I usually remove comments like that from my YouTube channel as spam. 🙂
The question about those two posts is—why?
Why, when I search for “spontaneous stuttering” on YouTube, I find just one video with 179 views… while right next to it are tons of videos titled “how to fix stuttering” or “how to stop stuttering,” each with hundreds of thousands of views?
The answer goes deep—into the invisible part of stuttering. The invisible 90% of stuttering, as I call it.
We don’t feel great in the moment of stuttering. We don’t feel great about the uncertainty—will I stutter or not?
That’s why many of us stay in a shell—navigating life by escaping, avoiding, and hiding.
That’s covert stuttering. It’s not good or bad. It’s just a very understandable place to be for someone who stutters.
And there are two ways out.
Either path brings more consistency and clarity. Either way, we want to feel that stuttering doesn’t hold us back in life. That it doesn’t bother us anymore.
But either way looks like work. 🙂
So, it’s very natural to stay in the shell—wondering about the root causes of stuttering or looking for a magic pill… Just getting ready for that radical first step out.
What about you? Which path are you choosing? Or maybe, like most, you’re still getting ready to take that bold step out? What’s the biggest obstacle you’re facing?
If you're a speech-language pathologist or a parent, what message do you pass on to your clients or children in this regard?
Free from stutter
There were a couple of posts in the Free From Stutter Facebook group recently that got me thinking.
The first one was about spontaneous stuttering.
It’s not an entirely new concept—I talk about it as “open stuttering” in this video about 17 stuttering techniques:
https://youtu.be/B7cK7tOUacw?si=-gRnI...
Still, the term “spontaneous stuttering” was new to me.
The other post was about a nutritional supplement that, for one person, took his stuttering away completely.
Which post do you think got more traction and reaction? What’s your guess?
Of course—the second one.
Even though I always say there’s no magic medication, supplement, app, or device that can take stuttering away for the long term:
www.freefromstutter.com/blog/devices-apps-and-medi…
I usually remove comments like that from my YouTube channel as spam. 🙂
The question about those two posts is—why?
Why, when I search for “spontaneous stuttering” on YouTube, I find just one video with 179 views… while right next to it are tons of videos titled “how to fix stuttering” or “how to stop stuttering,” each with hundreds of thousands of views?
The answer goes deep—into the invisible part of stuttering. The invisible 90% of stuttering, as I call it.
We don’t feel great in the moment of stuttering. We don’t feel great about the uncertainty—will I stutter or not?
That’s why many of us stay in a shell—navigating life by escaping, avoiding, and hiding.
That’s covert stuttering. It’s not good or bad. It’s just a very understandable place to be for someone who stutters.
And there are two ways out.
Either path brings more consistency and clarity. Either way, we want to feel that stuttering doesn’t hold us back in life. That it doesn’t bother us anymore.
But either way looks like work. 🙂
So, it’s very natural to stay in the shell—wondering about the root causes of stuttering or looking for a magic pill… Just getting ready for that radical first step out.
What about you? Which path are you choosing? Or maybe, like most, you’re still getting ready to take that bold step out? What’s the biggest obstacle you’re facing?
If you're a speech-language pathologist or a parent, what message do you pass on to your clients or children in this regard?
Leave a comment and let me know!
Wishing you a great weekend! Talk to you soon!
Kind regards,
Andrey
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