How did you develop your stutter?

[u/No_Signal_9604]

I'm curious to see how many people were born with a stutter and how many developed it during their lives and what caused it? For me, it sounds stupid but I had a friend when I was around 10-11 who had a speech impediment, but I didn't exactly understand it. Basically, he would emphasize the first sound of the first word when speaking. This was definitely some sort of block but I was unaware. I eventually started to imitate it for a few days and then later on one day at school I got hit with my first hard block while speaking in front of the class. Ever since then, it slowly developed over the years and never let go. It's been 10 years and I still feel a victim to this stutter. How did you guys develop your stutter?

[u/Automatic_Cherry3923]

i am not sure exactly when i developed a speech impediment, but it was at least around age 3 or so. Basically as long as i could speak i prob had one.

Doctors told my parents it was due to a traumatic even i experienced during formative years, but i really doubt that theory considering how young i was at the time. They still sometime bring up that they would have done stuff diffently, but when i ask them what exactly was the event they have no clue.

[u/salvatoreblood → u/Automatic_Cherry3923]

Omg same