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In my time working with people to help them stop stuttering, I have been asked many times, why certain people develop a stutter. Personally I believe there are many reasons and I am going to share some of them and give examples of why certain people I have helped developed a stutter.
My best friend had a speech impediment, known as a stutter for eighteen years; I could see how it affected him and he felt that it was ruining his life. He developed the stutter and just four years old. After years of research and trying numerous therapies, products, and group session we found the answer. I was able to help my friend overcome the stutter at the age of twenty-two. For more information on the product I found, go to: http://www.stutteringbrain.com/go/killyourstutter.php.
I saw what this did to him and because of the pain I saw him go through, I now as a career help other people to achieve fluency. As you can imagine, I have therefore met and helped many people who stutter. When working with someone I do a little research and ask them, how and why in their opinion their stutter started.
Quite a few people are not sure; however other people state the following reasons:
• It was triggered after a traumatic event
• It runs in the family
• They copied a friend at school who had a stutter and then it stuck with them
• An over aggressive relative
• Because they were left handed!
A couple of years ago, I had a female client who told me about how she had developed a stutter. She was able to talk fluently until the age of twenty-four. She then became pregnant for the first time, and was very excited about the prospect of becoming a mom.
The day of the birth arrived and unfortunately the delivery was particularly difficult and very painful. This really shocked and traumatized her; she had never imagined that it could have been that bad. After the birth of the baby, who was a healthy boy, she developed a stutter.
Not all people who stutter have it from an early age; another one of my clients was fluent until the age of nineteen. He then was in a severe car crash and this triggered a stutter in him.
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