Anxiety and Stuttering
I think most people who stutter agree: We don’t stutter because we are anxious or nervous ...but stuttering may make us anxious! In this post, I’ll outline some research about the connection between anxiety and stuttering. I’ll also share opinions of people who stutter and researchers in the field of speech language pathology. The relationship between stuttering and anxiety Some research suggests people who stutter have a higher rate of social anxiety (Blumgart, Tran, Craig, 2010; Kraaimaat, Vanryckeghem, Van Dam-Baggen et., al 2002) and are more likely to meet the DSM-V diagnosis of social anxiety than matched controls (Ivarich, O’brian, Jones, Block, Lincoln, Harrison, Hewat, Menzies,…