensive therapy to help the individual who stutters overcome the issue or at least learn how to deal with the stuttering so it does not affect their life in a negative way. 

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