What Causes Stuttering & Treatment for Stutter | Dr. Erich Jarvis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Dr. Erich Jarvis and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss the causes of stuttering and treatments for stuttering.

Dr. Erich Jarvis, PhD is a professor and the Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language at Rockefeller University and an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast.

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[suhasbn]

So here's the thing. I had a stutter when I was a kid. It went away, and I even used to be praised for my public speaking skills. It came back when I was 12 years old due to extreme stress in a class and stayed for a big part of my life. I'm 27 now. It hasn't gone away completely, but I've learned to deal with it. I've realized taking a B12 tablet the night before a big day where I have to speak helps me speak much more clearly. Does it calm my nerves? Maybe.

Also, know that your words matter. You matter. Don't try to say all your words in one breath. Speak slowly. Speak with confidence. You got this!

[ilu]

Bro it's such an embarrassing moment that people judge you by seeing stammering problem they think we are Illeterate because we don't communicate with them in the fast way 😕.

[chairde]

I once had a job interview and the interviewer said to me, “Do you realize you stutter?”. He then said he wouldn’t hire me because I could make the children stutter. It was a teaching job. Of course I wasn’t hired but the nerve of the interviewer surprised me.

I went on to get hired at a different school system and later became a school psychologist. I often wonder what happened to that man. He thought stuttering was contagious. Maybe he helped me in a strange way. Nobody ever asked me about stuttering since that day.

[marko]

One of my friends has very bad stuttering and we had some weed couple of times together . And when he is high and relaxed his stuttering stops. I was shocked

[ouygqwl]

I’m loving this convo of stuttering. I’ve stuttered my whole life and I love your perspective. That being said, it’s not about any rhythm and finishing sentences. I truly believe any strong minded individual can overcome a lifelong stutter

[joaofd]

There is without a doubt a link between oxidative stress and stuttering, whenever my oxidative stress is too high, I begin to experience stutter like symptoms

[toughlovestutter]

Man, this stuff drives me crazy. The Docs are wrong and right at the same time. I did it, my best friend did it, all those famous people did it, and we did it the same way. Just like every other person who did it. It never goes away but it gets so minimal that it doesn't ruin your life anymore.

The thing is it's really hard and you gotta have balls to do it. But most stutterers won't cause it feels good to feel sorry for yourself and success is actually scarier than failure in the paradigm of a victim.

It's simple immersion therapy. To stop stuttering you have to live like you don't stutter. Make 20 calls a day to random stores and ask random questions. Walk up to 10 strangers a day and ask what time it is. Life your life, make your appointments verbally.

I beat my obscenely brutal blocks in a month. You have to really want it. It's scary, you'll cry, the anxiety is terrifying but it freaking works. Anyone who has actually overcame their stutter will say the same freaking thing. I still stutter but I don't care, it's so minimal it doesn't matter anymore.

[JanetFrancis-umlo]

I am suffering from stammering and it affecting my academic life my entire life 😭

[abolacadernos]

I found a book earlier this year called “How to Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking” by Lee Lovett. It’s a really good read for stutters as it will help you greatly reduce stuttering, but more importantly improve your mind. I highly recommend it because I’ve tremendously improved my life because of that book.

[Jimmy-yfyp]

I never stuttered until I experienced severe ptsd from a near death work accident. The thing that helps me is to pause think about what you’re going to say and then say it. I don’t always stutter, it’s just extreme under stress which is frankly too common in my life at the moment. I repeat words and phrases, forget what I’m talking about, stutter on syllables and sounds. I often mix the wrong words together or use speech that is entirely wrong. I am 36 years old. I’m not ashamed of it. I’m not ashamed of my disabilities. I am strong for what I’ve been through and my ability to fight and live. Mental injuries, like physical sometimes never recover. But the strongest people are the ones who have been through the worst. Never feel bad or ashamed for being different or having trauma. Treat people kindly and apologize for stuttering if it happens and let them know that you have a disability. Sometimes you’ll talk to an extremely rude self centered person who will hang up on you or ignore you in real life. Those people are miserable and always will be. Their life is worse than yours. Stay strong guys and never give up.

[rabi]

I Suffer from stuttering and the feeling of not being able to express what you are trying to express is so frustrating.
This makes a big difference in life.

[coolbreeze]

I have a severe stutter. Strangely, I found if I speak with a different accent, I don't stutter at all. Also if I'm in a room by myself and I speak, I do not stutter.

[Dr_Holiday]

I have been stuttering since I was 5 years old, and I would love for it to go away. It has caused many problems in my everyday life, whether in school, university, or work.

I secluded myself from socializing with my classmates and peers due to it. I love talking with people I share the same mentality with, but because of my stuttering, I stayed away from socializing, which you need to do to work in society. It hurts me so badly now.

[anthonyfinlay]

I’m a 29 year old who has stuttered since he could speak. Only over the last 5 years have i made serious progress in addressing it using Wim Hof and other styles of breathwork. I feel strongly enough about this that i intend to be speaking with you about it eventually, Dr. Huberman. I think the territory is ripe for exploration, and i feel strongly that i’m slated to be a soldier at the forefront of it. I feel that bringing the introverts into extroverted reality is where this game needs to/is going. MAPS might even agree…let’s get this party started!!

[jfrombackintheday]

I had a severe stutter as a child but it was out of pure anger I stopped lol I’d practice every letter I had trouble with for years and singing also. I don’t stutter anymore and never went to any kind of speech therapy.

[bmac]

In the 70's I sought out a book on stammering in my local library. The theory advanced was that stammering related to too much testosterone in the womb before birth. That seems to have been dumped-no harm. My theory now is that there is a short circuit in the brain while talking which interrupts the flow and causes tension and stammering. Love to hear the latest learning that this curse through my 70 years has led to so much unhappiness

[pinkchaos.]

I’ll give you guys some personal input. I never stuttered before I was 19. When I was 19, I had a life threatening, very severe traumatic brain injury on the mid right side of my head and brain. I stopped breathing, couldn’t move, went into a coma, forgot how to talk and swallow, and had to have immediate life saving brain surgery to save my life. After this, I have severe stuttering whenever I get anxious, nervous, or even just indecisive about something. Idk if that helps, but I’m saying, to me, getting brain damage in the area of behind your right ear, and the area of the skull near there, to me, personally had caused my stuttering.

[JosephJoe-]

My parents are abusive to me and
my parents and the rest of the family says it’s lying when I stutter but the truth is me stuttering is a language processing issue and it has nothing to do with lying

[psychicsara]

I practice word replacement. It’s the only way I can speak with minimal stuttering. People still notice but it’s less detectable. I know word replacement is more of an avoidance tactic but it works for me.

[martha.m.g]

My teachers and school wanted me in a special needs school for being shy and having a stutter !! thank god I have such a good mum who told them I was okay! And I just have a stutter they treated me horribly for years in school but it made me a strong person I just hope kids today don’t get treated like this! Once I got to secondary school I had a stutter but I did so well for myself without the need of a special school I’d hate to think of how I’d of ended up :( probably forgotten about