| A problem that has always remained a mystery | | | | They tend to develop chronic stuttering in an |
| in the field of medical science is the problem of | | | | unfriendly surrounding. Anxiety caused by |
| stuttering. The basis of the problem is yet to be | | | | stuttering is also known to aggravate and |
| found making it even more difficult to come up | | | | become more severe as years pass by, with |
| with solutions for treating it. In the early years, a | | | | adult stutterers experiencing severe stuttering |
| majority of the researchers believed that | | | | when compared to child stutterers. As a matter |
| stuttering was caused as a result of excessive | | | | of fact, stuttering children undergo nil or mild |
| anxiety, but over the years this notion has been | | | | anxiousness as compared to grown-ups. |
| considered a myth as no evidence has supported | | | | Because of the widespread belief that |
| this theory. | | | | anxiousness causes stuttering, it is common for |
| Though the occurrence of stuttering cannot be | | | | people to believe that the connection exists. It is |
| attributed to anxiety, there is a certain relation | | | | believed by some stutterers themselves as also |
| between the two; not as a cause but more as an | | | | some therapists which make treating the problem |
| outcome of the stuttering. The fact that | | | | in these people complicated In some cases of |
| communication by means of talking is an integral | | | | people suffering from high anxiety levels, relapse |
| part of our life is the reason behind this. | | | | occurs because of their persistent anxiousness. |
| Stutterers are normal people with only a slight | | | | Stutterers must seek help from their therapists if |
| disability in fluent speaking, but since our daily lives | | | | they seem to suffer from high anxiety levels and |
| demand a minimum amount of speaking at the | | | | therapists must conduct sessions to help them |
| least, stutterers experience anxiety and | | | | overcome their anxiousness. As more stuttering |
| nervousness amongst fluent speakers. It can be | | | | teenagers are prone to this state of being |
| observed through such instances that stutterers | | | | anxious in a social setup, they must immediately |
| are socially anxious people. It is more the social | | | | be consulted with a therapist to avoid |
| scenario which makes them nervous rather than | | | | complications in future. The only way to eliminate |
| the disability itself. | | | | anxiety in stutterers is to treat them as normal |
| The type of anxiety associated with stutterers is | | | | people and provide them with a friendly |
| related more to the way they are treated | | | | atmosphere. |
| amongst their peers and in the social framework. | | | | |