How Do People Develop a Stutter?
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2017
- Kings, scientists, and musicians alike have all been known to stutter. It can make speaking in front of crowds even more nerve-wracking, but is anxiety the root cause? Spoiler: probably not.
Hosted by: Hank Green
----------
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: / scishow
----------
Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters:
Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Nicholas Smith, Tim Curwick, Alexander Wadsworth, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: / scishow
Twitter: / scishow
Tumblr: / scishow
Instagram: / thescishow
----------
Sources:
mentalfloss.com/article/19503/...
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/fi...
www.asha.org/PRPSpecificTopic....
www.asha.org/public/speech/dis...
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-co...
www.apa.org/monitor/2014/07-08...
jshd.pubs.asha.org/article.asp...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/...
jneurodevdisorders.biomedcent...
www.webmd.com/children/news/20...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10...
pediatrics.aappublications.org...
----------
Images:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Stutter squad here, how's the rest of my brothers and sisters doing? I may stutter, but that doesn't mean I won't try to talk your ear off
Blue Sky Bandit whoo!!! Spread that confidence to all!! You are everything the world needs 😄
yep yep who cares i sound like the scat man ill keep saying what i have to say even ill take me longer. my stuttering never stopped me from talking.
*tilts hat
Wassup fam
hahah same
My stuttering is because I'm thinking too far ahead of what i'm going to say and start thinking about what to say next before I finish the first thing. I also see this in my typing. I'll start typing another word before I finish the one I'm currently typing. I found myself doing this twice just in this comment.
I have learned to slown down the pace while writing, but that was easy. Talking, though, is a lot more challenging since slowing that down makes me feel like a 3-year-old child. It's annoying.
I also think faster than I type, and it trips me up a lot when writing my thoughts down. My advice to you is to think little of it. Try to slow down a little when people can't understand what you're saying, and when talking to strangers, but otherwise, your friends and family will just to have to get used to you.
Sometimes, the strategic ummm, and the repeating of the last sentence / question will also give you more time to think.
rocstormmc me too!! I've never been able to put in into words , but this comment describes it perfectly
rocstormmc I do that all the time lol
But I don't stutter when speaking but I'll talk really fast or sometimes forget to say word (that is not often though
When I was in high school there was a girl in my grade with a stutter. She really nice and creative. We ended up going to the same college and taking classes together. Whenever she stuttered I just waited silently for her to say what she wanted to say. We got on just fine. If someone stutters, don't interupt. Thats counterproductive. Just let them work through it themselves.
Calling it out, saying, "Slow down" or saying something like "You you you you" and mocking it will just tell me that the listener is not interested in anything I have to say. I'll just stop talking.
Yes, I'm alone a lot. It's not as bad as being mocked for trying to say anything.
rudra62 Slowing down is actually quite helpful. I should know as I used to stutter as well. You really have no idea if someone is listening or not. You're assuming and making decisions off of that. And also projecting your own frustrations. That's why you have no friends.
HeyHay I think it's counterproductive not to stop yourself when you're stuttering. It perpetuates the issue. Stop. And say the sentence over again. It gets easier the more you do it.
You are rare. God bless
HeyHay correct! When someone finishes my sentence for me I feel awful because I think they think I'm dumb or something.
I wish i could talk as fast as you do without stuttering
I know that feeling. All im asking is to beable to speak clearly like everyone else, is that so much to ask?
Its my only wish man
I have a natural stutter
Me too, i am stutter, i know, it's really hard for us. Keep it up, never give up.
yea 😐
Took speech therapy classes for 9 years, my stutter is mostly under control now as an adult though I can speak for how infuriating it can be to not be able to communicate. Please, if you are dealing with a stutter, DO NOT go "slow down" "take your time" "breath" or other such common statement with the intent to help. It does not help, it just drives the stutterer insane slowly.
SOCOM95 That's what l hear from my GP. How does therapy help?
It's weird, that just because some people walk funny or talk funny, that they put them in some institution to try to fix them. I think we'll just have to deal with stuttering as a problem that exists. I feel really sorry for you.
Aaron Lin therapy works for some and is a waste for some. For me it worked for a while but after i stopped it got back. I found that just focusing on what im saying and speaking slowly works wonders for me.
For me the therapy helped via showing me what physically is happening, what I can do to force my body to basically "reset", and several techniques to use to help avoid it if I am conscious of my speech. After several years of using those techniques in my daily life they became habit, when I am hyper and talking at 150MPH I still stutter fairly badly, but then I just have to stop and become conscious of my speech again.
See Francis I disagree, those years of therapy actually did help me, I am grateful for them. It was in public school, once a week I got out of class and got to go to speech therapy. As a kid I felt like a badass for being able to get out of class, got to gloat about it to my other classmates, the environment was fun, and it was nice having a place to just talk about the daily struggles of having a stutter like that. Then in the later years it was nice being able to be an example for younger kids dealing with this stuff, and letting them know that with intent and time it can get better. As a whole it was a lovely positive experience in my life.
I hate it when even the most simple of conversations make me stutter. I could be at the store and the cashier asks how I'm doing today, I can't just give a simple answer without stuttering and everyone waiting in the queue just looks at me as if I'm weird or an idiot as i stand there trying to get one simple word out of my mouth.
It's true bro😓
🙃
Hey man I know exactly how you feel. I'm just tryna order food in drive thru and I gotta keep repeating parts of my order cause my stuttering is horrible can't even understand. I once had someone think I was speaking a different language
This question is one I've dedicated my life to answering. If all goes to plan, I'll be entering Grad School next fall for it.
Edit: Wow this is an old comment. Wasn't even aware I had watched this video yet, haha. I have several 2+ year old comments asking my how grad school is going/went. I turned off notification for TH-cam comments many many years ago so I apologize that these have gone unanswered.
The answer is that it went decently enough. Graduated with my MA in Speech-Language Pathology in 2021. Planning on starting my PhD in 2025 in Cognitive Neuroscience. My focus these days is on safe methods for cortical language mapping using neurodiagnostic technologies (EEG, MEG, TMS, etc), but stuttering is always in the back of my mind. Not sure what exactly my focus will be in grad school the second time around.
月食 what was your major in undergrad???
Different schools call it different things. My university combines Audiology and Speech Therapy into a single undergrad degree called "Communication Sciences and Disorders." I've also see it called just "Communication Disorders." Ask for Speech Therapy around your school.
Good luck to you! It's a very fun and rewarding profession :)
Keep us updated! Ive researched it for years . . .
Hi hows this going so far for you? 🙂
ive stuttered for as long as i remember and it ruined my confidence massively, now im 17 and i still stutter but i have good days and bad days. the bad days i usually just dont talk at all, people i love like my best friends mock me for it (thinking it wont hurt me) and it takes me back to square one. very annoying 😔
Macy Smart Idk if it would help, but for me, I realized that people worry about themselves more than me. That made me less self conscious and more confident. But I think you should still tell them it annoys you and hurts.
Communication with anyone is a good thing
Hopefully you'll meet people who are more understanding. I went to school with a girl who stuttered and nobody ever said anything about it. She was pretty shy and bowed out of most oral presentations but people understood. She's a great artist though and some of her work has been in student art magazines for winning awards at our college.
People will always try to find a reason to mock or make jokes about other people. I was mocked at school because of my glasses and for being nerdy. Another guy I knew was mocked because of his albinism. People get mocked for being short, others for being tall. There's always something. Indeed, the problem isn't with the people being mocked, the problem lies with the people mocking. They are reflecting their own insecurities on other people, so that they can feel powerful and get noticed. When I understood that was when I got over it. Not falling for the mockery denies those people what they want, that is, to have power over you. The more they try, the more they fail, which will have the opposite effect, they'll feel powerless and, eventually, they'll stop.
I don't intend to be mean, but I personally wouldn't call people who mock me on something that I have no control on best friends.
Have you tried telling them it makes you feel bad? If they're really your friends they'll stop and hopefully apologize. Thing is with people, they aren't mind readers and even if it seems really obvious to you it might not be for them especially since they can't really experience it so it's more difficult for them to imagine it being hurtful. They might think that because you're such good friends it's not a big deal when they poke some fun. It's okay to tell them if they take a step too far. You don't have to make a big deal out of it, just ask them if they could please stop because it makes you feel bad. If they ask why then just explain yourself like you are here. Chances are they won't only stop but they'll do their best to help support you.
If they know it makes you feel bad and continue or complain that you're being too sensitive then they aren't really friends and you should hang out with other people.
I’ve stuttered all my life. In High school I did some research and did a presentation on stuttering. I wanted for people to be aware of my stuttering and to know how to treat and respect people whom also stutters. It’s good to be open minded and educate people on what you are going through. I closed my presentation with a simple speech. “We don’t ask for your sympathy or to be treated better because we are different but we do ask that you don’t mock or imitate us. It’s something we live with everyday and we don’t need anyone else to remind us what we have to go through day in and day out. Thank you for giving me your patients and times to complete my presentation.”
Through many years of speech therapy. I have greatly improved but the stuttering will always come and go and I have learned to adapt to life with it. I graduated from college and have a great job as an IT.
Do any of you stutter when feeling angry? I find that happens to me.
Horus Bayard yes, but like really angry.
That's funny. I find when I'm angry, my words come out stutter free.
I stutter when I'm enthusiastic, but end up mumbling when angry.
Yes omg and when I shout I’m like E-E-E-Emily and it makes me even more angry
My stutter is really bad when im angry i cant even get the word out
When I was a child, I apparently had a pretty severe stutter, but my parents had it trained away through speech therapy. I'm convinced, however, that I still retain what I call a silent stutter, although I have been trained not to make noise when it happens. Instead of tripping over syllables, I simply go silent, which is actually more embarrassing to me as an adult than if I were obviously tripping over a word. Sometimes I feel as though people assume I'm either less intelligent or less articulate than I am, because they can't tell what's going on in my head.
I'm really proud of how my mother thought on her feet, though, during my treatment. She began reading books to me that were FAR outside my sphere of understanding at the time. The Hobbit, the french version of The Little Prince, The King James Bible, etc. She wanted to build my vocabulary such that I could switch over to a synonym when I got tripped over a word. I may not be able to say EXACTLY what I wanted to say, but I could quickly recover and relay the general idea of whatever my statement/question is.
I think there is a connection between the stutter and the way a patient's thoughts work. It's not just that we/they repeat syllables or whole words. For me, I can understand the idea I wish to convey before I speak. I can follow along and process the conversation without any issues. Seemingly at random, but more often related to words that I don't read, write or speak very often, though, a word in the sentence/statement I'm attempting to make will simply... disappear. I can clearly define it for you. I can describe the concept to you, defined by that word. I can often even tell you the first letter that it begins with. But the word is stuck on the tip of my tongue, where it will stay... and I go silent while both attempting to remember the word and control my frustration that it has happened AGAIN.
Anyway, that's just my thoughts on the matter. Great video, guys!
nice, your mom is smart. In my case, my parents tried to convince me that I didn't stutter and I should let this idea go from my mind... (I wish I could send a frustation meme here, but old youtube still doesn't allow stickers...lol)
I'm in high school right now and it's so frustrating to stutter, i can't talk about what i want and to who i want, when i want and how i want. I feel very limited and i often have to use synonyms and feel like i will never get a gf.
you can work on it! try reading some of the comments from other stutterers on this page about what helped them. even if it never gets better you'll be fine-- as you get older the people around you will be more mature and you'll be able to surround yourself with people who don't care about superficial stuff like that. My friend (32) says that his stutter was really bad when he was a kid and that he hardly every talked in high school because of it, but he almost never stutters now, so know that there's hope. good luck!
Serenade someone with My generation by the who. That song has intentional stuttering. Nobody is quite sure why the singer made that stylistic choice but it makes the song unique and interesting. I think of it as verbal texture.
I'm Cheezy, I feel you. High school is the worst.
If you can afford it, try speech therapy. It helped me a lot to learn how to control my voice.
Do not worry to much about getting a girlfriend. Go to some social activities. Talk to girls, some will see the efforts you need and see the courage you have. Some day it will click with one. Now, I do not say it is easy, because it is not. I say that stuttering is not an insurmountable obstacle.
Ghyslain Abel idk, i have been to speach therapy but it didnt help a bit and that made me quit but now im considering to start again, maybe the therapist was just shitty.
Have you considered not stuttering? I stopped being a boy last year and it was incredibly easy. My friend stopped identifying as a human and he had no issues. So, just don't stutter :)
Fun fact: Rowan Atkinson, the star of Mr. Bean, used to stutter whenever he came across a "b" sound, and to get around it, he initially put extra effort into pronouncing the "b"s, evident in the distinctive way he says "Bob" in Blackadder II. It completely vanished later in his career but only after speech therapy.
My stuttering is built out of my speech pattern getting used to people interrupting me, I only stutter when I’m around people because I’m almost preparing myself subconsciously for that interruption, and interrupting someone to ‘slow down’ or ‘relax’ just makes me elongate my words if you know someone who stutters just let them work their way through the sentence and do not interrupt.
Hey, I just wanted to say tthat this is indeed a quite interesting video! I stutter myself (since fifth grade) and I'd like to maybe give some more information. First, yes I've people in my family who stutter aswell. One example is my father (also in fifth grade my parents divorced and almost immidiently afterwards I started to stutter). My mother then went with me to the doctor and I started therapy. There I learned HOW I stutter, because there are different ways. One way is that things are being repeated, i.e "C-c-c-ould you p-p-p-lease giv-v-ve me the salt?" Another, and probably most awkward ,way is the block. Where you just can't get the word out and it is stuck, leaving you with an open mouth and breathing problems since you are exhaling. I had/have both of them, although I'm in really good control of the block the repetition still occurs sometimes, getting worse when I start getting excited or nervous. So now years later (I'm 18 now) I'm, most of the time, in control of it although it sometimes really gets bad when I have to conduct a presentation, but I'm working on that one!
PixelGamer36 Is it common to start as late as fifth grade? Is that 11 years old? Up to then everything was normal?
Yes that is 11 years old and to be honest I don't know how common that is. All I know is that my therapist suggested that it happend because my father was gone and that would have been a connection I would have with him. And as far as I know I didn't stutter before the age of 11.
Stick with the therapy my friend, look around for a good therapist using the best evidence based treatment. I stuttered severely as a child but my mum scraped together the money to take me to the best therapists, it was a hard slog, but within about 5 years (by the time I was about 11) I had no symptoms. I also have a family history, both my mum and my dad are former stutterers. Overcoming your stutter is hard but it is ten times more rewarding. Good luck!
PixelGamer36 this is the closest comment to what I experience. I noticed the frustration of not being able to let words out, but be able to explain that I'd rather not continue my comment since I was a kid. But in the 7th grade when I started playing video games, I didn't stop talking which would lead to stuttering.
I’ve started stuttering out of nowhere and I just noticed this now but I’m not diagnosed what should I do?
Thank you Scishow!!!! Interesting video....LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
I had a pretty good stutter until the age of about 12. My mother gave me a suggestion that helped me immensely: when I found myself tripping over the same syllable of a word, just move on to the next syllable. So, for example, if I was trying to say the word "situation," and I would start saying "sih- sih- sih-" then I just move on to "choo" then "ay" and "shun" until I would complete the word and move on. Eventually this became easier and easier until I no longer stuttered.
I am happy you overcame it, although that suggestion probably helped you a lot it likely wouldn't help others.
What about how stutter completely disapears when people are singing??
Also: no comment on wiggling or hand movement?
Singing uses a different part of the brain. Crash course anatomy and physiology.
Pa Pinkelman Different parts of the brain.
So, like how you can sing a long in a foreign language without knowing the meaning of the words.
Different parts of the brain do different things. Singing doesn't care about meaning, it cares about sound, musical tone, etc... Meaning means nothing.
I used to have a stutter as I was growing up and it made casual interactions with people extremely frustrating for me. I've gotten much better over time, but a stutter or 2 still slips out every now and then. However, every time I had to do some form of public speaking, even impromptu ones, I never stuttered once, even when my stutter was at its worst.
I've never been scared of public speaking, but it certainly does put some pressure on me. Funnily enough, I speak more fluidly and efficiently when I do have some pressure to perform well as opposed to just being in a casual environment. This leads me to believe that my stutter isn't based on fear or anxiety but instead my mindset and perspective of the situation, and how I see myself at some given time.
I'm glad that SciShow Psych made a video on this topic. I appreciate that one of the points in this video is that when people have a stutter (not only when they are nervous), they don't have a stutter due to anxiety or stress. There are many people who fail to realize this. I've literally had a lady at the pharmacy, after I stuttered when I told her my name, ask if I had forgotten my name.
Another thing that I like that was added was that stuttering isn't only defined as a repeating of syllables. For myself, I do repeat syllables but more often I hold sounds out. I believe that this is one of the reasons I've experienced people not believing that I have a stutter, they say they "hadn't noticed it". It seems that they didn't recognize, when I was holding out sounds, that it wasn't intentional.
Thank you SciShow, for helping to spread awareness and some education on stuttering. I always enjoy the videos!
Brilliant video, thanks!
"Did I Stutter?!"-Stanley Hudson
amen
This is the only line from The Office that I hate
I'm 19 years old, and I've been stuttering ever since I was a kid. It's been a real pain, since people assume I stutter because I'm nervous about something. I even stutter more with some people than with others, which I find odd. Still, I've learned to sort of "control" my stutter a bit by saying other words first when I feel a stutter coming on (I can sort of tell if I'm gonna stutter beforehand, I don't know if that's normal), so the sentence just ends up a bit longer.
Some people assume that stutter because I lie ITS SOO FRUSTRATING I could be saying something and they would assume that I’m lying because I stuttered while saying it
Hey man, i used to stutter extremely bad but now i am 20 and still do very often especially at work but with close friends i’m usually okay. I’ll get a stutter every now and then but i can also tell if i am going to stutter as well and use other words to help get it out.
Thank you for this video. I have a stutter and I attest to how accurate this video is. Please do more videos on this.
Stutterer here since I could talk.
Now a communications trainer and English teacher. This is so interesting to see that there could be an physiological cause to stuttering. Thank you so much.
I was raised to think stuttering was wrong, and was just affected by anxiety. I never believed that since even when I'm super calm, I would still stutter.
Apparently I have the lamest mutant power ever. I've stuttered since I was 5, but it's interesting how it's bad when I speak Spanish (my mother tongue) I do it a lot less when I speak English, and don't even do it at all when I speak French. To all those people that suffer like I do, I've learned to deal with the fact that that's how I talk and might as well get used to it, and it's helped a lot confidence wise. if people don't like how you talk then simply don't be friends with them.
Hector Vazquez, sorry to disappoint you, but many people who stutter have an easier time in foreign language. I read about someone who, when about to stutter on a English word, said a similar-sounding French word.
I am in the group who have a worst time in foreign language, unfortunately. It is a shame because in Québec, we have to learn French and English.
Ghyslain Abel no disappointment at all. More confusion is all, it's interesting how that is. I think I'll move to France lol
I think its because they have to focus more on the words.
Hector Vazquez Wow, I never thought I would see somebody else just like me! Spanish is also my mother tongue, and I stutter a lot worse when I speak it. However, I do it a lot less when I speak English. Another mystery (which I have never been able to solve), is if I only began stuttering when I hit puberty. Well, I'm not sure if I began stuttering when I hit puberty, or if I was just never self-conscious about it. Now, I am always self conscious about it.
Hector Vazquez I'm French and I stutter way more when I speak French than when I speak in English
The cycle at 1:37 is way too real. Never ends.
Thanks for this valued information
wow, i think this is the first time i've seen a scientific video about stuttering, after stuttering for 20 years. Really interesting, and thank you for bringing attention to this!!
I've been stuttering for all of my life and as you can imagine it gets embarrassing when you're stuck on a word for several seconds in front of the entire class...also my dad stutters
I had a wicked stutter up until my early teen years. My particular brand of stutter was a 'speech pause,' where I would come to a word and simply couldn't force my lungs to exhale air and make my mouth form words, unlike a repetitive stutter. It would stop my speech dead in its tracks, and as anyone with a speech impediment knows, was enraging. As I began middle-school, and the vocabulary we studied in English class broadened, I realized that I could substitute synonymous words and phrases when I ran into a communication road-block. If, say mid-sentence, I ran into a stutter, I'd simply 'switch gears' and rephrase the second part of my sentence on the fly. Time and practice made perfect, and by the time I was a freshman in high school, most of my new friends and acquaintances had no idea that I had a speech impediment. I rarely ever have genuine speech road-block anymore, but on the occasion that I can feel one coming up, I just revert to switching-gears and call on all those synonyms I learned so long ago. It's been so long since I had an outwardly noticeable episode that I can't remember the last time I felt embarrassed. If you're having problems, perhaps try to expand your vocabulary and vernacular by learning synonymous words and phrases to trade out with the ones that cause you trouble. I know it isn't a core solution, and everyone's case is different, but it can't hurt to try. Best wishes to anyone with living these frustrating conditions! I hope my story helps.
Edits to spelling*
I have learned the entire dictionary to avoid this same problem.
I do not recommend this at all, it is a short term fix to a long term problem.
I know this is three years old but I am so happy I found this comment! This is EXACTLY how I managed my life around my stutter and we have the same story. My biggest problems are still these blocks that prevent me from speaking but it's been years since I've felt embarassed due to me being able to change entire sentences on the go. Great practice for the brain too! I could not agree any more, if someone struggles with blocks definitely look into expanding your vocabulary!
I thought it was just me but I do this ever day def works ! I still stutter on the words “that” I can’t figure out why or how to fix it
Ive been obsesed with scishow for quite some time and i have a stutter and im just now finding this video?! Ive been wondering about it for so long lmao. Great video!
Oh my god I’ve been stuttering my whole life (almost 17 years now, my birthday is in a few weeks) and I never understood why, thank you for this. Also, please don’t tell a person who stutters that their stutter is “cute” because stuttering is very frustrating. I can’t even say my own name without stuttering. If you talk to someone who stutters, talk to them normally, be patient, please don’t finish their sentences (I, for one, HATE that) and try not to bring it up, or laugh or giggle. Some people are comfortable talking about their stutter, but some, like me, don’t like talking about it. At all. It also doesn’t help that I’m shy and been shy all my life, because like Hank said it can make it worse which leads to more stress and more stuttering (it’s a vicious cycle). Anyway, that’s my two cents, I’m sure people feel differently.
Since I was a kid, I've stuttered maybe a couple of times a year, but not consistently. I find that it only happens when I am anxious/excited. It generally happens when I'm in a slightly confusing social situation, and I'm trying to get a sentence out as I'm simultaneously trying to figure out what to say. And usually, time is a factor, such as when there is a line of people behind me and I'm trying to respond to what a cashier said to me that I did not expect them to say, and I'm feeling pressured to say it quickly. It may not be anxiety, but rather excitability. I feel like my brain is firing rapidly as it's happening, trying to figure out several things at once, and it feels just like a CD skipping in my mind lol.. this actually happened to me a few days ago for the first time in a while, and it was very obvious, which made me analyze the situation and come to these conclusions, which I've always felt was the case throughout my life..
The same happens to me but more often
Going into my senior year, I've always had a stutter, and it always hurt when people would laugh. Like, why make fun of someone for something they can't control. During my elementary years, I was considered dumb and not smart enough for the advanced classes because I had my stutter, teachers and students alike looked down at me. Granted it did stop going into my junior high and high school years, but people will still have a laugh at me when I want to participate in class. I'm glad I don't stutter as much now, but it comes back every now and then, and when it does, it hits hard.
Tyler Connell im almost in tears. Ive lived ur life.... Its effin tough.
. But stutterers are the most magnificent people inside and out.
13madvillain 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Loving the shirt today!
Very informative video thanks
31 and stuttered my whole life. Sign language helped for me. If I could not say a word I would fingerspell it and read my hand like I would text on a page. I can read without stuttering for some reason. Its the metal activity of generating content to talk about and speaking which seems to cause the difficultly. I have extreme problems with stuttering at times and could not talk for up to 5 minutes sometimes when I was younger before I learned sign language. I still get looks every once in a while and people think I am a bit weird at times but its the only way I can speak sometimes. I can usually tell when I will stutter and when I won't now. For me its when I have to speak in a group or try to say a joke or something along these lines. Its very frustrating and isolating at times. It makes speaking up very difficult so I stay quite a lot of the time. I rely on email and text messages quite a bit as I can write much better than I can talk.
Hank: *lists how stuttering manifests itself*
Me: oh my god, I have a stutter.
I love that shirt. I thought I had beaten my stuttering problem, but it seems it still returns when I'm tired, and I simply learned to ignore it. I also had difficulty forming certain sounds, which I got around by affecting a more British style of speech which treads far lighter on certain sounds than NA speech. R, for instance.
It's absolutely fascinating how little is understood about the human body.
I am 12, and I have had stuttering since I was born, I have taken speech classes from Kindergaden to around 2nd grade, and I don't stutter as much anymore, barely in fact! :)
Youre 16 now, how’s it going?
@@axzel4038 I seldom stutter now, my best advice is to maintain eye contact, take your time while talking, and know what you want to say
I have a stutter whenever I talk fast (which is fairly often) however, if I am angry the stutter completely disappears (even though I talk even fast when angry)
I needed this
I have a co-worker who stutters. He's working on his Doctorate and I enjoy talking to him about his dissertation because it makes me shut up and let him finish his thought chain. My mind tries to jump ahead and predict where he's going, (as most of us do) but he's so intelligent (MUCH smarter than I am) he surprises me, which is fun stuff. I know it can be frustrating for him at times, but I learn a lot from our discussions, and I hopefully will keep learning to be patient and pick up more things from everyone around me.
I've stuttered my entire life, but about three years ago my stutter would completely disappear for long periods of time (usually 9 months or so) and then have a huge spike where I can't say two sentences without usually a block (or whatever a sudden pause is called). As someone who loves debating and talking, it is absoltuely infuriating that I sometimes take two whole seconds to say words like "short".
I hate how people always make fun of us as well, thinking we never heard anyone purposely repeat words over and over again.
I've always wonder how do you guys stutter? My stuttering often involves the "sh" sound like "shhhhhhort". I don't mind repetitions "re-re-re-re-pition", but I HATE blocks when I literally can't get any sound out of my mouth "man, I hate this ---------block"
I'm not sure if I count as stuttering. I'm 16, bilingual, and I've been noticing since the start of this year that I pause quite frequently when speaking and occasionally I lengthen the sounds, but only when speaking English (I don't recall this happening before). In contrast, I have no trouble speaking in Chinese, even though my Chinese vocabulary is a lot more limited than my English one. Sometimes if I really concentrate (without noticing) or if I'm talking about maths or science at school I can speak fluently.
Is English or Chinese your mother tongue? I'm multilingual myself and I have noticed that I sometimes stutter while speaking my mother tongue, but not when I speak English or German. I wonder if I would be better off if I was monolingual.
Star Stuff this is actuallt happening to me right now, i am also bilingual and im also learning french in school. im trying to figure out what this is too
Based on the context English would be their first language since they've made it clear that they have a limited Chinese vocabulary.
My guess would be it's because you know more words in English you spend more time thinking about what word you're going to use, even if its just unconciously.
Someone In The Crowd Same! I’m sometimes anxious when I’m speaking my mother tongue, and the stuttering gets worse when I’m excited.
It's like your brain is trying to translate things but you kind of not recall it so there is gap in your chat or speech nothing wrong in your effort learning others language cuz everybody can do mathematics but not many who can speak other language except their mother tongue its real advantage for you.
Man sending tons of love to anyone who has dealt with stuttering or just not being able to speak how you want to. I dealt with stuttering for the first 23 years of my life and I FINALLY overcame it. I use to have to use synonyms for words I couldn't say lol. I had all the tricks in the book man. I would hate going to dinner with my family because I would get anxious as the waitress approached me so I would have to order something off the menu that was easier to say other than what I actually wanted. The main reason I started my social media was to speak to people and put myself outta my comfort zone. It's all in your mind. You must recondition your subconscious mind and take control of your life. Now I speak for a living! I created a program to help any and everyone who struggles with stuttering like I did. I won't lie and say it'll be easy. but it definitely will be worth having control over your life!
Used to have a small stuttering problem as I was growing up. It's now mostly under control, but it slips out occasionally every now or then. However, every time I've had to do some form of public speaking, even impromptu ones, I never stuttered once, even when my stuttering was at its worst. It makes me believe that my stuttering was caused by mood or attitude more so than fear or anxiety, since when I tend to speak more efficiently and fluidly when I am nervous than when I'm in a casual environment.
So stuttering is the same on SLI on graphics cards, it happens because of the connection and needs a special driver update :D
TheNefari
No, the research isn't conclusive yet. This is just our best guess so far.
@Avery: Yeah, but what about a cure for stuttering?
DoubleRu
I'm not versed in speech pathology so I don't have an answer for you. I just went to Hank's sources and repeated what they've written, which is that we only have some best guesses and no conclusive evidence yet.
I tried a driver update by calling Uber. It didn't help.
DoubleRu, currently, there is no cure. What we have is speech therapy where we learn to:
- speak slowly;
- put less emphasis on consonants;
- let the vowels flow;
- other techniques I forgot, it was 20+ years ago.
As long as I keep control of our voice, I do not stutter, but that difficulty will stay with me until the end of my life
I stuttered mildly and haven’t noticed it till I was 14 and now it happens more often...
Gibran. S2013 for me it was similar... I stuttered very little as a youth... When i got to 17-18 my stutter came out of nowhere. To tell u the truth, i believe sexual activity brought it up.
Same here. When I was younger I knew that I stuttered but I did not care about it. Then I got older and found it frustating stuttering. I wanted to make it disappear, which lead to me stuttering even more.
I'll also share my stuttering story as I find comfort in reading the stories of others, knowing that we're all in this together brothers and sisters!
I stuttered pretty badly throughout my teen years and it was pretty hard to deal with. Towards the latter part of my teens and into my twenties it kind of died down. But every so often it kind of creeps up on me and it becomes part of my life again for a short time maybe once every 6-7 months. Something I manage internally calling on the old tricks that I learned but ultimately remaining confident that it will disappear again.
This time it seems to be back a little worse than it has since the days of everyday stuttering. I am conscious of it and as this guy says, I get stressed about it and in turn stutter more.
One of the weirdest things is that people who know me now don't know that I have a surpressed stutter, so when I do stutter a little they find it odd and tbh can get a little uncomfortable. They don't know that when my tongue trips over itself this has been part of my life since I can remember, weird!
But...!
We're all in this together guys!
I'd say I have the exact same story as you. In my early twenties now and my stutter comes and goes. My stutters one where I have pauses in my speech patterns and some words won't come out. Wierdly these words change, for example, it was words beginning with o and a but after a few months of fluent speaking until my stutter came back it's changed to s and c words
You can do it Hank!
I have been stuttering for a long time now. I recently started jogging on a weekly basis, and it helped my stuttering. weird, but helps me :)
I never thought it would help me, I just wanna get rid of my belly xD
I'm 51, and have stuttered my entire life. From about 13 to 25 years old, it was severe enough to be completely debilitating, such that I didn't speak at all for a while.
In college, I met a speech therapist who posed an interesting question: is there a connection between stuttering and handedness? Handedness is hard-wired in the brain, and the speech center resides in very close proximity. Turns out, I was born a lefty. But my mother (a religious zealot who thought left-handedness was evil) forced me to become a rightie. Did my mother's actions induce my stutter? Seems likely to me. I've chosen to believe they did. Obviously, other stutterers may be different. But in my case, this explanation makes a lot of sense.
Phil T. Duck I stutter and also was born a lefty who was made to use the right hand.
Same
A king (i dont know who he is) back in the time tried to be left handed and trained for it , guess what ?? He becomed a stuttering person.
Lol, religion is evil
When I was 9, my stuttering became so bad that I'd often become unable to breathe. I'd get stuck on one syllable & just couldn't force it out, but couldn't withdraw from it, either. It was like I was frozen & my own words were choking me. This usually happened a times when I was under a LOT of stress, like trying to verbally defend myself against my particularly abusive mother.
These days, when talking with someone I trust & who's calming to be around, I almost don't stutter, at all. But when I'm alone, filming for my TH-cam channel, that's the worst it gets and about 1/3 of what I film has to be edited out, because it's just solid minutes of me struggling to get past the start of a sentence. I know it'll never go away and it's SO exhausting, but my stutter is manageable and I'm immensely grateful for that, especially when remembering how bad it used to be.
Thanks for doing this video and making it clear that we're not just "nervous" or "anxious" people. Personally, I'm a very confident and assertive person and I hate that people treat me like a shrinking violet as soon as they notice my stutter -- or worse, like it's something I should be able to just not do.
Was hoping for a larger break down on stuttering caused by injuries but still a very good video
I stutter when I get really anxious. Or when I’m stressed or mad.
My mind moves so fast and my words can’t keep up. Haha
Can you guys do a video about selective mutism? Thanks.
i often when talking a lot about something complex(which i enjoy doing a lot) end up stuttering a bit and taking noticeably long pauses, like a lot, i never notice while im talking but recording show that too me. I've noticed whenever that happens(or stuttering) I've stop the talking process and am thinking about the topic, which lines up perfectly with what you said. also i might just talk to fast to be able to keep up with my thinking of words.
Welcome to Montana! Our home is now a fiery hell!
I'm 15 and ive been stuttering for about 3 weeks now and I honestly dont know what to do. I didn't have a traumatic head injury or anything and I have nobody in my family that stutters (that I know of). An adult in my life noticed it when I was reading, and she told me to "pray it away" or whatever lol. Anyways its gotten worse since then and its really awkward because I cant seem to control it. Maybe its from meds I take, but I feel like that would have shown up sooner to the time I started taking them. I dont really know, Ive been researching to try and find out how this happened to me with my situation at I cant find anything. if anyone has any advice, id apricate it
hi, how is ur stuttering now? did u ever figure out why the stuttering started happening? im 17 rn and i just started stuttering around a week ago, however i used to stutter when i was a little kid too but it went away after a while and now its starting to come back again, i just
want to know why its happening again :| .
Are/where there stuttering split brain patients? If not, that's a pretty big clue it has to do with the two halves essentially fighting each other.
I've been stuttering since i was 4. I hated class presentations, public speaking, basically anything that can make people hear me, I hated it and I still do. Confidence, gone. Anxiety/stress, skyrockets. And not to mention when others giggle when you're trying to say something but get stuck. They have no idea how frustrating and demoralizing it really is. I'm 21 now and my stuttering is still bad
Joe biden
Knowing about this is interesting. My grandfather had a stutter, both of my uncles from my mother's side have a stutter, my brother has a stutter (and phonoaudiologist weren't able to help him when he was a kid but luckily he is now 15 and able to control it thanks to the help of his psicologist, I'm so happy for him) and now my 2 years old nephew stutters as he is learning to talk (but there's is a possibility of him getting over it, it seems). I always found weird how only the males in my family have it, and I always thought that my mom and, maybe, my sister had it in their genes even if they didn't develope it. I didn't know it was actually genetic.
When I was 9 I fell off of a playground and hit my head on the ground and blacked out for a bit and now I have a slight stutter h
Same here bro
Can you make a video on how do people develop a lisp?
Kristian179 probably it's because their tongues aren't flexible enough to arch back to the point where "th" becomes "s"
One of the things I struggle to improve on. Somedays better then others, but I remember every awkward moment and it feels like I can explode of anger, frustration.
My school does a lot of presentations and speeches, and I would remember literally crying the night before because I knew that my already low self esteem and the confidence that I didn't have were going to shatter when I'm giving my speech, start stuttering and the whole class would just look at me like "uhh.....is she ok? Is something wrong with her?" when I'm already very reserved and don't talk to half my classmates. Seriously though, if I had one wish, I would wish that my stutter would go away.
I'm left handed, and stuttered a lot in grade 1 and 2, I had to go to a therapist. It really did help. Sometimes today a stutter pops out when I get really excited.
Karl Fernandez-Cao I dont know why but it feelt like i have read this comment before, i'm experiencing a deja vu right now
Not something in the video, but it has been observed that left-handed children who are made to switch to their right hands are at an increased likelihood of developing a stutter. This was something I was really hoping to see addressed in the video. It has been a long while since I did any reading on the subject.
Chrysaetos3, is there still many places where children are forced to use the right hand? While it is true that some left-handed that were forced to use the right hand developed a stutter, I am not sure how much relevant it is today. Since it is a short video, under 5 minutes, I can see why that detail was left out.
In some very conservative countries, yes it is still discouraged. Not so much in the west though. It just depends on the country and culture, but something that still happens in some parts of the world. I remember being told to switch in Saturday school and this was the 90s. My parents were livid when they found out. Luckily I never did commit to switching. Of course this theory won't explain every person's stutter, people will develop it for different reasons, but it may explain some people's stuttering.
Chrysaetos3, thank you for the information. I was not aware it is still a problem.
I'M A SCATMAN!
MarioMario24680 I get it!!
I create TH-cam videos from a Stutterer’s perspective. I’m glad there’s more content from people who stutter out there.
We used to have a neighbour who was still stuttering in his mid 70s. He said the reason was he got evacuated to a city bomb shelter in WW2, it got bombed out and he witnessed his whole family die. He was a pretty amazing person still, always friendly and helpful
When Isaac Newton tried to speak forcefully he would stutter. That's why the SI unit for force is the Newton.
Also, his speech was impeded from constantly eating cookies made from figs. i.e. Fig Newtons.
Ben Schofield
Nope, it wasn't. But as long as I didn't anger anyone who stutters with my joke about stuttering, then I consider it a success. ^_^
Master Therion You leave me speechless.
Master Therion, I stutter, I am not offended.
Unfortunately, the joke passed over my head and it looked like non-sense.
Now I see the joke, but it fell flat for me. But you can have a point for the effort. :)
Ghyslain Abel it fell flat for everyone, but his heart was in the right place.
I got it, but it didn't produce a laugh. Better luck next time, chap.
Way too fast spoken in my opinion :-D Especialy when you're talking about people that are stuttering that might kinda feel like you're mocking them oO I've watched your other clips as well and they're the same, so the mocking is obviously and fortunately out. But I still feel uncomfortable with your talking speed :-D It's like all the information is gonna explode in your brain when trying to get everything :-D
I started to stutter when i was 19-20, when i started hanging out with a friend who stutters.
When we stopped hanging out a lot, soon after i stopped stuttering.
I also pick up accents of most nationalities if i hang out a lot with those individuals.
Growing up I attended speech and phonics therapy in an attempt to rid me of my mild stutter. When I was in my later years of high school I had become so comfortable speaking in from of people I began competing in public speaking competitions and stage acting. However, even now as an adult (at 30) if I am under extreme amounts of stress or fatigue I will slip back into stuttering. There are times when it is more like a long pause where I cannot make the work come out rather than repeating a syllable. It is still very embarrassing and I still have little control over it when it happens.
4:20 mins vid .... Y'all know what this means.....
Vineeth Dsouza 4:19*
So no i dont know what u mean
Are you thinking this is a Vlogsbrother video? They don't have a time limit to SciShow.
Where did they go Jimmy?
T-t-t-th-th-th-the-they w-we-w-we-went
T-T-Th-th-that-a-way
D-D-DAA-T-WAY*
Lol. Who ever doesnt get the reference should die
I read this in Morty's voice
Good video
I developed a stutter when I was in first or second grade, but it somehow completely vanished by the time I was in third grade. I never had an problems with my speech until then either. It just came on, then eventually it left. I never got any help for it because my family assumed I was faking it in the first place. Above all, I'm glad it went away, and I hope it will never return!
I'm 38 and still stutter, but it's specific to speed of thought. I stuttered a lot as a kid mainly because I wasn't really self aware of what I was thinking and doing at the same time. Around 2nd grade I started to realize what I was doing and could start catching myself doing it. I got better at catching myself and started figuring out how to fix it. I could give myself pause, reset my train of thought and start talking normally. I'll stutter when overly excited. Basically, it always feels like a disconnect between thought and speech, like they are capable of operating at different paces, more specifically my thought will out pace my ability to physically form words.
Interestingly I've noticed the same break up in writing also, although this worsened as I aged and became more lazy with writing. The "drawing" of letters and words is more abstract, more piece driven than fully letter. Young, it was about repetition and precision of form. You'd draw a g 50 times in row. You get older and let yourself get sloppy. Now my writing is a mess and I tend to write out parts of letters and then back fill what I miss or just blur pieces together or omitting parts of letters or letters completely, again mentally out pacing what I can physically do but not wanting to slow down.
Typing is about the only thing that I don't have a broken form. It "feels" different though.
Typing is a different mechanic than writing or speaking. It's slow enough where I'll think out and modify sentence structure and solidity of idea on the fly. It's also modifiable, so I can go back change words, correct typos, etc. Typing is also more...passive? It feels like a secondary activity, a different level of function, slightly more automated than forming a word or casting a line on paper. Those always feel real time, always. Typing does not.
I’ve had a stutter problem for a while and I’ve noticed that one thing that was really affective for me was to think in complete thoughts rather than just having a basic idea in my head I would try to put it into words that make sense together and that really helped me out
Idk if this would make sense to another person but our language is very limited
So I’ve been stuttering all my life but I notice that it gets way more intense when I show a great deal of emotions (when I get scared, angry, nervous or even very happy)
I am a 16 year old senior in high school and I've stuttered since I could talk. I've been attending speech therapy since I was like 3 with fluctuating results, but it wasn't until I met my high school speech therapist that I could see consistent progress. She's taught me that stuttering is a beautiful part of me that God has created and I should never be scared to speak just because I speak differently. Everyone is different in some way.
He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
I'm a hard stutterer eversince I can speak, I don't just repeat syllabels, sometimes I completely stop speaking, and cannot continue easily. Martin F Schwarz in the book "Stutter no more" gave an explanation which seems perfectly plausible to me. The basic cause is a reflex: stutterers strain their vocal cords in stressfull situations, which blocks the airflow. This explains why stutters never stutter when they sing. The vocal cords are under continuous control. This also explains the strange relation to stress. The solution is to develeop a habit, to cousciously easy the vocal cords, for example, by releasing a little air from the lungs. Not easy to do, since this is not what you want to think about when you want to speak, but with lot of practice, it can become automatic. I'm 30 now, and still haveing trouble speaking sometimes, but I improved a lot since I've learned about this.
I had a stuttering problem most of my childhood. In middle school I heard that singing and theatre might help reduce it so I gave it a shot. I have an occasional stutter here and there but it's mostly under control.
I heard part of King George VI stutter problem might have stemmed from him being left handed and forced to be right handed. I was also born left handed and forced to be right handed. My husband had a similar experience and also had a speech impediment as a child.
I was/am friends with a kid who has a stutter. Back in highschool he was the lead singer of our band. ( He could sing totally fine)
I thought i'd start off my last year of highschool with some great friends but my stuttering blew that chance right away. one of them just kinda laughed and now i get really anxious/afraid to talk to anyone anymore.
Hello I'm writing from Maryland USA, I Thank God for directing me to Dr Isibor on TH-cam who sent me herbal supplements and cured me from stutter with his herbs in less than 2 weeks. I speak fluently now so happy 😁😁
I have always had a stutter thanks to extreme bullying as a kid. The anxiety feeling that happens when I stutter has completely corrupted my childhood memories. I hate my stutter.
For me I never really stuttered until I started streaming on Twitch. Then after a long time of talking fast not realizing how bad my talking was actually getting. It was to the point where “wow I’m really messing up my words more so then I did when I was 14(I’m 20now)”. Now the last month or so I’m focusing on reversing that and going back to my normal speaking. It’s annoying to deal with but there is worse stutters and some people who can’t do that much about it. So I can’t complain
Alternative Herbal treatment has really been helpful, I stutter a lot till I finally found Doctor Isibor on TH-cam helped me with his treatment now I’m free I can speak fluently without and speech blockage
I stutter a lot & I’ve recently started tapping my fingers as I say each syllable of the word I’m stuck on. It really helps me! But sometimes I do feel weird and embarrassed when I do it.
As a kid my stutter was horrible, but my grandparent made me read books out loud. Also had my teacher help me throughout elementary. Its gotten way better
I had a teenage stutter, it was caused by my mother, she never let me finish a sentence and that caused me to speak to quickly so I could finish. Between the nervousness and interruptions a stutter developed. It mysteriously ended when I left home and joined the army. Since then I've seen the same happening with other kids, it makes me angry.
Sounds a bit different than a conventional stutter. There's no cure to stuttering, just palliative measures.
@@anthroman7963 you are an "expert"; but David knows bettr
@@haazsstarship7530 bro, I have a severe stutter have my entire life. You are right it doesnt make me an "expert" at understanding why scientifically. It is a nuerological difference in the brain from so called normies
it’s really weird. I used to stutter every so often growing up (a normal amount I think). Ive started gradually stuttering worse and worse since January. I have adhd and I started taking a medication for the adhd around that time. I guess it never clicked that it might have been caused by the meds but my brain moves so fast that I can’t get the right words out they sound really broken and I say things in the wrong order and when try to repeat myself to fix what I said it just gets worse because that’s when I start the start and stop stutter and can’t get words out. I have also been told multiple times by multiple people that they don’t know what I’m saying so I’m starting to think that I’m unaware that the way I’m saying things is not correct or in the right order. ldek what to do or if it’s the meds that caused that
For me I was born a really good speaker until grade 7 which made me get a lot of anxiety and stress and I became a really shy person. This stress continued on until grade 11 (now) and I now started stuttering, so for me, stuttering is because of my anxiety
I stutter from anxiety, this video trying to tell me I actually don't. I developed it in my teens, and I only stutter when I'm stressed or anxious.
lol my teacher made us watch a video of scishow and we had to write notes and since you talked loud it was hard but keep it up its better fast!!!!
I think the stress of my life has finally hit me in high school because now I struggle to talk. I picked up a stutter, and I don't even know why. It isn't horrible, but it is still noticeable. I struggle quite a bit, especially when nervous, but it can even be small talk with people I am comfortable with. I started speech therapy, and my therapist noticed that I picked it up as well. I think my stutter is at its worst when I'm in front of a class or ordering food.
Like many commenters I see here I've had a stutter my whole life. Takes the form of mostly blocks, not repeating. I went to a therapist many few years ago and he utilized a DAF "Delayed Auditory Feedback" device . It simply repeats your words back to you with a slight (40ms to 400ms) delay. It's strange that it works, but it forces your mind to wait for the delayed syllable before moving on. 40ms is roughly normal speech speed, 400ms is very slow, but you you practice there to be effective at 40. Training on this for a half-hour or hour per day helped me immensely in real life as it gets you in the "mindset" of carefully planning out syllables during speech. I highly recommend it. There are even DAF apps you can get on your phone (back in 2008 used to be quite expensive).